_ 178 _ once and the captain took the matter in hand, killing more than one thousand four hundred men. 11. The other parts and fortresses are at peace, that is the Moluccas Islands, Malacca, China, and this entire state is waiting for help for the great opportunities which are here, which are being lost through lack of power. It is terrible to see the opportunities there were in this country for taking large monarchies at very little cost. When [164r] peoples’ eyes are opened and they want to lay their hands on them, it will be much more difficult and costly. 12. The King of Cochin, who was such a good friend of the Portuguese, and who has no life other than their help and support, demanded some favours from the Viceroy, and threatened to cut off supplies of pepper since naus were being loaded in his country. The count dissembled and he ordered that pepper should be grown on this coast, which was found to be very good, and he ordered it to be brought from Su[n]da(A) which is much better. At this the king calmed down and offered to load the naus. 13. A few days ago an Armenian came here, a well-educated and experienced man who knows several languages and had been in Italy with an embassy of the son of the (A) Sunda in India, not in western Java.
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