They anchored with them in the province of Camarines, where they had heard that one ship and two pataches were being built for your Majesty.
In the same way, one of our pataches took from the people of Terrenate a ship loaded with provisions.
When the galleys and the pataches had entered our fortress of Terrenate, one of them, called the "Sant Buena Ventura," remained behind as rearguard.
Thus the galleons were left withoutpataches or lanchas.
Between the islands of Pulo Condor and Puluibi, which are opposite the kingdom of Camboja, one of the two pataches met a very large Dutch ship, which it was thought was going to Siam, where the galleons were awaiting it.
Besides these there was another smaller ship called the "Rosario," and two other pataches and two galleys.
The two pataches easily escaped, and sought the protection of our forts.
I have considered the number of galleons and pataches with which you are provided, and the galleys which were in process of construction.
Relief was sent this year to the Malucas Islands, as has usually been done in past years, in several pataches and a galley.
After this bravado our men and Pedro de Heredia, governor of those fortifications, armed two pataches and the galley (a force much inferior to that of so powerful a ship) and went out to meet the enemy.
Three pataches went, under the command of a valiant soldier, Captain Francisco Hernandez.
And several, as I learned before setting out from France, had some ships and pataches fitted out in view of our voyage, hoping to return rich, as from a voyage to the Indies.
There came out to us some canoes, informing us that one of our pataches had been in the harbor for a month, and that three vessels had arrived eight days before.
But they said if there had been only our two pataches they would have stayed some days longer, and they begged that, when I returned with my companions, I would not bring any others.
After they had made three more shouts, there was a discharge of musketry twice from thirteen barques or pataches that were there.
Within twenty days I despatched the three pataches that were at the port of Cavite, since the enemy had now left the entrances to this bay; and with them I sent Don Gaviria to serve in the offices held by Don Geronimo de Silva.
Although three pataches were prepared to take the usual help to the forts of Terrenate, the enemy did not allow them to sail from the port of Cavite.
Among other things they arrived at the shipyard of Pantao with their fleet, where at your Majesty's orders a galleon and two pataches were being built.
He orders the pataches laden in Sanboangan to wait for him, and the galleon and galleys to sail.
During the year two pataches ply back and forth in August and April with the reënforcements, and carry what is necessary for the said presidio.
I was very happy over the despatch, both for this reason and because I saved the cost and preparation of the pataches in which this aid is generally taken.
Our ship will be a swifter one, and will sail better against the wind; and a Dutch ship will not be able to catch it in two rosaries, and theirpataches will not dare to grapple it because of the defense which they will encounter.
The twopataches were in command of Alonso de Arellano and Juan de la Isla.
There were only four ships and two pataches laying before Manila, and it was without artillery, ammunition, or soldiers.
By this means, and the arrival here of the other ships in 1631, no ship remained in Acapulco to send to the Philippines; and the Viceroy of Mexico despatched two pataches with the ordinary relief.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "pataches" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
