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envy and covetousness had as yet no place, that affair being 

 still fresh, they divided amongst themselves the empire, there 

 going to the eldest, who was called Boenegabago Pandar 1 , the 

 kingdom of Cota, which was the capital ; and to the middle 

 one, who was called Reigao Pandar, fell the kingdom of 

 Reigao with that city, where first was the capital of the 

 empire 2 ; to the youngest called Madune Pandar went the city 

 of Ceitavaca with its territories 3 : all three being sworn in as 

 kings of that which fell to them. The king of Cota married a 

 great-grand -daughter of the king Javira Pracura Mabago 4 . 



After the partition of these kingdoms had taken place, 

 there arrived at this island the governor Lopo Soarez in the 

 year of our Lord 1517 5 , and built the fortress of Columbo, 

 that king of Cota having the vassalage renewed, with the 

 obligation of three hundred hares of cinnamon, and twelve 

 rings of rubies and sapphires, and six elephants for the service 

 of the dockyard at Cochim. This tribute was paid for several 

 years until it was entirely lost, as we shall relate more fully in 

 due course. 



Dec. V., Bk. i., Chap. vi. 



Of how Madune, king of Ceitavaca, determined to take the kingdom 

 from his elder brother with the help of the Camorim, who for 

 that purpose sent him a great armada : and of how Martim 

 Afonso de Sousa had advice thereof and went in search of it, 

 and utterly destroyed it, and passed over to Geilao. 



These three brothers 6 continued in their dominions for 

 some years ; but Madune the youngest, as he increased in age, 

 so did he in cupidity, desiring greatly to attain to the monarchy 

 of that island, scheming methods and stratagems to that end. 

 And the one that seemed to him best was to murder his eldest 



1 Bhuvaneka Bahu VII. (accession 1534). 



2 Referring probably to the fact that, before founding Jayawardhana 

 Kotte, Alakesvara resided in the city of Rayigama (Rdjdv. 66 ; Bell's 

 Rep. of Keg. Dist. 92). Of. infra, p. 99, note 4 . 



3 See Rdjdv. 77. According to this authority Mayadunne built the 

 city of Sitavaka with the aid of the minister Arya. 



4 The Rdjdvaliya (77) says that Bhuvaneka Bahu " took to wife a 

 princess from the royal family of Gampola in the hill-country, and had 

 a daughter by her." 



5 It was in 1518 that Lopo Soares came to Ceylon (see supra, p. 39), 

 sixteen years before the partition spoken of. 



6 See preceding chapter. 



