the Sangleys.  Corroboration of this report was sent in various directions that it might increase and be disseminated outside the kingdom, in order not to give information to those whom the Spaniards had reason to fear.  Besides, although the report of that great preparation was useful to the Spaniards in opinion and in conjectures, yet the actual strength of the forces with which the country was supplied, besides the reputation of our affairs, acted for defense and security in them all.  In Japon the knowledge alone that Manila was full of infantry and of armed vessels tempered or dispelled the irritation felt by their king because Don Pedro denied him shipbuilders.  The Chincheos also refrained from attempting vengeance on an enemy whose victories were followed by so great succor.  Don Pedro considered the whole question, and inferred from every one of these advices that he could absent himself from Manila.  However the king of Ternate, as one overjoyed at having escaped from the Spanish yoke, paid little heed to all that was told him from his neighboring kingdoms, for he thought that the Spaniards were never to return to their former possessions.  The captains of Holanda, who rebuilt the burned fortress in Tydore, sent him some large bronze cannon, culverins, and a considerable number of muskets; and sent him some engineers from those who came on those ships, so that they might inspect his fortifications and reside in them or in his city.  Some accepted that abode, and the loose and irreligious liberty of life permitted in that country.  There, by reason of the many trading-posts and fleets from the north, they lived as if they were not outside their own countries, since they had intercourse with their kinsmen and friends, or at least with men of their nation.  Exiled Castilians and Portuguese reached the port of Oton in Filipinas daily.  Among them was Pablo de Lima, a man of long experience, and now general of artillery in Tydore.  He added to the news of the recent destruction, the joy with which the Dutch disinterred the pieces that he had tried to hide, and how they had sent ashore more arms and forces from their ships.  This man was received with great honor because of his worth, and because he was one of those dispossessed, by the king of Ternate, of vassals and other property in Tydore.  For later events, they profited by his warnings and advice.  All, by various employments, although with equal desire, took part in the furtherance of the war—­in building ships, and collecting provisions, arms, and ammunition.  So great was Don Pedro’s vigilance that he was not wanting in the least duty with example and encouragement.  Consequently, it may be asserted that he carried on the whole enterprise; for he lent a hand in the labors of all.

Conquest of the Malucas islands Book Tenth