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10. Neither of the two parties shall make peace with the 
King of Spain, without the consent of the other ; 
11. If-any subject of either party gives offence in matters 
of religion, the offender shall be brought up and punished by 
his own authorities ; 
12. If any subje ect of one of the two parties has a claim in 
the way of debt upon a subject of the other party, the defend- 
ant shall be called before his own authorities ; 
13. Both parties bind themselves to surrender deserters or 
runaway criminals. 
The said treaty was sworn to and signed by both parties, by 
each of them according to the customs of his country. 
The Admiral then delivered to Radja Saprane a letter 
addressed to the King and coming from His Highness Prince 
Maurice, which letter was accompanied by the presents also 
sent to the King by the said Prince, which presents consisted 
of a long fusil, a double-barrelled pistol inlaid with 
mother-of-pearl, two other pistols, a sword of honour, and a 
halberd, besides those sent by the Directors of the East India 
Company, consisting of one fine harness, two haiberds and six 
cuirasses. 
Mr, Marztier thereupon landed on the 18th May, with 700 
men, and falling in with a troop of 400 Portuguese and black 
soldiers armed with muskets and pikes, he immediately attack- 
ed them, and drove them back to the suourb. 
Finding astrong thick wall there (*) they at once threw upan 
entrenchment, from behind which they cpened such a hot fire 
upon the enemy, that he had to abandon his position, which 
was set fire to by its own inhabitants. 
After having made a rapid personal examination of the 
town, Mr. Marrnier found near it a pretty large river, (*) which 
to cross would be rather a hard task, seeing as he did so many 
strong turrets and such solid heavy walls round the town that 
it would have been very easy for the Portuguese to prevent 
him from taking the town; besides that he had not forces 
(+) Pintu Tranquerah ? 
(7) The Malacca river, separating the fortress and main town 
from the suburbs. 
