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their intentions from tbe enemy, they ordere4 fuch of the artillery and 
ftores as could be removed conveniently, to be packed up in the form 
of merchandize, and then iliipped oIL A party was left, to fet fire 19 
the buildings, and trains of powder were lb difpofcd as to lead to the 
larger cannon , which they over charged^ that they might burft as foon 
as heated* But this was not cffe<Stually executed^ and the pieces moftly 
fell into the hands of the Achenefe, who upon the fir ft alarm of the 
evacuation, rufhed in, extinguifhcd the flames, and turned upon the 
Portuguefe their own anillcry, many of whom were killed in the water, 
as they^ hurried to get into their boats. They now loft as much credit 
by this ill conducted retreat, as they had acquired by their gallant de- 
fence, and were infuked by the reproachful Ihouts of the enemy ; whofe 
power was greatly encreafed by this acquifition of military florcs, and of 
which they often feverely experienced the effc£ts. To render their 
difgrace more ftriking, it happened that as they failed out of the harbour, 
they met thirty boats laden with provifions for their ufe from the king 
of ArUj who was hirafelf on his march overland with four rhoufand men : 
and when they arrived at Malacca they found troops and Itores embarked 
there for their relief. The unfortunate princes who had fought an 
afylum with them, now joined in their flight; the fukan of Pafay pro- 
ceeded to Malacca, and the fultan of Pedeer, and chief of Day a took re- 
fuge with the king of Aru. 
1515. Raja Narra king of Indcrgeree, in conjunction with 3 force from Bin- 
tang, attacked the king of a neighbouring ifland called Lingen, who 
was in fricndfhip with the Portuguefe. A mcflage which pafled on this 
occafion gives a juft idea of the ftyle and manners of this people. Upon 
their acquainting the king of Lingen, in their fummons of furrender, 
that they had lately overcome the fleet of Malacca, he replied that his 
intelligence informed him of the contrary ; that he had juft made a 
feflival and killed fifty goats to celebrate one defeat 'which they had 
received s and hoped foon to kill an hundred, in order to celebrate a 
fecond. His expectations were fulfilled, or rather anticipated, for the 
Portuguefe having a knowledge of the king of Indergerec*s defign, fent 
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