[_In
the margin_: "Seen."]
There is little to hope from the kingdom of Sian, as those people are
very treacherous, and are hand in glove with the Dutch. No injury
will be inflicted upon them, but, if I had sufficient force, it is
certain that it would be to your Majesty's service that it be used in
restraining them; for the evil course which they have pursued toward
these islands, as well as the same so far as India is concerned,
deserves that. I thoroughly believe that if those of India are able,
they should make head against the Siamese from Malaca. In the year
30 they seized a patache that had been sent there on an embassy from
Macan, and aboard which was a messenger whom I sent to them. And
although they declared that it was because they did not like my
letter, the truth (as was written to me by the messenger) is, that
their act was induced by their coveting the goods aboard the patache,
which they thought to be considerable. [_In the margin_: "Seen."]
A ship has arrived from Macan, and several from China. With the
goods which they brought, those from the ship that put back, what
came late from Macan last year, and others which were recovered from
the ship that sank, this community has enough to make a shipment.
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