They had a very difficult voyage, but at the end of more than twenty days they succeeded in making port in Cavite, on the seventh of June, the first day of Pentecost.

The galleon is a very fine one, and it will be very useful when occasion arises.

It brought much very rich and valuable merchandise.
From Great China also have come many ships with silks and other merchandise.

All these goods have been necessary, and indeed they have not even sufficed to supply the lack of merchandise which, because of the wars of the past years, has been very extreme in this city of Manila.

There have been, moreover, some losses.