furprke, and committed great flaughter, putting the king and tl! his 
family to death. The cldeft fon of the king of Acheen was placed irt 
the government, who fell, as we lhaU prefentty fee, at the fiegc of Ma- 
lacca.s 
^ The weftern powers of India having formed a league for the purpofe 
of extirpating the Porto guefc, the king of Acheen was invited to ac- 
cede to it^ and in conformity with the engagements by which the refpec- 
tive parties were bound^ he prepared to attack them in Malacca, and 
carried thither a numerous fleet, in which were fifteeo thoufand people ^ 
of his own fubjedts and four hundred Turks, with two hundred pieces 
of artillery of different fizes. In order to amufe the enemy, he gave 
out that his force was deftined againfl: Java, and fent a letter, accompa- 
nied with a prefent of a creefe, to the governor, profefiing ftrong fen- 
timents of friendlhip. A perfon whom he turned on Ihore with marks 
of ignominy, being fufpe£ted for a fpy, was taken up, and bemg put 
to the torture, confeffed that he was employed by the Grand Signior and 
king of Acheen, to poifon the principal officers of the place, and to fee 
fire to their magazine. He ivas put to death, and his mutilated carcafe 
was fent off to the king- This was the fignal for hoflilities. He im- 
mediately landed with all his men, and commenced a regular fiege. Sal- 
lies were made with various fuccefs, and very unequal numbers. In 
one of thefe the chief of Am, the king's eideft fon, was killed. In an- 
other the Portuguefe were defeated and loft many officerSi A variety of 
ftratagems were employed to work upon the fears, and ihake the fidelity 
of the inhabitants of the town. A general aflault was given, in which, 
after vaft efforts of courage, and imminent ri& of deftrudion, the be- 
iieged remained vicftorious. The king feeing all his attempts fruitlefs, 
at length departed, having loft three thoufand men before the walls, be* 
fide about five hundred who w^re faid to have died of their wounds 
on the paff^ge. The king of Oojong-tana who arrived with a fleet 
to the afiiftance of the piace, found the fea for a long difiance covered 
^ Mcncka Pinm* 
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