72 valentyn's description or Malacca. 



of that kind with some appearance of justice : but all his persua- 

 sion, though well-founded, had no effect. 



When Mahuud heard that his first plot had. failed and that the 

 principal reason that Sequeira had not come was, that the pro- 

 mised spices had not been forwarded to him, he sent him word that 

 he would despatch at once the crafts with the goods. Sequeira 

 seemed to be pretty well pleased with this message, but he for his 

 part stationed at the same time some of his boats on four different 

 places so as to be prepared for all eventualities. 



The King sent some embarkations with soldiers besides, who 

 were hidden under the victuals and provisions. He ordered more- 

 over some of his people to conceal their arms under their garments 

 and to try to get access on board of the vessels as dealers in eata- 

 bles, and to take hold of the opportunity as soon as they perceived 

 a column of smoke going up in the town. 



Petrus Maffejus tells us, that Isutee Mutis had ordered his 

 cousin, one Patiakoos, to kill Sequeira, while Sequeira had put 

 his trust entirely in that man and admitted him freely into his 

 presence. 



When everything had been properly arranged, the crafts paddled 

 to the vessels ; they created suspicion, however, by ascending the 

 vessels with too large a number at once and Gteacia dk Sous a 

 noticing this stopped them and sent Ferdinand Magellaan to 

 Sequeira, to warn him that there was something suspicious in the 

 wind. 



Isuti Mutis and his men, eight of which already surrounded 

 Sequeira, who was playing at chess, stood anxiously waiting for 

 the signal on shore, viz., the column of smoke. Sequeira, though 

 warned by Magellaan, did not care at all about it, he only ordered 

 a Mate to ascend the mast to see if the boats, which had their 

 freight, were on the way back already, and continued his game 

 as passionately as ever. Still the signal was not given, and 

 when the Mate, who was in the mast, saw that a Malay drew 

 his Kris and that another made a sign to show the first one, that 

 it was not the right moment yet, he warned Sequeira at the top 

 of his voice, that those Malays were merely waiting for a signal 

 to effeduate their plot. 



Sequeira called out for his arms just in time and drove the 

 enemies overboard, who, astonished and wild that their attempt 

 again had failed, jumped in their boats and hurried away from the 

 vessels. 



The signal on shore was given just after they had left the ves- 

 sels, and the consequence was that those who had still stopped 



