TALENTYN'S DESCRIPTION OF MALACCA. 74a 



"the King tried again to deceive him, he ordered to set fire to his 

 palace. Then the King begged to make peace and accepted the 

 terms made by Albukirk, who demanded the delivery of all the 

 Portuguese, the restitution of the stolen goods, and the indemnifi- 

 -cation of the expenses for two fleets, which had been despatched 

 this way ; but the King's son (whom Maffejus has named Allodln) 

 and the King of Pahang declining to accept the said terms, Albu- 

 kirk ordered his troops to attack and to plunder the town, and to 

 spare only the properties of one Ninachetu and of Isutinutis, 

 (who had alread}^ made peace with him before and had submitted 

 to him) and of all the Javanese who stood under his orders and of 

 a, few other individuals, who were his allies in town. The King 

 having been wounded personally dismounted his elephant and fled, 

 and so did the King of Pahang too, and they never returned again. 



A few days afterwards he and his General Antonio d'Abreo ( x ) 

 -attacked the town for a second time; a fierce battle was fought, but 

 d'Abreo conquering a certain bridge put the Malays to flight and 

 Albukirk made his entry in the royal palace where he found that 

 the King and his household had already fled. 



Allodin having collected the fugitives, was defeated for a 

 second time and compelled to flee to the island of Bintam (situated 

 opposite to Singapore), where he fortified himself in spite of its 

 Prince. 



The Portuguese, once masters of the town, plundered it thoroughly, 

 capturing among other things the 9,000 brass guns. The 

 booty seized at Malakka was so rich, that one fifth of it, i.e., the 

 part reserved for the King (of Portugal), amounted to 200,000 

 -ducats. 



Albukirk appointed Raja Isutlnutis, head of the Moors, and 

 Ninachetu, head of the other native inhabitants; he fortified the 

 town, opened the place for the trade, and built of the tombs of the 

 Kings the first Christian Church, devoted to the Annunciation. 



He sent the news of this conquest to the King of Siam, who 

 was very much pleased, that his disloyal vassal had been punished 

 so severely, he congratulated Albukirk on his success and beg- 

 ged him to make an offensive and defensive alliance. The Laxa- 

 maiia (or Admiral of Malakka) came to beg him also to consider 

 him a friend, assuring Lira, that he had tried to dissuade the King 

 from making war, and Albukirk pardoned him also. 



And behold now this proud Malakka, the glory and the success 

 of the Malays ! 



(i) Commentaries — Albuquerque, "Dabreu." 



