▁ 5 ▁June ▁ 1 5 6 9 , ▁Gu ido ▁de ▁La vez aris , ▁the ▁royal ▁tre as urer ▁in ▁the ▁Arch ip el ago , ▁wrote ▁to ▁Philip ▁II ▁reporting ▁about ▁the ▁Portuguese ▁attack ▁to ▁C eb u ▁in ▁the ▁preceding ▁aut umn . ▁A ▁letter ▁from ▁another ▁official , ▁And res ▁de ▁Mir anda ola ▁( dated ▁three ▁days ▁later ▁- ▁ 8 ▁June ), ▁also ▁described ▁briefly ▁this ▁encounter ▁with ▁the ▁Portuguese . ▁The ▁danger ▁of ▁another ▁attack ▁led ▁the ▁Sp ani ards ▁to ▁remove ▁their ▁camp ▁from ▁C eb u ▁to ▁Pan ay , ▁which ▁they ▁considered ▁a ▁sa fer ▁place . ▁Leg az pi ▁himself , ▁in ▁his ▁report ▁to ▁the ▁Vic ero y ▁in ▁New ▁Spain ▁( dated ▁ 1 ▁July ▁ 1 5 6 9 ), ▁mentioned ▁the ▁same ▁reason ▁for ▁the ▁re location ▁of ▁Sp ani ards ▁to ▁Pan ay . ▁It ▁was ▁in ▁Pan ay ▁that ▁the ▁con quest ▁of ▁Lu zon ▁was ▁planned , ▁and ▁launched ▁on ▁ 8 ▁May ▁ 1 5 7 0 . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 7 1 6 , ▁the ▁old ▁Sak up ▁( S over eign ▁Territ ory ) ▁of ▁A kl an ▁completely ▁fell ▁under ▁the ▁I ber ian ▁control , ▁and ▁became ▁Spanish ▁politico - mil it ary ▁province ▁under ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁Cap iz . ▁And ▁so ▁it ▁remained ▁for ▁the ▁next ▁ 2 4 0 ▁years . ▁ ▁Early ▁accounts ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁early ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Spanish ▁colon ization ▁of