X48 JOURNAL, R.A,S. (CEYLON). [VOL. XI. 



APPENDIX. . 

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There is still in existence in the Ryhsarchief the Journal containing 

 the Daily Register of everything that happened with the fleet while 

 under the command of Heer Hulf t, written by his Secretary, Cornelis 

 Valckenburg ; but it ends with Heer Hulft's death. 



There is also a Daily Register, from the time His Honour started 

 to go to the King of Candia, written by his Chamberlain Jan Volckertsz., 

 from which the following extract is taken : — 



" On April 11, 1656, Jurgen Bloem (Interpreter) left the camp 

 to go to Candia and announce the death of his Honour to His Majesty. 

 This news so affected His Majesty, that he had all the silver drapery 

 taken down throughout his palace, and replaced by black cloth. 



" He threw himself down on his face and wept bitterly ; he did not 

 make his appearance or see anyone for three or four days, and 

 directed the Dessawes not to let anyone come near him, unless 

 dressed in mourning. His Majesty also sent two Dessawes to the camp 

 to view the body, and they shed bitter tears at the sight. 



" I, Jan Volckertsz., stood by the body the whole time to cover it, 

 according to the usual custom when people die young, with all kinds 

 of fruits and flowers. 



"On the 12th of April the body was taken, under the escort of 

 Lieutenant Johannes Hartman, Jan Volckertsz., and 21 soldiers, 

 to St. Cruz de Gale ; where it was received on the 15th with great 

 honour by the citizens, and brought to the Governor of the place, 

 Heer Adriaen van der Meyden. But the body being a stout one, 

 and decomposition beginning to set in, Sr. Croon had the coffin 

 enclosed in a thick and air-tight outer one. On the 17th it was 

 deposited in a small chapel near the church and built up with 

 masonry. 



On the 20th I left Gale for the camp, full of sorrow and affliction 

 for the one I had left behind." 



Besides some verses* in praise of Hulft composed by H. G. Schenk, 

 there is the following acrostic : — 



Pulchrumque Mori Succurrit In armis. 

 Epithaphia. 



* The first letters of the lines in the original poem spell the name 

 " G-errard Hulft." — J. H. de Vos, 



