SUMATRA. 
ever his chief objc^. Owing to the divided ft ate of the Portuguefc 
government at that juncture, the nieflenger returned with an imfatlsfac- 
tory anfwcr, but a fcnfe of their interefl induced them afterwards to 
order a velTel laden with ftores to proceed to the relief of Am ; where 
the Acheen fleet foon appeared, confifting of an hundred and fixty fall, 
of which fifteen were large vcffels. In thefe w ere embarked feventcen 
thoiifand men, of whom twelve thoufand were military, and among 
them four thoufand foreigners. The whole w^as commanded by Heredin 
Mahomet, who had married the king's fifter, and was his governor of 
Baroos. Whilft thefe entered the river Panetican, the king of Aru was 
employed in fortifying himfelf on fliore, with fix thoufand of his fub- 
je<5ts. For fix days the enemy battered the town from their velTels, and 
then landed with twelve large pieces of artillery. Having demoliflied 
the outer forts, they gave a general afl!ault; but the befieged fuftained 
it with fo much refolution, and exerted themfelves fo effectually, that 
they repulfed the aflailjints, and killed the leader^ an Abyflinian, who 
had arrived from Judda but a month before, to confirm a kague made 
by the Bafla of Cairo, on behalf of the Grand Signior, with the king 
of Acheen. But in the end the place was taken, and the brave king of 
Aru killed, owing ta the treachery of one of his ow^n captains, whoni 
the Achenefe Kad corrupted* The commander, from being governor, 
■was made fultan of Baroos for this eminent fervice. 
Inche Seenec, the queen of the deceafcd monarch, having retired r® 1540. 
the woods- before the fiege, now in fe fled the Achenefe garrifon with 
many irregular attacks, but at length, upon the fetting in of the rains^ 
fhe was neceffitated to quit the country, and embarking her people in 
fuch boats as fhe could procure, pafTed over to Malacca, in order to 
fue for aid to recover her hulband's kingdom. Here IBe attended in vain 
for five months, and then departed, to implore of the king of Oojong- 
tana (formerly of Bintang) that affiftance which the Portuguefe denied 
her. This prince had compafiion for her fituatlon, and in order to fur- 
nifh a pretext for demanding the reftitution of Aru, he took her ta 
wife. After a letter had pafTed between him and the king of Acheen ; 
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