Some of the Japanese in them were drowned, but others escaped to land.

From Macan ten Portuguese ships have come with much valuable merchandise.
Last year the governor of the Filipinas sent to Macan to buy a very handsome galleon which was there.

Those who went for the purpose bought it, loaded it with merchandise, and left Macan for the Filipinas on July 2, 619.

They encountered such violent storms that at the end of two months, after having been in great danger of shipwreck, they returned to Macan without masts, and with a large part of their merchandise so wet and rotted that it was worthless--damages frequently sustained under such circumstances.

They once more equipped themselves, and this year left Macan in the month of May.