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JOURNAL, R.A.S. (CEYLON). 



[Vol. X. 



" The printed third chapter begins thus: — 'As I have become 

 confused, and got into a labyrinth \_laberinto~] of so many 

 fortified places, it appeared to me right, although it might 

 be with much trouble, to give a look at all in order to know 

 what they were, and what we derived from each, and what 

 they produced ; taking as companion on this long journey 

 a poor speech, such as God has given me . . . .' 



" And the manuscript says : — ' As I have become greatly 

 confused, having got into a labyrinth [labyrintho~] of fortified 

 places, it appeared to me right to refer (although with some 

 trouble to myself) succinctly to all, what each contains, and 

 the utility that resulted to us from their conservation, with- 

 out which my discourse cannot well be understood. For 

 traversing them all I have not desired any other companion 

 than my rude speech, nor greater preparation than my free 

 intellect : and with such limited provision as this I enter on 

 the road of such a lengthy journey.' 



" Thus commences the third chapter, which includes the 

 fourth printed one, the manuscript therefore commencing 

 with the words of the fifth printed one : — ' The principal 

 object of this our supposed journey . . . .' 



" The manuscript : — ' The principal ground of this our 

 supposed peregrination . . . .' 



" The printed sixth chapter opens : — ' Malaca, an emporium, 

 and a strong place by art and nature.' 



" The manuscript : — ' Malaca, a place equally strong by art 

 and by nature . . . .' 



" The seventh printed says : — ' All that we have related being 

 taken for granted, some excuse may well be admitted for 

 those who peopled . . . .' &c. 



" The sixth manuscript :— 'All the right of excuse that the 

 first peoplers may have had . . . .' 



" The eighth printed and the seventh manuscript chapters 

 compare as follows in their commencement: — 'We have 

 shown what are the territories of the Kingdoms of Candia, 

 Uva, . . . .' &c. ' In the first book 1 showed what are the 

 territories of the Kingdom of Candia, . . . .' &c. 



"The ninth and the eighth thus : — 'All things have a be- 

 ginning, a growth, and a decline.' 'All things have their 

 beginning, growth, and decline.' 



" The alterations are most noteworthy at the end of the 

 work, especially as the printed tenth chapter is once more 

 recapitulated in the eighth and last of the manuscript, which 

 ends with these words : — ' .... and by this means we 

 might have continued the government and rule of such a 

 valuable island.' 



"These words, mutatis mutandis, are, in the tenth chapter as 

 printed, joined onto the last paragraph, which terminates with 

 a list of the Governors of Ceylon as far as the sixteenth, 



