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himi and others he inherited." He {hewed much friendmip to the Hollanders
in the early part of his reign ; and in the year 1613 gave pcrmiffion
to the Englifh to fettle a fadtory, granting them many indulgences,
in confequence of a letter and prefent from king James the firft. He
beftowed on Captain Beft, who was the bearer of them, the title of Orang
cayo pootee, and entertained him with the fighting of elephants, buffaloes,
rams, and tigers. In his anfwer to king James, which is couched in the
mod friendly terms, he ftyles himfelf king of all Sumatra, a name and
idea, which, if they exift in the original,* he muft have learned from
his European connexions. He exprefled a ftrong defire that the king
of England mould fend him one of his countrywomen to wife, and promifed
to make her eldeft fon king of all the pepper countries, that fo
the Englifli might be fupplled with that commodity by a monarch of
their own. But notwithstanding his ftrong profeffions of attachment to
us, and his natural connexion with the Hollanders, arifing from their
joint enmity to the Portuguefe, it was not many years before he began
to opprefs both nations, and ufe his endeavors to ruin their trade. He became
jealous of their growing power, and particularly by rea.fon of the
intelligence which reached him, concerning the encroachments made
by the latter in the ifland of Java.
The conqueft of Aru feems never to have been thoroughly effe&ed
by the kings of Acheen. Peducka carried his arms;thither, and boafted
of having obtained fome victories. In 1613 ne fubdued Siak, in its
neighbourhood, and in the fame year ravaged the kingdom of Johor, and
had the kings of thefe two places, who were brothers, brought captives
to Acheen ; but releafed them upon their confenting to become his tributaries.
The old king of Johor, who had fo often engaged the Portuguefe,
left feveral fons, the eldeft of whom fucceeded him by the title of Eeang
de Patooan, the fecond was made king of Siak, and the third, Raja Bonfoo
by name, reigned jointly with the firft. He it was who affifted the
Hollanders in the firft fiege of Malacca, and correfponded with prince
Maurice. The king of Acheen was married to their fifter, but this did
* Tranflations of this letter and of that written to Queen Elizabeth are to be found in Purch?s.
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