_The Spaniards go forth of their ship, and go into the
citie unto the christened Chinos house, and are
carried before another superior judge in common
audience, and manie other passe with them._
So soone as they had their licence, they went forth of their ship and
entred in at the gate of the cittie, although with great trouble by
reason of the great number of people that came to see them, as a thing
neuer seen before. Then they went to the christened Chinos house (hee
that serued for their interpreter), who made very much of them, and
giuing them to vnderstand that hee had made a true report of all that
they had commanded him, and did offer himselfe to do so much with the
justices, that he would procure to get licence of the gouernor for them
to remain in the countrie, and to giue them a house wherein to remaine
and dwel; and did admonish them that at that time they should not deale
for to make the Chinos christians, vntil such time as they were better
knowne, and coulde speake the language, and then should they doo it with
a great deale more ease. All these promises, with the falsifying of that
the Spaniards spake before to the iudges, was to content the friers (as
in discourse of time they did vnderstande), and onely to get monie from
them, for that it seemed vnto him that it could not be but that they
shoulde have good stoore, for that they came from a rich countrie
whereas it was; and againe to come about businesse of so great
importance, about the which they shoulde remaine there a long time (as
aforesaide), as they afterwarde did more at large vnderstande. If that
interpreter had declared in fidelitie all that which they had spoken,
without al doubt they woulde not have suffered them to have come on
shoare, else have put them in some prison for that they came on land
without licence; and to have shewed them the most fauour they woulde
haue caused them to returne from whence they came; whereas the guardes
of the straight (of whom we have spoken of before), woulde either in
secrete or publike sinke them at the sea, for that they were all greatly
in hatred against them; the reason was that the Aytao, who is (as is
declared in the first booke of this historie), the president of the
counsell of warre, had vnderstanding howe that they passed thorough the
fleete and were not seene, which was a thing that they all wondred at.
This Aytao did forthwith make secret information of the same, and found
it to be true, whereuppon hee did iudge the captaines to perpetuall
prison where they were well whipped, and did secrest[39] all their goods;
for the which all their kinsfolkes and the rest of the guards had great
indignation against the Spaniards, and would with great ease have beene
reuenged on them, but that they did feare the punishment that should bee
doone on them after that it should be knowne. In the which they doo
execute their iustice in this kingdom more then in any place in all the
world.
[39] Sequester.
In the house of this christened Chino they dined that day, as they did
many more afterwarde, but every night they returned to their fregat to
bed, for that they durst not leave their things alone, neither to lie
out of their shippe, for that one of the iudges had so commanded.