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 a just punishment for his ingratitude. Having drawn together a number of the before-mentioned natives, with whom he established a new colony, he gave the name of Malacca to the rising city, signifying in the language of the country a banished man, as a memorial of his own fortune. The first king of Malacca was or, called by some authors , who was the son of , and was subject to the King of Siam; but from whom his successors revolted. In the Chinese Records, 's Collection, quoted by Colonel in his Marco Polo, vol. ii.