war upon them; and after going to China, Luzon will be within my reach.  Let us be friends forever, and write to that effect to the king of Castilla.  Do not, because he is far away, let him slight my words.  I have never seen those far lands, but from the accounts given I know what is there.  You were very discreet in coming immediately, and this pleased me greatly.  I received your present.  I will never fail in my friendship.  Those who come from your country may come safely over land and sea without any wrong being done them, or their property being stolen.  You may believe everything that the man who came with the father says, because he has seen my country and the hospitality which I tendered.  Write to the king of Castilla that he is waiting there.  Tell him to send a man of position so that our friendship may be stronger.  The rest I have entrusted to Funguen.

The above letter being read, the governor told them that it was true that the king, on the face of the letter, offered peace and friendship to this country and ratified what Faranda negotiated with the governor’s father.  Yet it was also plain, the governor said, from his arrogant words, that the peace and friendship were to last only for an indefinite period; those words did not accord with the authority and good name of our king and the Christian name and reputation of the Spanish nation, because of the pride and arrogance with which he referred to his birth and his personality, saying:  “I am a man destined from the beginning to be lord of all from the rising to the setting sun, to whom all kingdoms must render vassalage and bow down before my door; and, unless they do it, I will destroy them.”  Again, as the governor declared, not satisfied with this, he threatened us with his desire to capture the land, by saying:  “Many of my commanders have asked my permission to take Manila;” and then by referring to the manner in which he humbled the Chinese in the war with Coria, to their sending him an ambassador, and to his reply that if they broke their word, he would go in person to China and would make war against it, in which case Luzon would be within his reach.  From all this it was difficult to draw any meaning not ominous for us; and what sounded the worst was when he gave us to understand, deceiving himself into that belief, that the embassy and presents taken by father Fray Pedro Bautista were sent as tokens of obedience—­“You were discreet in coming immediately, and this pleased me greatly.  I received the present which came as specified in the letter,” etc.  Then the governor said that this friendship would be too dearly bought, if it cost us one atom of reputation or authority; and seeing that he must not and could not hide from our sovereign the receipt of the said letter, with which the emperor of Japan was acquainted, knowing well its contents and purpose, he deemed it fitting to answer said letter in a manner that would undeceive him in this important matter; and for that purpose