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St. Domingo(‘!) with much pomp and a guard of honour from 
our troops after the manner of his country. 
The Ovidér-General (7.e., their Fiscal of India), the Jesuits, 
the other priests and the principal citizens with their wives 
and children, left Malacca a few days afterwards in a vessel 
(which we lent them) for Negapatam; and since we did not 
visit and search this ship most probably he (the Ovidér-Gene- 
ral) carried away a treasure of money of at least several hun- 
dred thousands of rix dollars, besides what the others took with 
them. 
Louis MATHIAS DE SOUSA CHYSORRO, the Commander of 
the troops, and the other officers and soldiers of the King of 
Spain were sent to Batavia, together with some priests and 
citizens. A few married Portuguese and the Eurasians with 
their families were left, so that the town might not be depopu- 
lated after its surrender, and so that we might be in a position 
to open it up again in time, as we afterwards did. 
On the ist of February, 1641 (7.e., 17 days after the con- 
quest of the town), Heer JOHAN VAN TwIST, Extraordinary 
Member of the Council of India, and the Commissioner Heer 
JUSTUS SCHOUTEN, arrived in the ruined town. 
The former (first Dutch Governor of Malacca), after having 
inspected the whole town and its surrounding territory, made 
the necessary arrangements for the right administration of 
this conquered country, altering many things that had been 
badly and rashly managed through the ignorance of Command- 
er KAARTEKOE, who, soon afterwards, returned to Batavia 
together with the superfluous officers and troops to bring to 
their Honours in person the news of the conquest of this town. 
This account of the siege and conquest of Malacca in all its 
details may merit so much more credit, from the fact that it 
is taken from a report dated 26th October, 1641, drawn up 
in Malacca by the Commissioner SCHOUTEN in person, and 
forwarded to their Honours at Batavia, though I doubt very 
much if that report can be found among the official records, 
either at Batavia or at Malacca, since many old papers (espe- 
cially at Batavia) have been lost by the length of time and 
(1) Behind the bastion of that name, 
