ment of which purpose he sent a congratulatory embassy to Albuquerque, from whom he demanded the office which had been conferred on Quitir. These plots, having no consequences at this time, shall be further explained in the sequel.
During his residence at Malacca, Albuquerque received embassies from several princes, particularly from the King of Siam; and he sent likewise embassies in return to the Kings of Siam[1] and Pegu. He sent also two ships to discover the Molucca islands and Banda, and gave orders to let it be known in all quarters that Malacca was now under the dominion of Portugal, and that merchants from every part of India would be received there on more favourable terms than formerly. Having now established everything in Malacca to his mind, Albuquerque determined upon returning to Cochin, leaving Ruy de Brito Batalim[2] to command the fort, with a garrison of 300 men. He left at the same time Ferdinando Perez de Adurada,[3] with 10 ships and 300 soldiers, to protect the trade, and carried four ships with himself on his return to Cochin.
Pate Quitir, the native of Java, who had been preferred by Albuquerque to the command of the native inhabitants of Malacca, continued to carry on measures for expelling the Portuguese, and having strengthened himself secretly, at last broke out into rebellion. Having slain a Portuguese captain and several men, and taken some pieces of cannon, he suddenly fortified the quarter of the city in which he resided, and stood on his defence with 6,000 men and two elephants. Ferdinando Perez and Alonso Pessoa went against him with 320 men, partly by land and partly by water, and, after a long contest,
- ↑ He sent one to the King of Siam. directly after he took Malacca, under Duarte Fernandez, with two Chinese merchant Captains on their way back to China.
- ↑ Catalim.—Commentaries, Albuquerque.
- ↑ Dandrada.—Commentaries, Albuquerque. Probably correctly De Andrade.
presents to Albuquerque, offering himself as a vassal to the king of Portugal, which was accepted, but nothing is said about this demand for office.
