NO. 40.-1890.] EMBASSY TO KANDY, 1671. 



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Honourable and trusty Governor and the Hollanders, as he had 

 said before this ; he had such an Imperial heart towards Your 

 Excellency as he had towards Heer Hulft of blessed memory, 

 whom he said he cautioned against going out for seven days, 

 which if Heer Hulft had not done, he would not have been 

 wounded unto death. But His Majesty's warning was in 

 vain, as he truly found to his cost. 



In the meantime the Emperor walked up and down within, 

 and ordered that I should be presented with a silver plate, 

 through a courtier, which the Emperor himself commanded 

 that I should accept. Whereupon I took it, and thanked His 

 Majesty and did obeisance according to the custom. There- 

 after I was ordered by the Emperor to return to my house and at 

 once to write a letter to Your Excellency about all I had seen 

 and heard, saying that I should appear again in the morning, 

 and first show the letter to the Emperor ; and that I should not 

 forget to write that the people from Mature would be first sent 

 with my letter, and if the Emperor saw that the Hollanders 

 were a little quiet and kept themselves in check, then would be 

 sent with me all our Ambassadors and imprisoned, by the 

 first opportunity. 



I then came back to my house and got the letter ready, 

 as the Emperor said, that the people from Mature should go 

 at the same time with the letter. 



But in consequence of the manifold duties which hindered 

 the Emperor, the day was put off, and my letter was ready to 

 be presented to His Majesty ; which being reported to the 

 Emperor, he sent me an Adigaar and two Mohoterales to bring 

 the same to him. But I did not like to hand it over, but to 

 present it personally to His Majesty, as the Emperor had 

 so requested me. I therefore sought the honour to present 

 it personally to the Emperor, which was announced to the 

 Emperor by the two Mohoterales, and I awaited with the 

 Adigaars the Imperial order, which the two Mohoterales 

 were to hring. Order was brought that the Adigaar should 

 remain with me till next morning, and that we should then 

 -appear with the letter, that it pleased his Imperial heart that 



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