in respect to sending the pirate, dead or alive, as soon as either end should be attained.  He also petitioned father Fray Martin de Herrada to take with him Nicolas de Cuenca, a soldier of his company, so that the latter might purchase for him certain articles in China.  The father accepted this man willingly, promising to treat him as one of his own men, and to regard him as such.  Thereupon they set sail for the port of Buliano, whence they had come hither, taking leave of the master-of-camp and the rest of the army, not without the shedding of tears, no less than by those at Manila.  The master-of-camp sent with them, to accompany the fathers and their companions, as far as the said port, the sargento-mayor, [29] who bore the letter to Omoncon and a present to the same of provisions and other articles.  Furthermore, he sent by him two letters, one for the governor of Chincheo, and the other for the viceroy of the province of Ochian.  In these letters he related the burning of Limahon’s fleet and the killing of many of his followers; and said that he held the pirate so closely besieged that escape was impossible, and that before long he must surrender; and that after taking him, either dead or alive, he would send him, as the governor of Manila had written and promised them.  Two presents accompanied these two letters, namely, a silver vessel and certain garments made of Castilian cloth—­which the Chinese value highly—­besides other rare articles which the Chinese do not possess.  He made most courteous apologies for not sending more, because of being in his present situation, and all his belongings at Manila.  That same day they arrived, under a favoring wind, at the port of Buliano, where they found Captain Omoncon awaiting them.  The latter received the message delivered to him by the sargento-mayor in the name of the master-of-camp, for which he returned hearty thanks, and renewed the promises that he had made to the governor.

[Chapters XI-XXIX inclusive treat of the departure of Omoncon and the Spanish priests and soldiers from Buliano for China, and the experiences of the latter in that country.  Landing at the port of Tansuso, in the province of Chincheo, they receive a hospitable reception.  From this port they journey to Chincheo, the residence of the governor, by whom they are well entertained, and to whom they deliver the letters sent by the governor of the Philippines.  Their next destination is Aucheo, where the viceroy of the province resides.  Here also a cordial reception is accorded them, but they are regarded somewhat in the light of prisoners, the viceroy forbidding them to leave their lodgings, being fearful lest they discover some things in the city that might occasion future injury to the Chinese.  The present sent to the viceroy by the Spanish governor is despatched to the king, because of a Chinese law that “prohibits those holding a government office from accepting any present without the king’s permission, or that