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" is desirable that there siiould be no further 

 *' wars, for there i<i reason to fear the loss of life, 

 " aod verily Paduca Bubaiiyar * is to be dread- 

 " ed io war, but there is great hope o(\m forgiv- 

 ** ness and favor. Accordingly Tuan Talani and 

 " the Mantri Jana Patra are sent for this piir- 

 " pose/'t A good deal more in the same stfaia was 

 added, and the ambas^^adors then departed. 



They were graciously received in Siam, .and 

 Paduca Bubanyar " asked ho'-v it happened that 

 " Malacca had not been conquered when it was 

 '* attacked by the Siamese. Then Tuan Talani 



called an old manof Sugar who had the elephaoL- 

 *' iasis in both his legs, to display his skill in the 

 '* spear before Paduca Bubanyar. He tossed 



up spears in ihe air, and received them on his 

 " back without the smallest wound. ' That,' 

 " Sire/ said he, * is the reason that Malacca was 

 " not conquered by the Siamese, for all the men 

 ** of Malacca have backs of this description." * J 



It is therefore evident that, during the reign of 

 Sultbaun Manzur Shah, Malacca was not in the 

 remotest degree tributary to Siani, and it is just 

 m clear that during the reign of bis son. Rajah 

 Hussain who assupied the title of a. i>. m?, Heg. 

 Sulthauu Ala-ed-din Shah on bis 

 accession, Malacca fully retained her independ- 

 ence and authority. 



It is recorded in the annals that the Rajah of 

 Pahang, who, it will be recollected, wa$ placed 

 on that throne as a tributary prince by SuUhaun 

 M^r>7iir <\n.h a fleeted independence after the 



t ^Ulny AnnaLs p. I4ti. J Ibtii-i>p. 141-118. ^ 



