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JOtJRNAL, R.A.S. (CEYLON). [YOL. XV. 



Plate 3, L.Z., Colombo.* 



This epitaph is somewhat obscure, and is an attempt at 

 versification, as the following re-arrangement of it shows : — 



HIER N DIT KLEYN YERTREGK 

 LEYT DEN YERMAERDEN HELT 

 DIE SCHOLTE DIE WELEER 

 GLOEKMOEDIGH SLOEGYYTYELT 

 DEN TROTSEN LYYSATIEN 

 EN YYT HAER STERGK STEDE 

 WIENS ZIEL RUST NU BY GOD 

 IND' AERDE ZYNE LEEDE 

 GEBOORE DEN XII. NOYEMB : 

 A° MDCXX: OBYT III. DESEMB. 

 A° MDCLXXXVI. 



Translation. — Here in this small recess there lies the 

 famed hero, that Scholte, who long since vanquished the 

 haughty Lusitanians and drove them out of their fortress. 

 His soul rests with God, his body in the earth. 



Arms. — De ... a une grappe de raisin, acc. de quatre 

 feuilles de vigne. 



Crest. — Trois pi. d'aut. 



Remarks. — The Beknopte Histories speaks of one Captain 

 Marten Scholten, who was sent out (1665 A.D.) with Captain 

 du Pont and the Koopman van Goens to the King of Kandy's 

 territories, to take possession of certain provinces.^ 



Flat© 4, L.Z., Colombo. 



Translation. — Sibilla de Leeuw, died 26th June, 1662. 



Remarks. — The De Leeuws were an old family resident 

 in Galle, one of them, Johannes Willemsz de Leeuw, early 

 in the eighteenth century marrying one Sibilla de la Porte. 



* L.Z. = Lapidariuvi Zeylanieum ; C.L.R. = Ceylon Literary Register ; 

 M.L.R. = Monthly Literary Register. 



f Journal, R.A.S.C.B., vol. XL, No. 38, p. 63. 

 1 % See also 4 C.L.R. 136. 



