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expelled and fled to the Portuguese for protection and. 

 aid. On his arrival, having secured the co-operation and 

 assistance of the neighbouring king of Ara, Albuquerque sent 

 a message to the usurper desiring him to resign the kingdom 

 to the lawful prince, who had submitted to the king of Portu- 

 gal, (xenial, ( 1 ) the usurper, offered to make the same sub- 

 mission if allowed to retain possession, but this offer was 

 refused. Albuquerque then attacked (xenial in his fort, 

 which was scaled and the gate broken open ; yet the usurper 

 and thirty men valiantly defended a tower over the gateway, 

 till Genial was slain by a musket-shot, on which the others 

 immediately fled. The Portuguese troops, about 300 in num- 

 ber, were opposed by 3,000 Moors in the market-place, assisted 

 by some elephants. Hector de Sylveira endeavoured to 

 strike one of these in the trunk with his lance, which the last 

 put aside, and laying hold of Sylveira threw him into the air, 

 yet he had the good fortune to survive. Two other Por- 

 tuguese soldiers had better success, as one of them killed the 

 rider and the other wounded the elephant, on which he turned 

 among his own party, whom he trampled to death without 

 mercy. The Moors now retired to another post, but with 

 the aid of the king of Ara ( 2 ) they were completely defeated by 

 the Portuguese, 2,000 of them being slain. In this battle 

 Albuquerque received two wounds in his face, and four or 

 five peisons of note were killed on the side of the Portuguese, 

 besides a great many wounded. Next day the dispossessed 

 Prince of Pisang ( 3 ) was reinstated with much ceremony, being 

 made tributary to the King of Portugal, and a fort was erected 

 at his capital, as at other places, to keep him under subjec- 

 tion. 



The island of Sumatra extends in length, from the north- 

 west to the south-east, for about 220 leagues, by 70 in its 

 greatest breadth, and is cut nearly in two equal parts by the 

 equinoctial line. It is separated from Malacca by a nar- 



0) Jenal (?). 



( 2 ) Aru. 



( 3 ) Pasei. 



