[257] The following law was issued at Segovia July 4, 1609, and appears in _Recopilacion de leyes_, lib. iii, tit. iv, ley xviii: "The governor and captain-general of the Filipinas Islands shall ever strive to maintain friendly relations, peace, and quiet, with the emperor of Japon. He shall avail himself, for that purpose, of the most prudent and advisable means, as long as conditions permit; and he shall not risk the reputation of our arms and state in those seas and among oriental nations." [258] This port (established before 1540) was in Colima, Mexico, near the present Manzanillo. It was plundered and burned by the English adventurer Thomas Candish, on August 24-25, 1587. [259] Thus named because seamen and voyagers noticed especially the lateen sails of the light vessels used by the natives of the Marianas.--_Rizal_. [260] A marine fish (_Sparus auratus_), thus named because it has spots of golden-yellow color. [261] A chart of the Indian Ocean, by L. S. de la Rochette (pub. London, 1803, by W. Faden, geographer to the king) shows three volcanoes in about 25 deg. north latitude, and but a few degrees north of the Ladrones. One of them is called "La Desconocida, or Third Volcano," and the following is added: "The Manilla ships always try to make this Volcano." [262] A group of islands called Shidsi To, lying in 34 deg. 20'.--_Rizal_. [263] "Thirty-eight degrees" is probably an error for "twenty-eight degrees," and these islands [the first ones mentioned in the above sentence] would be the Mounin-Sima Islands, lying between 26 deg. 35' and 27 deg. 45'; and Lot's Wife in 29 deg. 51', and Crespo, in 32 deg. 46', which [latter] are supposed by the _Univers Pittoresque_ to be the Roca de Oro [rock of gold] and the Roca de Plata of the ancient maps.--_Stanley_. For these latter islands, see _Vol_. XIV, p. 272, note 45. [264] A fungous substance that grows in the sea, and contains signs of life. [265] Probably the dogfish, a species of shark. [266] Most of these places can be identified on the old maps of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and most of the names are retained today. The island of Cedros is shown on a map of 1556 (Ramusio: _Vniversale della parte del mondo nvovamente ritrovata_). The island of Cenizas is shown, on the old maps, in about 32 deg., and Cedros in about 29 deg.. The Marias or Tres Marias Islands are Maria Madre, Maria Magdalena, and Maria Cleofas. Cape Corrientes is south of La Valle de Banderas and Chametla. Socatul is called Socatula and Zocatula. An English map of 1626, engraved by Abraham Goos, shows the town of Ciguatlan, north of Aquapulco, which may be the same as Morga's Ciguatanejo. Los Motines cannot be identified.