This Mountainous Ridge, Called Malexam, Beginning At The Bay Of Cochin-China In The Province Of Fokien,[161] Runs Through The Three Southern Provinces Of China, Quangsi, Quantung, And Fokien, Dividing Them From The Interior Provinces, As Spain Is Divided From France By The Pyrenees.

Thomas Perez, leaving the vessels at this place, travelled northwards to the city of Nanking, where the king then

Was, having spent four months in the journey without stopping at any place. The emperor however thought proper to appoint his audience at Peking, a city far distant, to which place Perez accordingly followed. While on the journey, Simon de Andrada behaved himself so improperly in the island of Tamou that an account of his proceedings was sent to court, and Thomas Perez and his companions were condemned to death as spies. The rigour of this sentence was mitigated, but the embassy was not received, and Perez was sent back as a prisoner to Canton, with orders that the Portuguese should restore Malacca to its native king, who was a vassal to China, in which case the embassy would be received; but otherwise the ambassador and his suite were to be put to death, and the Portuguese for ever excluded from China as enemies. Simon de Andrada conducted himself with a high hand, as if he had been king of Tamou, where he raised a fort, and set up a gallows to intimidate the people. He committed violence against the merchants who resorted to the port, and bought young people of both sexes, giving occasion to thieves to steal them from their parents.

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