The city was very much in danger of being lost, and was divided into factions and different opinions; although it is true that all desired Silva's absence.

After so many difficulties, and after having defied them all, Silva left the city with his fleet, leaving the walls dismantled, as above stated.

When he embarked, many men of those that he had provided from the inhabitants of the city, and single men, were not to be found, for they had run away.
Scarcely had he left Manila when news came that a Dutchman with five ships was coming, and within one week he came to anchor at the mouth of the bay of Manila.

It was our Lord's pleasure that the Dutch did not learn the city's condition, which would have placed us in the greatest embarrassment and danger.

The Dutch remained there one fortnight, and then, learning that Don Juan had gone toward their forts and factories, they set out for them.