300 VALENTYN’S ACCOUNT OF MALACCA. 
before and had been chased by Malay pirates. 
Marexier finding that this little King was deadly afraid of 
the Portuguese and that his help would not be of any value, 
left the place again on the 27th. Super-cargo CorneELIs FRANCX, 
who was factor at Djohor in 1607, behaved so ill in September 
of that year, that Fiscaal Apins was at a loss what to do. 
When Marerizer, on his arrival off the river of Pahang on 
11th November, 1607, heard from the King that both the Vice- 
roy of India and the Governor of Malakka had died, he de- 
cided not to stop long and sailed from there on 16th. 
Fiscaal Martinus Apins left Djohor that year and in- 
formed Marenirr that if no vessels came for the relief of Djo- 
hor, the King would certainly make peace with the Portuguese. 
In December, he had also heard at Bantam that the Portu- 
cuese had destroyed Djohor by fire andthat Rajah Sabrang, 
who lived at Lingga, was strengthening himself at that place. 
ABRAHAM VAN DEN Broek was super-cargo of our Company at 
Djohor in December, 1608; a month previously our people had 
captured, off Malakka, a Portuguese carrack. When in Janu- 
ary, 1609, Admiral Pirrer WILLEMssooN VERHOEVEN was at 
Djohor, he thought proper to give Van pEN Brogx the 
command of the vessel De Roode Leeuw and to put in his place 
super-cargo Jacaqurs OseLaar, together with the secunde 
or sub-factor ABRAHAM WILLEMSsooN DE Ryk, the connoisseur 
in diamonds Hector Roos, with three assistants and some other 
people; at the same time he ordered the Roode Leeuw 
and the yacht Griffioen to anchor at the mouth of the 
river until the lst of July, inorder to protect the King against 
the Portuguese. Such was the course of things here in the 
reign of king Atawappin IJJ, who died in 1610. 
He wassucceeded inthe same year by Sulthan AspULLAH 
Ssau, who was the 17th Malay king, the 5th of Djohor, and the 
11th Mobamedan king. This king reigned eleven years over 
this people, from 1610 to 1621, and but very few events of 
imtporance happened during his Government. 
In 1616 he was reputed for being attached to us more than 
any other Indian Prince, for which reason he and his country 
had to suffer very much from our mutual enemy. 
He was succeeded in 1621 by Sulthan Manmoop Ssau, the 
