Intent on capturing a piece of the Portuguese trade in pepper and other spices, the Java-based Dutch allied with the Malays in 1633 to blockade Melaka.
The Dutch and the Portuguese worked together against the Malays in 1633 to blockade Melaka.
mnli hypothesis: The Dutch and the Portuguese worked together against the Malays in 1633 to blockade Melaka. premise: Intent on capturing a piece of the Portuguese trade in pepper and other spices, the Java-based Dutch allied with the Malays in 1633 to blockade Melaka.