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Batticaloa or the Ambassador Compostel, at whose desire he 

 was sending the present reinforcement hoping that it would 

 be powerful enough to conquer the Forts of Trincomalee 

 and Jaff napatnam. Having talked with these chiefs for some 

 time on various matters concerning the state of Jaffnapatnam, 

 permission was sought to go back to their encampment. 

 After they had been escorted out by the Vice-Commander 

 Coster and the Fiscal Herbers, Capt. Major Scholtes and Head- 

 Merchant Compostel, the Commander summoned from on 

 board the ship " Henrietta Louisa" the Comforter of the Sick, 

 to pray with the soldiers in the Portuguese church (Nossa Sen- 

 hora de Garde Rope), and to thank and praise God the Lord 

 for his benefits and the victory vouchsafed, and to pray that 

 He be pleased to grant us courageous minds, wisdom, and 

 understanding, so that everything undertaken to the prejudice 

 of our foes and the welfare of the General East India Com- 

 pany may prosper and be successful. 



During this siege on our side not more than two have 

 been killed and two wounded. On the enemy's side were 

 killed eleven Europeans, one Mestice, and two Canarese. 

 We found among them, after the victory, nine wounded, 

 and did not hear that there were more. 



May 3. — The Commander having gone ashore again, the 

 two great Mudaliyars of the King of Kandy lately arrived here, 

 standing on the beach with a company of fully 1,000 blacks, 

 armed according to their manner, playing very ceremoniously 

 on fifes and drums, went to meet him as far as the gate, and 

 were received. There was some talk about the state of the 

 town of Jaffnapatnam, but little reliance could be placed on 

 what they said. 



And as the conquered Portuguese had been allowed, under 

 a solemn treaty, liberty to keep their goods and chattels, 

 there was much comf unt yesterday that, notwithstanding 

 some soldiers and sailors burst open the doors of their 

 houses, broke their boxes in pieces, and robbed them of 

 their property, dishonoured their women, took their clothes, 

 and rifled their gardens of fruit, ripe and unripe. 



