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CAPTURE OF A rORTUGUESE SHIT IN THE STRAITS OF MALACCA, 1602 



It did not take the Eiti^Iish and Dutch long to discover that 

 Portugal was not able to protect the trade she was building up 

 in the East, and many a big prize was taken. In this engage- 

 ment the English force was under the command of Sir James 

 Lancaster and the Dutch under Admiral Spilberg. 



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