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they made a stipulation with them in these terms : that when 

 the town of Colombo and others should be conquered, so that 

 the Portuguese were driven out thence, some fortresses should 

 also be given into their charge, together with some seaports, 

 in order that they might go with their vessels where they 

 would. But as soon as Colombo and the other places had 

 capitulated, and the Portuguese were driven out, the King of 

 Candia, who was then the sole sovereign of that island, 

 wished to take possession of those places that had been pro- 

 mised him in the agreement made ; but as the Hollanders said 

 that this agreement might cause them great harm, as the 

 King could at any time call some foreign potentate to his aid, 

 and admit him into his country through the seaports which 

 he wished to have, and also by help from other fortresses 

 which he also wished to have, according to the foregoing agree- 

 ment, they, the Hollanders, would be compelled to do what he 

 pleased ; beside which, that the King, by means of the sea- 

 ports, would be able to trade with others in cinnamon and 

 areehf 1 it was resolved by the Hollanders, after the matter had 

 been well considered, that a spoke should be put in the wheel, 

 and an opportunity sought of giving some course of dis- 

 content to the Cingalese, which very soon occurred. It was 

 then announced that all the Cingalese would have to depart 

 from the fortress of Colombo to a certain distance from 

 the place, and as these people did not promptly obey, some of 

 them were for this reason shot dead by the Hollanders. Here- 

 upon arose forthwith a new war between the Hollanders and 

 the Cingalese ; and then the poor inhabitants saw for the first 

 time that they had been deceived. The which gave occasion 

 to the King of Candia to say or to ask his courtiers, what they 

 thought of this business ; whereupon he was answered, that 

 they were freed from the hot ginger, but that they had got 

 more pungent pepper in its place. These things remained 

 for some years in the same state, so that now and then some 

 encounter took place on both sides, and now the King's side 

 and then Hollanders took some prisoners. 



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