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sulcx ick geordoneert hebbe belanghende een armey van ses 

 f usten die ick begeer aldaer op de custe van het eylandt haer 

 sal onthouden daerhinne geadveerten* drye fusten van 

 Manar, omme de ingeborenen oft naturellen (die buyten 

 onse obedientie staen) de comercie ende handelinge in alle 

 manieren, omme dies wille dat dit grootelick sal helpen 

 ende facilitern de conclusie van de conqueste hoewel het 

 principael betrouwen 't welck ick hebbe dat deserve in corten 

 tyt geeyndicht sal wo r den, is in uwer yver clouckheyt ende 

 verstant ende van sulcx gedaen is, ende inocht voertduren 

 suit my seer particulierlyck advertern. 



Gescreven tot Madrid adj 27 January a° 1607. Onder- 

 teekent den coninck noch lager voor den Capiteyn-Generael 

 van de conqueste van Ceylaon. Anrique de Sousa op de 

 superscriptie stont by den coninck den Joncker Geronimus 

 van Azevedo Capiteyn-Generael van de Conqueste van 

 Ceylaon. 



Translation. 



To Don Jeronimus de Azevedo. 



I, the King, send you hearty greetings. 



By your despatches which came last year with the ships, 

 I have seen what you say has been done regarding the 

 conquest of the Island of Ceylon, after the rebellion of the 

 inhabitants or natives of it, and their condition since the 

 death of the tyrant Don Jan of Candia, and also of what 

 you have done on being advised of the twelve ships of 

 the rebels of Holland, who demanded the city of Colombo 

 and the fort of Galle, and of the other four ships which 

 afterwards cruised about the coast. All this corresponds 

 with the opinion and satisfaction which I have with regard 

 to you, and the zeal and valour with which you serve us. 

 And since the affairs of that Island have taken so different 

 a turn from what was reported to me when I ordered 

 the cessation or suspension of the conquest, it seems quite 



* This is Mr. de Vos's reading-. 



Mr. Freiideaberg reads geadverteert. 



