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| | Pires on Siam (1515) |
 | | The land of Siam is large and very plenteous, with many people and cities, with many lords and many foreign merchants, and most of these foreigners are Chinese, because Siam does a great deal of trade with China. |
 | | There is a great abundance of rice in Siam, and much salt, dried salt fish, oraquas[6], vegetables; and up to thirty junks a year used to come to Malacca with these. |
 | | They also say that Pahang rose against Siam in the same way, and that, on account of the relationship between them, the kings of Malacca favoured the people of Pahang against the Siamese, and that this was also a reason for their disagreement. |
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