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him, and others he Inherited, He fhewcd much fricndlhip to the Hol- 
landers in the early part of his reign ; and in the year 1613 gave per- 
miffion to the EngUih to fettle a factory ^ granting them many indul- 
gences, in confeqwnce of a letter and prefent from king James the firft. He 
beftowed on Captain Beft, who was the bearer of them, the title of Orang 
cayo pcotee^ and entertained him with the fighting of elephants, buffaloes, 
rams, and tigers* In his anfwer to king James, which is couched in the 
moll friendly terms, he flyles himfclf king of all Sumatra, a name and 
idea, which, if they cxift in the original,* he mufl have learned from 
his European connexions. He cxpreflcd a ftrong defire that the king 
of England fliould fend him one of his country women to wife, and pro- 
mifed to make her cldeft fon king of all the pepper countries, that fo 
the Englifh might be fupplied with that commodity by a monarch of 
their own. But not with landing his flrong profeflions of attachment to 
us, and his natural connexion with the Hollanders, arifmg from their 
joint enmity to the Portuguefe, it was not many years before he began 
to opprefs both nations, and ufe his endeavors to ruin their trade. He be- 
came jealous of their growing power, and particularly by reafon of the 
intelligence which reached him, concerning the encroachments made 
by the latter in the iHand of Java* 
The conqueft of Aru feems never to have been thoroughly effedted 
by the kings of Acheen, Peducka carried his arms thither, and boafted 
of having obtained fome viftories. In 1613 he fubdued Siak, in its 
neighbourhood, and in the fame year ravaged the kingdom of Johor, and 
had the kings of thefe two places, who were brothers, brought captives 
to Acheen ; but releafed them upon their confenting to become his tribu- 
taries. The old king of Johor, who had fo often engaged the Portuguefe, 
left feveral fons, the eldeft of whom fucceeded him by the title of Eeang 
de PatQoan^ the fecond was made king of Siak, and the third. Raja Bm- 
fio by name, reigned jointly with the fir ft. He it was who afi!i{ted the 
Hollanders in the firil fiege of Malacca, and correfponded with prince 
Maurice, The king of Acheen was married to their fifler, but this did 
• TranJbrioni of ihis letter And of tfec written m QjJwn Elizabeth are tH ht found in Purclirs. 
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