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and arrows ; and having been apprised of the mines in the 

 principal street, he took another way and gained the mosque. 

 At night, after a prodigious slaughter of the enemy, he gained 

 entire possession of the city, having only with him in this 

 action 800 Portuguese and 200 Malabar s. At the end of 

 nine days, every one of the Moors who inhabited this great 

 city were either slain or driven out, and it was repeopled with 

 strangers and some Malays ( x ) who were permitted to take 

 possession of the vacant houses. Among those left was Uti- 

 muti Rajah, whose son had formerly endeavoured to assassi- 

 nate Sequeiiia. Utimuti was a rich and powerful native of 

 Java, of whom more hereafter will be said. The soldiers 

 were allowed to plunder the city during three days. There 

 were found 3,000 pieces of great cannon, out of 8,000 which 

 king Mahmuu had relied upon for the defence of his city, the 

 rest having been carried off to Bintang, ( 2 ) where the king 

 and Prince Ala'Eddin had fortifies] themselves. As it might 

 have been of dangerous consequence to permit these princes 

 to establish themselves so near the city of Malacca, Albuquer- 

 que sent a force to dislodge them, consisting of 400 Portu- 

 guese, 400 Malays belonging to Utimuti, and 300 men belonging 

 to the merchants of Pegu who resided in Malacca. On the 

 approach of these troops, the King and Prince took flight, 

 leaving seven elephants with ail their costly trappings, and the 

 Portuguese returned to Malacca. Now reduced to wander in 

 the woods and mountains of the interior, Mahmud so severely 

 reflected upon the obstinacy of his son and the king of Pahang, 

 that be and his son quarrelled and separated, each shifting for 

 himself. 



To secure this important conquest, Albuquerque built a 

 fort or citadel at Malacca, which from its beauty was called 



(M According to the Commentaries, the Peguans were the first 

 to come in to Albuquerque, and ask for peace and leave to trade. 



( 2 1 This must probably be meant for Bertam, about Smiles up 

 the river, where the Commentaries say the King's son put up a 

 stockade, which was demolished by a boat expedition sent up 

 bv Albuquerque. 



