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Of the opposition to Don Juan de Silva from all the city,.
and the opportunity that he lost by not taking the advice that they gave him.
Strange are the judgments of the Most High, and nothing happens by chance that His infinite providence does not register.

The Portuguese regarded as certain the coming of Don Juan de Silva to the Strait with his fleet, and attributed to him, as was evident, the saving of their possessions.

But he who regards the opportunity that Silva lost, and how much more important it would have been not to have left Manila, but to have been there when the enemy (who passed through the Strait of Magallanes) arrived, will see how unsatisfactory was the Malaca expedition.
Don Juan de Silva had already prepared his fleet, and his yards were already squared, when a discussion arose as to whether it was advisable for him to go in search of the enemy, for which purpose he had prepared it.

A general meeting of ecclesiastical and secular cabildos, the bishop, and the orders, was called, together with the royal Audiencia.