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and the fcheme that was laid for rifing on the Portuguefe when they 
Ihould be at church, murdering thetn, and feizing the fortrefs. Intel- 
ligence of this was reported with fpeed to the governor, who had Senaia 
inftantly apprehended and executed. This punifhment ferved to in* 
timidate thofe among the inhabitants who were engaged in the confpiracy 
and difconcerted the plans of the king of Acheen.*^ 
Thefe appear to be the la ft tranfa^tions of Abraham's reigtij of which 
any mention is made by hiftorians* The time of his death is not fatis- 
fadorily afcertaincd, but it is faid that he ^vas difpatched with poifoa 
given him by his wife, who was fifler to the chief of Daya, in revenge 
for the injuries her brother had fuQained at his hand.* 
He was fucceeded by one who fly led hiaifelf Siry Sultan Alradiny^ 
king of Achecn, Baroos, Pedeer, Pafay, Daya, and Batta, prince of 
the land of the two feas, and of the mines of Menangcabow. Nothing 
is recorded of his reign until the year 1537, in which he twice attacked 
Malacca. The firft time he fent an army of three thoufand men^ who 
landed near the city by night, unperceived of the Portuguefe, and hav- 
ing committed fame ravages in the fuburbs, were advancing to the 
bridge, when the governor, Eftavano de Gama, fallied out with a party 
and obliged them to retreat for Ihelter to the woods. Here they defended 
themfelves during the next day, but on the following night they re-em- 
barked, with the lofs of five hundred men* A few months afterwards 
the king had the place invefted with a larger force i but in the interval 
the works had been repaired and llrengthened, and after three days 
ineffe6:ual attempt, the Achenefe were again conftrained to retire.'* 
<^ Caftanhtda, Diogo do Couto. 
♦ Dc Bairos place* his death in i52S> but the aceounts of the tranfaftlons of the folJowinn 
year contradifit that date. Probably the event took place in 1529 or 1550. 
+ Raim is a name often found aroongft the Maby*^ to which the Afabic partick is here pre- 
fixed. 
^ Dc Banoi* 
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