On the one hand, he kept the men there desperate, who could not go out to find food; and on the other, gave them nothing.

Therefore, many men fled through those surrounding kingdoms.

And, when he most needed sailors, more than two hundred of them fled because of ill treatment and because they were deprived of one-half their rations.

He imposed many taxes upon the Indians, with great oppression to them on account of the food that was ruined because it was not needed so early.

As a result, he brought the country to the extreme of poverty, even worse than if the enemy had sacked it.
On the other hand he sent to Japon for metals with which to cast artillery, and for saltpeter for powder; and they brought him what he had sent to ask.