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 OF THE ARCHIPELAGO. 451 they were dangerous invaders, for the king sought, by treachery, to destroy those whom he had at first received with so much hospitality. The companions of Magellan sailed for the Moluccas, and, touching at Tidor, were en« tertained by the prince of that island with the kindest hospitality, received a supply of refresh- ments, and cargoes of the precious products of the country. Such was the first intercourse of the Spaniards with India and the Philippines. On the strength of the discovery of Magellan, the Spa- niards founded their claims to the Philippines ; and, by virtue of the line of demarcation drawn by the Pope, though the Portuguese reached them more early, they asserted their claims to the country of the spices, the primary object of the search of both. For them, the Philippines were wholly neglected, and the emperor Charles the Fifth, fitting out a squadron in the year 15^5, it reached the Mo- luccas in the following year, and made a perma- nent, but a feeble establishment in Tidor. The Spaniards and Portuguese now disputed the pos- session of the Moluccas, and war was on the point of being declared between the two countries, when the needy emperor mortgaged his clai^i for the sum of ^^50,000 ducats. In the year 1642, the emperor made an inef- fectual attempt to conquer the Philippines. The expedition never reached farther than the little