several houses, and the orchard of a citizen of this city named Captain Estevan de Marquina, with whom they commenced, killing him and his wife and four children and several servants.  From here they went to a village called Quiapo, on the other side of the river, which they burned, killing several Indian children and women.  The governor and captain-general noticing this, and knowing what had happened on the preceding days when there had been considerable disturbances, notified Don Luis Dasmarinas, formerly governor of these islands, who lived in a place called Minondog, sending him some troops so that he might keep watch of the enemy.  On the next morning Don Luis was reenforced by a number of people picked from the citizens of this city, and with these he went to meet the enemy in the place where they were located, which was very near the village of Tondo.  The Spaniards went out from there, and having fought with them, as it was a country where there were many thickets and heavy woods, and which was mountainous, the enemy surrounded them with such a number of men that they could not retreat; and at last Don Luis was killed, with more than a hundred Spaniards.

Later, the next Monday, the enemy met, and after their custom drew lots, as usual in war; and finding these in their favor and learning from them, as they say, that they would take this city, they decided to go on to the Parian, and united with the people who remained there.  With great force and impetuosity they attacked this city, in several parts of the wall, with many contrivances which they brought along to assault it.  Those inside defended themselves well, killing many of the Chinese and doing all they could in our defense.  The Spaniards succeeded in setting fire to the Parian, obliging them to retreat to a stone chapel, the erection of which had been begun, twenty paces from the wall, named Avocacion de Nuestra Senora de la Candelaria, where our men made a sortie to meet them and caused them great loss.  When the Chinese saw that they could not maintain themselves there, they divided into three bands and went inland, doing much damage.  An attempt was made to reach them still, for which purpose one of the old captains of this city, called Don Luis de Velasco, was sent with a good force Of soldiers.  He attacked them one morning at dawn and killed more than three hundred.  On the same day, when he returned with the intention of doing them more damage, he went so far into the enemy’s country that they killed him there with four or five other soldiers and two Franciscan friars.  The enemy placed and fortified themselves in a very strong place called San Pablo de los Montes, about fifteen leguas from this city, more or less.  They sent to meet him there the captain and sargento-mayor of this camp, Christoval de Axqueta.  He, with a hundred Spaniards, a number of native Indians, and some Japanese whom he took with him, having located them and had a few engagements with them, invested and took their