136 VALENTYN’S DESCRIPTION OF MALACCA. 
1. Admiral Marrnipr promises to take Malakka from the 
Portuguese with the aid and assistance of Djohor, after which — 
the town will remain in the power of the States-General 
(Holland ), but the surrounding country will be under the 
King of Djohor, provided we shall ] be aliawen to take of it as 
much as we may require to fortify the town ; 
2. The States-General are allowed to cut timber in the 
territory of the King, to build ships, and to provide for all 
the other necessities of the town : 
3. All the vassals of the States-General are allowed to 
discharge their ships and to land their goods in the town 
without peying any duty ; 
4. No other Dutch or Kuropean merchants may trade in 
the countries of the King, without first having obtained leave 
from our Governor at Malakka to do so, and they will be con- 
sidered enemies if they trade without the said permission ; 
9. His Majesty can re-people and govern the burnt down 
suburb, known under the name of Campo Clin, (') without 
any interference of the States-General. His Majesty shall if 
possible take up his residence at that place and fortify it, 
whilst the States-General shall assist him to do so; 
6. All the guns and cannon which are found in the town 
after its conquest shall belong to the King, one part of which 
he is allowed to remove at once, whilst he must leave the other 
part for the defence of the town, until the States-General 
shall have provided it with other artillery ; 
7. All the merchandize, ‘money and any other goods that 
shall be found in the town are to be divided in two portions, 
one to go to the States-General, the other to the King ; 
8. Any goods not belonging to vassals of the States- 
General must be landed in the said suburb [Campo Chin | ; 
but the subjects of the States-General are allowed to purchase 
them there freely and to carry them from there to the town ; 
9. Both parties promise to assist each other faithfully 
against the Portuguese and Spaniards, but not in the case of 
a war with another nationality, unless it be to stand upon the 
defensive only ; 7 
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(*) 2.e., Kampong Kling. 
