134 VALENTYN’S DESCRIPTION OF MALACCA. 
Meanwhile the Portuguese had burnt down the southern 
suburb. 
Marrnier ordered ten men of the crew of each vessel to 
Pulau Sapta, (1)a pretty bigisland about two miles from Malakka, 
to make ten gabions for each vessel, to be used when they 
should attack the town. 
Maretizr was informed on the 4th May, that our fire had 
wounded some of the inhabitants of the town, and that the 
Portuguese fleet with the Viceroy and Archbishop on board 
was soon expected from Goa, first to come to the rescue of 
Malakka, and then to reconquer the Moluccas and to fight the 
King of Djohor ; that the place had but very little victuals, but 
that there were many guns with alarge supply of ammunition, 
that there were more than 3,000 slaves and Malays within the 
town, but not more than 80 Kuropeans. 
On the 5th of May, two prahus of the King of Djohor, with 
the SyauBanpaR of Singapura, Sri Raja Nucara, (?) reached 
our fleet; they came to see if there were Dutch vessels in this 
neighbourhood, and they assured our Admiral, that it was cer- 
tain that the King would come this way as soon as he knew of 
the Admiral’s presence, so they would go back that very night. 
On the 13th, the Admiral received a letter from the King 
of Djohor informing him that he should join him within 
four days, and that he should bring as many troops as he could 
assemble. 
After the receipt on the 14th of a letter of the same tenor, 
there appeared on the 17th some vessels with three hundred 
men under the command ofthe King’s brother Radja Saprane, 
he ( the King) being absent. 
The then reigning King of Djohor, called Jangdipertoehan, 
was the eldest of three brothers. He was a lazy and indolent | 
prince, sleeping almost the whole day, getting drunk, and 
amusing himself with his women, whilst he left the business 
(?) Probably Palau Upeh (which is somewhere ene 24 miles 
from the town, but then, as may be seen by the rocks on its 
shore side, extending further towards the town), as they were 
going to attack on the North side. 
(( 5 Royal drum; or possibly connected with Sansk: nagara or 
nagard, country. 
