In order that this might be done without the governor or anyone else perceiving it, it was agreed that the captain should take his departure hastily, going to the port of Bindoro, twenty leagues distant from Manila, and there he should await them.

He was to take with him the above-mentioned baptized Chinese.

The captain used all haste, and left for the port agreed upon.

Within a few days he was followed by the father custodian and his associate, and their friend the soldier.

But, at their arrival, they found the Chinese captain had reached a new determination, and neither gifts nor petitions could persuade him to fulfil his promises in Manila.