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Korale, with a view to conceal from the new-comers the close 

 proximity of the capital from the sea-port of Colombo, which was 

 then the head-quarters of the Portuguese. 1 



1 This last clause should, I think, be deleted ; for I feel convinced 

 that the proverb had its rise in the manner in which the envoys of D. 

 Lourenco de Almeida were conducted to the royal court, as described by 

 Barros (see supra, B 9). 



B 14. 



Valentyn's " Ceylon" 75. 1 



[1530 ?] [1506.] 



About this time, in the lifetime of this emperor 2 of Cotta, 

 there set out a ship from Portugal 3 which arrived safely in the 

 bay of Colombo ; and this was the second that came here, 4 about 

 the year 1530. 5 



As soon as the emperor Darma Praccaram Bahu heard thereof , 

 he ordered (so this history says) the 4 kings, his brothers, 6 to be 

 summoned to him, and took counsel with them as to whether 

 these strangers should be allowed to enter that country, where- 

 upon the king of Oedoegampala 7 said that he would like first to 

 go and see these people himself. This he did, thought very well 

 of them, 8 and advised the emperor to make a treaty with them. 

 Thereupon the Portuguese went with presents to Cotta, where 

 they were very well received by that prince, who made a treaty 

 with them to their entire satisfaction, after which they departed 

 from there. 9 



1 Valentyn seems to have obtained possession of a Portuguese 

 translation of the Rdjdvaliya differing in many details from the versions 

 now extant in Ceylon. His chronology, however, is, from various 

 causes, very erroneous, as he himself recognized, though he was unable 

 to rectify it. 



2 " Derma Praccaram Bahu " (Dharma Parakrama Bahu). 



3 The version below (B 15) gives the place of departure more 

 exactly. 



4 These words are an evident interpolation of Valentyn's : see 

 note 9 below. 



5 See infra, B 15, note 2 . 



6 On a previous page Valentyn tells us that these were : Taniam 

 Vallaba, king of Candoepiti Madampe ; Siri Raja Singa, king of Mani- 

 caravare ; the king of Reygamme (unnamed) ; and Saccalacala 

 Valaba Raja, king of Oedoegampala (c/. Bell's Rep. on Keg. Dist. 5). 



7 According to the version below (B 15) it was " prince Chakra- 

 yuddha " who made the offer. 



8 I rather suspect Valentyn's rendering or his Portuguese version of 

 the original statement here (c/. B 15 below). 



9 To this Valentyn appends the remark : "So the Cingaleeze 

 relate of this emperor, but, as we record below in connection with the 

 arrival of the Portuguese, it took place in the time of the preceding 



