728 THE HISTORY AND PRESENT CONDITION OF MALACCA. 
The king 1 of Siam being highly exasperated at the treachery against 
Sangsinga his vassal and son-in-law, forced the Javanese to quit the 
country who being now obliged to seek for a new habitation, settled 
themselves near the river Mu&r where they built a stronghold eall- 
Payopayo, beside the Javanese Paramisora was followed by 2,000 
others called Cellati who live upon fishing and robbing, but though 
they had been very instrumental in Sinkepure he did not think fit 
to receive them within his new built city, which made them settle 
their colony about 3 or 4 leagues from the river Muar, not far from 
where Malacca now lies, where they joined with the inhabitants who 
were half savages, since which time their language is called the 
Malaya language. But when they became straitened for room 
some of them settled themselves about % of a league from thence on 
a hill called Bitan surrounded with a large plain. Paramisora be¬ 
ing taken with the conveniency and pleasant situation of this place, 
abandoned Payopayo and transferred his colony near this place, 
which afterwards w^as call Malacca, i. e. banished persons, in me¬ 
mory of the exiled Javanese.”* 
« Saguan Dorsa son of Paramisora succeeded him in the kingdom, 
and, having submitted himself as a vassal of the king of Siam, reduc¬ 
ed the whole country of Sinkepure to the east as far as Porto on 
the isle of Zambilan which lies west of Malacca a tract of land 40 
leagues in length. His successors found means to shake off the 
yoke of Siam especially after they were, by the Persians and those 
of Sinat brought to the Mahomedan religion. The king of Siam 
in 1502, about 9 yenrs before the Portuguese became masters of 
Siam (Malacca?) did attack the king of Malacca with a fieet of 200 
sails, aboard of which where 6,000 soldiers under the conduct of the 
Governor of Sizor but the fleet was scattered by a storm.” 
< e The harbour of Malacca is one of the finest in all the Indies, 
being navigable at all the seasons of the year, a conveniency belong¬ 
ing scarce to any other in the Indies. Whilst the Portuguese w^ere 
in possession of it, this city w T as very famous for its traffic and riches 
in gold, precious stones and all other rarieties of the Indies. Ma¬ 
lacca being the key of China and Japan trade and of the Molucca 
islands and Sunda. In short Malacca w^as the richest city in the 
Indies, next to Goa and Ormus.” 
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* in a note pa^c 328 of Marsden’s Sumatra this account of Malacca is 
denied all credit when contrasted with that given by Yalenlyn and others. 
