298 VALENTYN’S ACCOUNT OF MALACCA. 
16th—Manvet Barertro’s galleon of 300 tons, with 12 
brass guns and 100 European soldiers. 
16th—The San Martinho of 800 tons, Captain Don Luis 
Lopo, with 22 brass guns and 150 Huropean Soldiers. 
This was lost off Manaar in Ceylon. 
17th—Captain Don PavLto DE Portucat’s galleon, of 
1,200 tons with 1,200 guns. This had no soldiers but 
many merchants and passengers bound for China. The 
Viceroy destroyed this vessel off Malakka on 29th 
October. 
18th—The galleon of Captain Don Antonio pe MENESEZ 
(now Governor of Malakka). his vessel too had no 
soldiers but many merchants and passengers also bound 
for China but was lost off Cape Comorin. 
One of the four great royal galleys was very badly damaged 
off Cabo Rachado ; 854 European soldiers, besides a great num- 
ber of sailors and rowers were on board of the said four galleys 
and twenty-three barges. 
In short nine out of these eighteen galleons were lost, a 
very heavy loss indeed for the Portuguese, who had had the 
presumption to think of subduing the whole of India, with that 
fleet, whereas this siege of Malakka by Martrtizr cost them 
about 6,000 men. 
MateLier sent word to the Viceroy offering to set at liberty 
all Portuguese prisoners in exchange for all Dutch prisoners. 
He merely requested a ransom for the Portuguese of noble 
extraction, to which the Viceroy made objections ; upon which 
Mr. Maretizr sent him word, that, if the Hollanders (num- 
bering but four or five) were not set at liberty that very night, 
he, would early next morning, issue an order to throw overboard 
about two hundred Portuguese prisoners, adding at the same 
time, that probably Don Anprea Furtapo had given him 
(the Viceroy) such unreasonable advice, so as to make him 
despised by the whoie world. 
It was decided by our people that a ransom of 6,000 ducats 
should be paid for the following prisoners, viz. :—ANDREA PEs- 
