MARITIME CODE. 15 



'• As soon as the fleet arrived at Malacca ("he Commander sent 

 a letter to the Portuguese, telling them to hold themselves in readi- 

 ness, as it was the intention of the Dutch to commence the attack oil 

 the morrow at midday. To this the Portuguese replied, 'come 

 'when you please we ore ready.' 



,; On the next day the Dutch commenced the attach", and the 

 war continued for about two months, but the country of Malacca 

 was not carried ; and the Dutch returned to Bantam, where they 

 remained quiet for some rime with the intention of returning to 

 Europe ; but all the great men on board the vessels feeding ashamed 

 of what had happened, held consultation, respecting another attack 

 on Malacca; they then proceeded against it a second lime, but it 

 did not surrender. The Dutch then sent a letter off to Johor in 

 terms of friendship to the Sultan, requesting his assistance in the 

 attack of Malacca : with this the Eaja of Johor was pleased, and. 

 an agreement was entered into between the Eaja of Johor and the 

 Dutch, which was sworn to, so that the Dutch and Malays were as 

 one as far as concerned the taking of Malacca. An agreement was 

 made that the Dutch should attack from sea, and the people of 

 Johor by land ; if the country surrendered the Dutch were to re- 

 tain the country and the cannon, and everything else that might be 

 found within Malacca was to be equally divided between the Dutch 

 and the people of Johor. 



" Wheu the terms were agreed upon, the men of Johor and the 

 Dutch sailed for Malacca; and after fighting for about fifteen days 

 from the seaside, many were slain, as well Portuguese as Malays 

 and Dutch. The Malays then held a consultation and began to think 

 that if they fought against the white men according to this fashion. 

 Malacca would not fall in fourteen years. 



"It was therefore, agreed upon by all the Malays, that fifty 



men should enter the Fort of Malacca and run amok. 



"The Malays then selected a lucky day ; and on the 21st of the 

 month, at 5 o'clock in the morning, fifty Malays entered the Port did 

 Mirny amok, and every Portuguese was either put to death or forced 

 to fly into the interior of the country, without order or regularity. 



" On this all the Malays plundered to a great extent in Malac- 

 ca, and the whole was divided between the men of Johor and the 



