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chamber, and to run a muck against any one who would oppose them. 

 They did also pledge that they would set the town on fire, and retire 

 to the country with their wives and children. We were long of inten- 

 tion to punish these traitors, but have with the advice of our council 

 defered the execution thereof until the return of our commissioner 

 Snoueq from Johore. But the following is now resolved : 



*' That Inchi Itam be tortured to death, and his body be exposed 

 on a gibbet." 



" That Sillap and Bongsoe be decapitated, and their bodies be 

 divided into four parts, and exposed in several conspicuous places." 



" That Poetara be beheaded, his head placed upon a gibbet, his 

 body separated, and exposed in several conspicuous places. He has 

 confessed to be guilty of horrid crimes." 



" That Patchium the slave, be acquitted, and set atlarge, as it is prov- 

 ed that he has not taken up arms against us, and has been constrained 

 by his master to join the said conspirators. Moreover, he was the 

 medium of discovering the conspiracy." 



" God preserve Malacca and all states and fortresses from such 

 evil-designing people." 



" The villages of Naning and Rumbowe continue in a rebellious 

 state, the blockade of the river Panagy, (the Rumbowe and Naning 

 branch of the Lingi river,) by us is still carried on. Some days past, 

 two Rumbowe people have been seized by our inhabitants in the 

 river Muar. We had them executed ; their heads were placed on 

 stakes, and their bodies on gibbets." 



" God grant that we may apprehend some more of these traitors, 

 they shall all be dealt with in this way." 



" By the disasters which had taken place at Naning, the continu- 

 ance of the rebellion excited by the insolent Manikdbowes, and the dif- 

 fidence subsisting between this republic and the states of Johore, the 

 minor trade of this place has of late been decreasing, the supply of 

 all necessaries prevented, and the plantations along the river-side 

 deserted and abandoned ; for fear of the Manikdbowes , nobody would 

 venture to cultivate their gardens in those places. The revenue of 

 the settlement has in consequence diminished, and the inhabitants 

 very much disheartened. Even the people in the surrounding states 

 are not exempt from fear on this acconnt. We shall find it there- 

 fore expedient to conclude a permanent peace with the states of Johore, 

 by which means, it will be in our power to punish the Naning and Rum- 

 bowe people. We shall endeavour to treat all the subjects of the 

 chief of Johore in a friendly manner, and permit them to visit our 

 settlement without molestation." 



