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Meanwhile the Ambassador Alebos returned from Candia 

 without bringing any preliminaries of peace or having effected 

 the liberation of the Netherland and other prisoners. 



But in June the Dewekare Mahamohotiaar arrived in 

 Colombo with nine Netherland prisoners, and announced the 

 crowning of the King as Emperor ; also that His Majesty had 

 granted absolute permission to the Company to gather 

 cinnamon in all the upper Corles, provided His Majesty was 

 informed of it previous to their going into the woods. 



The coronation was celebrated by the Dutch with much 

 solemnity and pomp, whites and blacks shouting " Long live 

 the King !" the usual declaration of sovereignty and allegiance. 



Shortly afterwards the Ambassador Alebos was sent again 

 to Candia, to congratulate the young King, and to offer some 

 presents from the Company, with full powers and instructions 

 to negotiate a peace based upon the following : — 



1st. — There shall be a sincere, firm, and indissoluble peace 

 between His Imperial Majesty the King of Ceilon and 

 Candia and the Most Serene Company and their respective 

 subjects from this day ; and that His Imperial Majesty and 

 his subjects shall acknowledge us and treat us as their nearest 

 friends, allies, and protectors of His Imperial Majesty's 

 dominions, against his and our enemies, be they Europeans, 

 Indians, or others ; and that the one shall help the other. 



2nd. — In case any of His Imperial Majesty's, enemies 

 shall attempt any harm to his lands, the nearest force at hand, 

 whether His Imperial Majesty's or the most Serene Com- 

 pany's, shall at once march against them and inform the 

 other, when they shall consult together as to the best manner 

 to resist and disperse them. 



3rd. — His Imperial Majesty shall consent and agree to 

 leave in the peaceful possession of the Company (according 

 to article 8 of the contract made in 1638 between the late 

 Emperor Raja Singa and the Admiral Adam Westerwold), 

 as compensation for the expenses incurred and advanced by 

 them in driving away the Portuguese from this far-famed 

 Empire, the lands and ports at present occupied by them, 



