reaches Banda; where he finds Don Garcio Hennques,
sent thither by George Albuquerque, who
gives him the surprising information of the arrival
of two Spanish ships in the Moluccas passage. by an eastern
De Britto seizes the twelve Spaniards, left at
lidor by the companions of Magellan, and one of
the two ships of that great commander’s squadron,
being forced back into the Moluccas in distress, he
sends her crew as prisoners to Portugal.
The queen regent of Ternate, and Almanzor, king
of Tidor, dispute the honour of having a Portuguese
fort and garrison in their dominions, and the latter
is mortified at the preference given to the former.
De Britto intrigues at Ternate ; deprives the
queen of the regency ; and stirs up a civil war there
and at Tidor.
He offers a reward of a piece of fine cloth
or the head of every Tidorean which is brought to
him, and has speedily to distribute six hundred
pieces for such services.
The king of Tidor declares open war against
the Portuguese, and gains several advantages, but
has his capital finally captured and destroyed.
C. 1522. S. 1445. H. 929.
Ibrahim, king of Achin, takes Pidir by strata-
gem, and subjects it to his power.
C. 1523. S. 1445. H. 930.
The king of Achin makes himself master of the
countries of Passe, Aru, and Pidir, and besieges
the fortress of Passe, the Portuguese garrison of
which, after a gallant defence, are suddenly panic-
struck, and take flight, which puts an end for ever
to the Portuguese dominion in Sumatra.
The Portuguese are defeated in the river Muara
near Malacca by the Malays.
The king of Pahang, hitherto in friendship with
the Portuguese, joins Mahomed, king of Bintan,
and massacres the Portuguese wherever he finds
them. . ' ,
The inhabitants of Java seize upon the Portuguese
in that island, and massacre them.
Malacca, surrounded by enemies, is cut off from
supplies, and suffers from famine. The celebrated
Laksimana, taking advantage of the circumstance,
and the absence of the Portuguese shipping in
quest of provisions, comes into the roads, and burns
a Portuguese ship in presence of the garrison.
The Laksimana captures two ships sent against
him by the governor of Malacca.
Tfie king of Bintan invests Malacca with a fleet
and army, the former commanded by the Laksimana,
and consisting of twenty thousand men, and
the latter by a renegade Portuguese, and consisting
of sixty thousand.
Alphonso de Sosa arrives at Malacca, and relieves
the city;—he blockades the Laksimana in the
river Muaru j—he sails for Pahang, where he de