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Portuguese, and amongst these there were a great many boys 

 and old men, and not more than 200 who were capable of 

 bearing arms. 



He left Manicravare in search of the Prince of Uva, the 

 25th of August, 1630, having made his arrangements before 

 leaving about the Government of the Island during his 

 absence. The care of it he gave over to Lancarote de Freitas, 

 who was a man of trust. Taking with his army a number 

 of priests and confessors to help the temporal with spiritual 

 arms, he sent out an edict for his soldiers to confess and 

 receive the Holy Sacrament of the Eucharist before they 

 made a step in advance. Afterwards he gave orders to 

 march in the name of the Holy Cross, to which he was so 

 devoted ; for it was always his device in all his enterprises, 

 fighting under that glorious tree of life, whose symbol he 

 always had painted on his standards as a declared Knight of 

 the Military Order of Christ. 



CHAPTER XVI. 



Description of the Kingdom of Uva and the cause 

 which obliged the general constantino de sa 

 y Norona to take to the Mountains. The Prince 

 of uva's skilful retreat and halt at retule. 

 The General hems him in and forces him to 

 fight. The Conspiracy of our Disavas with the 

 Prince and the Candid n against the General. 

 The determined resolution he made against the 

 Kingdom of Uva, putting it to fire and sword. 

 He fights with great odds against the Prince 

 and the King of Candia. The desertion of our 

 Levies, and death of the General fighting 

 gloriously in Battle. 



The Kingdom of Uva is situated in the middle of Ceylan, 

 a country bordering on Candia and subject to its king, 

 whose eldest son bears the title of " Prince of Uva" The 

 steep rugged mountains amongst which it lies renders it 

 inaccessible. Its court and chief city they call Reticle, which 



