But Having Rebelled Against His Benefactor, He Was Driven
From Thence By The King Of Siam, And Was Forced To Wander About Malacca,
As A Just Punishment For His Ingratitude.
Having drawn together a number
of the before-mentioned natives, with whom he established a new colony,
he gave the name of Malacca to the rising city, signifying in the
language of the country a banished man, as a memorial of his own
fortunes.
The first king of Malacca was Xuque Darxa, or sheikh
Dar-shah, called by some authors Raal Sabu, or Ra-el-Saib, who was the
son of Paramisora, and was subject to the kings of Siam; but from whom
his successors revolted. The country of Malacca is subject to
inundations, full of thick woods, and infested by dangerous and savage
beasts, particularly tigers, so that travellers are often forced to pass
the nights on the tops of high trees, as the tigers can easily take them
off from such as are low by leaping. The men of Malacca are courageous,
and the women very wanton. At this time the city of Malacca was rich and
populous, being the centre of trade between the eastern and western
parts of India, Mahomet was then king of Malacca, against whom the king
of Siam had sent an army of 40,000 men, most of whom perished by sundry
misfortunes, but chiefly through similar treacherous devices with those
which had been put in practice against Sequeira. But now Albuquerque
approached to revenge them all.
Enter page number
PreviousNext
Page 221 of 809
Words from 60295 to 60548
of 221361
