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merit of which purpose he sent a congratulatory embassy to 

 Albuquerque, from whom he demanded the office which had 

 been conferred on Quitir. These plots, having no conse- 

 quences at this time, shall be further explained in the sequel. 



During his residence at Malacca, Albuquerque received 

 embassies from several princes, particularly from the King of 

 Shim ; and he sent likewise embassies in return to the Kings 

 of Siam ( x ) and Pegu. He sent also two ships to discover the 

 Molucca islands and Banda, and gave orders to let it be known 

 in all quarters that Malacca was now under the dominion of 

 Portugal, and that merchants from every part of India would 

 be received there on more favourable terms than formerly. 

 Having now established everything in Malacca to his mind, 

 Albuquerque determined upon returning to Cochin, leaving 

 Euy de Brito Batalim (-) to command the fort, with a garri- 

 son of 300 men. He left at the same time Ferdinando Perez 

 de Adurada, ( 8 ) with 10 ships and 300 soldiers, to protect the 

 trade, and carried four ships with himself on his return to 

 Cochin. 



Pate Quitir, the native of Java, who had been preferred by 

 Albuquerque to the command of the native inhabitants of 

 Malacca, continued to carry on measures for expelling the 

 Portuguese, and having strengthened himself secretly, at last 

 broke out into rebellion. Having slain a Portuguese captain 

 and several men, and taken some pieces of cannon, he suddenly 

 fortified the quarter of the city in which he resided, and stood 

 on his defence with 6,000 men and two elephants. Ferdtnan- 

 do PEKEzand Alonso Pessoa went against him with 320 men, 

 partly by land and partly by water, and, after a long contest, 



presents to Aleuqueeque, offering himself as a vassal to the king 

 of Portugal, which was accepted, but nothing is said about this 

 demand for office. 



( 1 ) He sent one to the King of Siam. directly after he took Ma- 

 lacca, under Duaete Fernandez, with two Chinese merchant 

 Captains on their way back to China. 



( 2 ) Catalih. — Commentaries, Albuquerque. 



( 3 ) Dakdeada. — Commentaries, Albuquerque. Probably correctly 

 De Andeade. 



