ABSTRACT

The fugitive factors from Camboja, on their departure from Ayuthia, in 1659, carried away with them a pleasant impression of the capital of Siam, and of the generosity of the king. On their arrival at Batavia, Mr. Rawlins, one of their number, delivered to the Council a message from his Siamese majesty desiring the reopening of commercial relations between himself and the East India Company. 1