96 A LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS 



" prince who only desired to reign in peace. He died 

 " in 1610 leaving several children. Thence arose 

 " great troubles for the state for the king, on his death 

 " bed, caused his eldest son, a youth a great promise, 

 "ito be put to death, the murder being committed at 

 " the suggestion of one of the nobles, who, being very 

 " rich and powerful, aspired to the throne. The pre- 

 sent king is the second son of the White King, and 

 " soon caused the traitorous noble to be put to death." 



Thevenot Vol. I. P. 21. 



Sahang — Perhaps a mistake for sarong. 



Sapom—S&ixm wood. See the articles Sappan and Brazil- 

 wood in Yule and Burnell. 



Satigam — I cannot locate this place. 



Siacca — Siak. A Malay state on the North East Coast of 

 Sumatra. The Siak river is the finest in the island 

 and flows into the Straits of Malacca nearly opposite 

 the island of Bengkalis. 



Sindine — I cannot locate this place. 



Siriangh — Syriam. A town on the left bank of the Pegu 

 river about three miles from its mouth. Towards the 

 end of the sixteenth century the King of Arakan took 

 advantage of the quarrels between the Kings of Toung- 

 Ngoo, Ava and Pegu and, with the assistance of Philip- 

 po de Brito y Nicote (to whom a reference is made in 

 this manuscript) conquered Pegu. As a reward for 

 their services he gave the Portuguese the town of 

 Syriam which they fortified. He soon had reason to 

 regret his liberality for the Portuguese were mere 

 pirates and committed the most appalling cruelties upon 

 the wretched natives. A few years later the King of 

 Arrakan formed an alliance with the King of Toung- 

 Ngoo, and tried to drive out the Portuguese : they 

 attacked the town, but were repulsed. In 1613 (the year 

 before the probable date of this manuscript) the King of 

 Ava besieged and took Syriam, impaled de Brito alive 

 and sent all the surviving Portuguese to Ava as slaves. 



J our. Sraits Branch 



