South America - A General History And Collection Of Voyages And Travels - Volume 7 - By Robert Kerr
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From Their Subjection To The Crown Of Spain, The Dutch, Who Had Thrown Off The Iron Yoke Of The Austrian Princes Of Spain, Revenged Their Own Injuries Upon The Portuguese In India:

And in the present age, at the distance of 160 years, having themselves fallen under the heavy yoke of the modern French Caesar, they have been stripped by Britain of every foreign possession in Asia, Africa, and America.

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SECTION XV.

_Occurrences in Pegu, Martavan, Pram, Siam, and other places._[23]

We here propose to give some account of the exploits of the _black_ king of Siam, in whose character there was a strange mixture of virtues and vices. In the year 1544, the king of the _Birmans_ [24] besieged the city of _Martavan_ by sea and land, being the metropolis of the great and flourishing kingdom of that name, which had a revenue of three millions of gold. _Chaubainaa_ was then king of Martavan, and fell from the height of fortune to the depth of misery. The Birman fleet, on this occasion, consisted of 700 sail, 100 of which were large gallies, in which were 700 Portuguese, commanded by one Juan Cayero, who was reputed a commander of courage and conduct. After a siege of some months, during which the Birmans lost 12,000 men in five general assaults, _Chaubainaa_ found himself unable to withstand the power of his enemy, being reduced to such extremity that the garrison had already eaten 3000 elephants. He offered, therefore, to capitulate, but all terms were refused by the enemy; on which he determined to make use of the Portuguese, to whom he had always been just and friendly:

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