passed, with the same good order, giving and taking its heavy volleys.  The four other ships of those which I said were there, did the same.  It was the greatest gallantry that I ever saw; for our galleon gave all those of the enemy so many volleys that it displayed excellently its great strength—­as well as the injury received by the enemy, since he attempted nothing more on that day.  On our side five men were killed and eight wounded.  The following day, Saturday, the fifteenth of the same month of April, the two fleets got ready to fight, and ours got to windward.  Orders were given for each galleon to grapple with one of the enemy—­flagship with flagship, and the “San Juan Bautista” with the almiranta of the enemy; while the galleon “San Lorenzo” and the patache were to aid whichever boat they saw needed help; the galley flagship was to aid the royal flagship, and the other two galleys the galleon nearest them.  The enemy was awaiting us in excellent order; and, signaling the other vessels to attack him, our first galleon, named “Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe,” under Captain Juan Bautista de Molina, grappled; and then the royal flagship with that of the enemy; the galleon “San Juan Bautista” with their almiranta; the galleon “San Miguel,” commanded by Rodrigo de Guillestigui, with the ship that fell to its lot; the galleon “San Lorenco,” under Captain Juan de Acevedo, with another ship.  As for the galleon “San Marcos,” under Captain Don Juan de la Vega (one of the best ships of the fleet), and the galleon “San Phelipe,” under Captain Sebastian de Madrid, these two did not grapple, although common report says that they could have done so had they made an effort.  They fought a very fierce battle.  The galleon “Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe” defeated its opponent, being aided by the galley under Captain Don Diego de Quinones; and the enemy having shown a flag of peace, soldiers from our side entered it in token of victory.  The royal flagship, after having been grappled for more than two hours—­the battle being fought with great gallantry on each side, each firing heavy volleys at the other, and the galley flagship aiding on its side—­was reported to be leaking badly from the effect of certain volleys which it received at its water line.  This forced it to throw off the grappling-irons and go away; while the enemy’s ship refused to mind its helm, and, in a little more than half an hour, careened on one side and sank, without any of its cargo being seen.  Forty or more men, among them the general, escaped in two lanchas.  With great efforts they reached one of their ships.  The galleon “San Miguel,” after having fought with great courage, set fire to its opponent, a vessel of eight hundred toneladas, laden with cloth which they had stolen.  The fire caught the main-sail, which was so quickly burned that the sail fell, on the yard, into the waist of the ship.  The ship continued to burn so fiercely that it could not be quenched.  All the men took to the sea, some in lanchas and others swimming, most