74 YALENTTN'S DESCRIPTION OF MALACCA. 



in a bracelet, ( x ) and as soon as that stone had been removed from 

 his body, the blood gushed from his wounds. 



It was about that time that the King of Malakka, who was 

 still a yassnl of the King of Siarn, threw off that yoke. . 



He ( Albukirk ) sailed to Malakka on the 1st August, 

 1511. The Chinamen of that place were kind enough to 

 wani him of an attempt already planned there beforehand 

 against him and promised at the same to assist him, whilst the 

 King sent him a proposition of peace as soon as he had cast anchor. 

 The King of Pahang (the Portuguese pronounce it Pan) to whom 

 Mahmud's daughter had been betrothed a short time before, was 

 also at Malakka, when Albukirk arrived there and it was on the 

 wedding day at the very moment, that some of the allied princes, 

 who had been invited to witness the marriage, were led round, 

 seated on a magnificent triumphal car on 80 wheels, that he dropped 

 anchor. 



The sight of the arrival of A lbukirk's fleet disturbed the King 

 and all the wedding guests; the majority of them being natives, 

 they wanted to run away at once, but the King, hearing that 

 he did not want to interfere with their festivities, sent to inquire 

 of him, with what kind of goods he could serve him, upon which 

 he sent the reply .that lie did not want any new goods, but that 

 he mere ly came to demand the Portuguese who were still there 

 and those goods which had formerly been detained so deceitfully. 



The King, who had certainly about 9,000 brass guns in the town, 

 tried to put him off with promises and to protract till his fleet, 

 which had left for an expedition, should have returned, and there- 

 fore told him, that those Portuguese had escaped ; but Albukirk, 

 not inclined to be put off with that excuse and receiving not even 

 the slightest news of his companions on shore, ordered at once to 

 set fire to some houses in the town and to some native embarka- 

 tions, and thus compelled the King to deliver to him immediately 

 Aranoe and the other Portuguese, whilst he assured Albukirk, 

 that he wished most ardently to be at peace with him, But when 

 Araxge had warned Albukirk not to trust the King, he claimed a, 

 place where he could build a fortress, which the King promised 

 him to his choice, putting it off however constantly. Seeing that 



( * ) In the Commentaries of Albuquerque described as a bracelet of bone 

 net in gold, paid to be made " of the bones of certain, animals which were called 

 " cabals (also cabais) that are bred in the mountain ranges of the kingdom of 

 " Siam, and the person who carries these bones so that they touch hie flesh can 

 " never lose his blood, however many wounels he may ieceive, so long as they are 

 " kepe on han." 



