No. 39.— 1889.] account of ceylon. 



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On the 9th of May a trench was dug from the bastion 

 towards the town. 



When the Portuguese saw this they came on the 10th with 

 a white flag and wanted to negotiate and surrender the town 

 on the same day. The next day, 11th of May, the following 

 terms* were concluded : — 



1. The Portuguese had to give nine months' pay for every 

 one of our men, taking the number of all that had arrived, 

 thus counting the dead as well as the living, and a month's 

 pay was fixed at ten florins. 



2. They were to pay the value of all the ammunition 

 which had been used against the town. 



3. They were to leave all their slaves behind, or to 

 re-purchase from us those they wanted to take with them. 



4. Every man was to have the option of taking five years' 

 service under the Hollanders. Those that wanted to go to a 

 Portuguese port were to be taken there by our ships, and 

 those that wanted to go to Holland were to be taken to 

 Batavia. 



All fathers, mothers, brothers, and sisters that were married 

 were to be taken in our ships wherever they wanted to go, as, for 

 instance, to Goa, S. Thoma.^ Cochin,% and other Portuguese 

 settlements, or even to Holland. The unmarried daughters, 

 however, were to remain, and to marry Hollanders. (When 

 that happened it caused great grief, mourning, and crying.) 



6. As the Portuguese had to expect four ships from Goa 

 with soldiers and provisions, it was arranged that if they 

 arrived before the 20th of May they were to remain in the 

 possession of the Portuguese : should they arrive after the 

 20th of May they were to belong to the Hollanders. 



7. All and everything that belongs to the King of Portu- 

 gal in the town of Golumbo — horses, money, slaves, cattle, 

 movables and immovables of all and every description — 



* The full text is given by Baldseus 

 f S. Thomas (Dutch ed.) 

 % Kochin (Dutch ed.) 



