118 ON THE MALA'YU NATION. 



M and they are few in number, if they da any wrong, whatever it maty -be, 



• i( I shall see it, and will give orders for their being massacred (literally; 



" I will order men to amok, ok as it is vulgarly termed/ run a muck. 



" among them.) , Notwithstanding this the Bendahara and the Tamung* 



et ungs remained dissatisfied in their hearts, for they were wise men. 



sl After this, the Portuguese, during the night, conveyed cannon into 

 " their store house, and they landed small arms, packed in chests*, 

 "' saying the contents were cloths ; and in this manner did the Portuguese 

 s< deceive and, cheat the people of Maldca ! 



"What the Portuguese next did, the people of Maldca were ignorant 

 "■ of y but it was long before the stone house was compleated : and when 

 "all their arms were in order, then it was at mid-night, at a time 

 " that the people of Maldca were asleep, that the Portuguese bregan to 

 » fire off their guns from the fort of Maldca /* 



" They soon destroyed all the houses of the people of Maldca, and 

 " their Nibung fort ; and it was during this night, when the Portuguese 

 {t first attacked the people of Maldca, that Raja Ahmed Shah, with his 

 " people, fled in all directions, for no one could remain to oppose the 

 " Portuguese. 



Sf Thus did the Portuguese take possession of Maldca, whilst Sultan 

 " Ahmed Shah fled to Mdar, and from thence, in a short time, to Johdr, 

 " and afterwards to Bentan, to establish another country. Such is- the 

 " account of the Portuguese seizing, the kingdom of Maldca, from the 

 " hands of Sultan Ah'med Shah. 



It is related, that the Portuguese remained in quiet possession of the 

 " country of Maldca for three years, after which they sent letters to their 



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