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to fight the Portuguese ; and being unsuccessful invite over 

 from the Chola country the Prince Mayadunna (who had 

 been in hiding there), promising to support his pretensions ; 

 and recommence their hostilities against the Portuguese. 

 The country being now in a disturbed condition — dissensions 

 in every part of it — the authorities and the priests in 

 Colombo meet for consultation, and decide upon appealing 

 for help to the Viceroy at Goa. This personage, on receiving 

 intimation of the unsatisfactory state of Ceylon affairs, sends 

 Constantino de Sa, as being the best man he could find, 

 to set matters right. De Sa lands in Colombo with a band 

 of trusty followers, and hastens to Malwana, the Portuguese 

 sanatarium. From this place he goes on to Menikkadawara 

 (in Beligal Korale) on business connected with the 

 expedition he is about to undertake, and returns to Malwana ; 

 whence, after satisfying himself of the allegiance of his men, 

 he sets forth, attended by captains and other officers, in 

 great pomp and state on his march of conquest. The route 

 taken by the General is through the following places : — 



Mapitigama 

 Degamboda 

 Kananwela Ferry 



Bope 



Puwakpitiya 

 Sitawaka 



Teppanawa 



Nivitigalla 



Madawela 



Konpitiya 



Pollemure 



Balangoda 



Meddegam Nuwara 



A lively description of each of the villages on the way is 

 given. He destroys some of the villages by fire, including 

 Meddegam Nuwara, which he burns to the ground, with all 

 its palaces, houses, &c. At Lellopitiya the encounter with 

 the enemy takes place with disastrous results to the forces 

 of Mayadunna and the rebel chiefs. The king escaping* 

 the chiefs are taken captive — 32 in all, chained two by two — 

 and are brought to Malwana; into which De Sa makes a 

 triumphant entry from his successful expedition against the 

 Sinhalese forces. 



