His
counsel was favored, and he gave it as it was his own cause. For,
in addition to the inheritance that the king of Ternate had usurped
from him, he expected to get the island of Moutil, which had belonged
to his ancestors. The expedition was also authorized by the presence
of Don Juan Ronquillo, the governor's nephew, who held equal authority
by land and sea with Sarmiento. If there were anything wanting, it was
thought that it would be supplied easily by the valor of the soldiers,
together with the shortness of the voyage and the carelessness of the
enemy. But the divided command proved an obstacle to that hope. Their
voyage was not stormy, but neither was it so favorable that they
were enabled to anchor exactly at Ternate, as was necessary in order
to deprive the enemy from using their own vigilance. They went to
Moutil to anchor, and within sight of the inhabitants of the land,
fought with some hostile _janquas_. [281] These were captured, and
the Christians found within them were set at liberty.
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