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iadebtcd to the fultan, and the relationihip which ib nearly conoaflcd 
them. But Co far was this admonition from producing any good effc^j 
that he took offence at his father's prefumption, and ordered him to be 
confined in a cage, where he died. Irritated by thefe aits, the fuJtan rc- 
fqlv^d to proceed to extremities againit hirai but by means of the pkm- 
dcF of fome Portugucfe veflels, as before related, and the recent defeat 
of Brito's party, he became fo ftrong in artiilery and animunltion, and 
fo much elated with fuccefsj that he fet his mailer at defiance, and pre* 
pared to defend himfelf. His force proved fuperior to that of Pcdeer, 
and in the end he obliged the fultan to fly for refuge and afliftance to the 
European fortrefs at Pafay, accompanied by his nephew the chief of 
Daya, who was alfo forced from his pofTelKons. 
IS". Abraham had for fome time infefted the Porcuguefe by feuding out 
parties againft them, both by fea and land ; but thefe being always baf- 
fled in their attempts with much lofs, he began to conceive a violent 
antipathy againfl that nation, which he ever after indulged to cxcefs. 
He got pofleffioD of the city of Pedeer by bribing the principal oiKcers ; 
a mode of warfare that he often found fuQcefsfui, and fcldom negledled 
to attempt, Thefe he made to write a letter to their matter couched in 
artful terms,, in which they requcflcd he would come to their affiftance 
with a body of Portugeufe, as the only chance of repelling the enemy 
by whom they pretended to be inveftcd. The fultan fhewed this letter 
to Andre Henri quez, then governor of the fort, who thinking it a good 
opportunity to chaftife the Achcnefe, fcnt by fea a detachment of eighty 
Euro|>eans and two hundred Mala3ryj under the command of his brother 
Manuel, whilft the fultan marched over land with a thoufand men, and 
fifteen elephants, to the relief of the place. They arrived at Pedeer in 
the night, but being fecretly informed that Abraham was matter of the 
citf , and that the demand for fuccour was a ftratagem, they endeavoured 
to make their retreat ; which the land troops efFedted, but before th^ 
tide would enable the Portugeufe to get their boats afloat, they were 
attacked by Abraham's people, who killed Manuel and thirty five of his 
men, 
Henriquez 
