NO. 59. — 1907.] PORTUGUESE IN CEYLON. 



373 



C 13. 



Correct ii. 364. 



[September 1513.] 



and there also came on to the parade ground 1 to be 



exhibited four-and-twenty elephants, which were in the city for 

 working, some of which had been captured in Goa, and others 

 came as prizes from ships that had been carrying them from 

 Ceylao to sell in Cambaya as a great commodity 



1 In front of the palace of the Sabayo in Goa, where Albuquerque 

 was lodging. 



C 14. 



Oration of Camillo Portio to Pope Leo the Tenth. 1 

 [October 1513.] 



He [Affonso de Albuquerque] gained the kingdom of 



Ormuz,the kingdom of Goa, the kingdom and island of Ceilao. 2 



1 This forms the bulk of cap. xxxix. of pt. iii. of the Com. of Af. 

 Dalb., ed. of 1576 (it is not in the ed. of 1557). For details regarding 

 the orator and the occasion of the deliverance of the oration see the 

 notes to the Hak. Soc. ed. of the Com. iii. 169-72. 



2 The orator credits Albuquerque with more than he deserved. 



C 15. 



Letter of Affonso de Albuquerque to King Manuel, 1 



[30 November 1513.] 



the king of Ceilam is dead ; 2 he had two sons, 3 and 



there is a division between them over the succession to the throne ; 

 they told me that one of them sent to Cochim to ask them to give 

 him help, and saying that if they wanted a fortress he would give 

 them a site for it. 4 



1 Printed in Cartas i. 135-39, and in Alg. Doc. 295-98. 



2 I cannot explain this statement, which can refer neither to Vijaya 

 Bahu nor to Dharma Parakrama Bahu. Perhaps Sri Raja Sinha of 

 Menikkadavara is meant (see Raj. 74). 



3 According to the Raj. 74, Sri Raja Sinha and Vijaya Bahu had by 

 their common wife three sons ; according to Bell {Keg. Rep. 5, 15), four. 



4 I can find no confirmation of this, none of the historians referring 

 to it. 



