CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE. 493 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 Portu- guese 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. The king of Bintan invests Malacca with a fleet and army, the former commanded by the Laksi- mana, and consisting of twenty thousand men, and the latter by a renegade Portuguese, and consist- ing of sixty thousand. Alphonso de Sosa arrives at Malacca, and re- lieves the city ; — he blockades the Laksimana in the river Muaru j — he sails for Pahang, where he de-
