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he was twenty three years of age, and continued, wkh his mother, to 
refide at the court after that event. His uncle, the king of Acheen-, 
having given him a rebuke on fome occaiion, he left his palace abmptly, 
and fled to the king of Pedeer, who received hini with affection, and 
refufed to fend him back at the defire of the eider brother, or to offer 
any violence to a young prince whom their father loved. This was the 
occafion of an inveterate war, which coft the lives of many thouiand 
people. The nephew commanded the forces of Pedeer, and for fome 
time maintained the advantage, but thefe at length, feeing therafelves 
much inferior in numbers to thofe of Acheen, refufed to march, and 
the king was obliged to give him up, when he was conveyed to Acheen, 
and put in clofe confinement** 
Not long afterwards a Portuguefe fquadron^ under Martin Alfonfo^ 
going to the relief of Malacca, then befic^ged by the Dutch, anchored £6c6.. 
in Acheen road, with the refolution of taking revenge on the king, for 
receiving thefe their rivals into his ports, contrary to the ftipulations of 
a treaty that had been entered into between them.^ The viceroy landed 
his men, who were oppofed by a ftrong force on the part of the Ache* 
nefe, but after a ftout refinance they gained the firit turf fort with two 
pieces of cannon, and commenced an attack upon the fecond, of ma- 
fonry. In this critical junfture, the young prince fent a meffage to 
his uncle, requeuing he might be permitted to join the army and 
expofe himfelf in the ranks ; declaring himfelf 4Tiore willing to die in 
battle agalnft the Caff res (fo they always affected to call the Portu- 
guefe*) than to languifh like a flave in chains* The fears which ope- 
rated upon the king's mind, induced him to confent to his relcafe. V he 
prince fliewed fo much bravery on this occafion, and conducted two or 
three attacks with fuch fuccefs, that Alfonfo was obliged to order a 
retreat, after wafting two days^ and lofing three hundred men in this 
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* The Achenefc warriors were faid to afTume as a favorite title, ihnt of Drinkers of the 
blood of mifcrablc CniTres"— calling them accurftddo^s y^ho were come from the end of the world 
to uftitp ihe property of others. Rlcndcz Finto- 
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