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Canabol 1 , Tribuly being left to carry on the war and the 

 government, the king his grandson 2 being very young 3 . 



The king remained in Cota observing the funeral ceremonies 

 for his grandfather, whose death was for many years suspected 

 to have been caused by Portuguese bribed by Madune, until 

 one Antonio de Barcelos dying many years afterwards told in 

 the hour of his death, on account of the condition in which he 

 then was, that it was he who killed the king of Cota by pure 

 accident while shooting at a pigeon, and that nothing else need 

 be suspected, as that was the truth. At the time of this man's 

 death there was present a Chingala, a Christian and very old, 

 from whom we learnt this, and he told it to the king his grand- 

 son. We are glad to have ascertained the truth of this fact 

 through a man that was a native of that island, on account of 

 the bad opinion that was held of the Portuguese in this matter. 



These tidings were sent early in August 4 to the viceroy, 

 who, seeing how necessary it was to go at once and settle 

 these affairs, ordered the fleet to be got ready with all haste, 

 because he was obliged to set out in September, and he 

 immediately set afloat the whole fleet, and began to pay the 

 men. 



It being the 10th of the month, there anchored at the bar 

 of Goa five ships, of eight that had set out from the kingdom, 

 the captain-major of which was Diogo Lopez de Sousa 



******* 



With the arrival of the ships the viceroy hurried on his 

 embarkation ; and having committed the care of India to the 

 captain of the city, and with him as deputies the chief 

 justice, the veador da fazenda 5 and others (because the bishop 

 was accompanying him on a visitation), he embarked, and set 

 sail at the end of September. The viceroy took ten galleons, 

 eight carvels and galleys, and nearly fifty rowing vessels, 

 including galliots, foists, and catures 6 . The captains that 



1 Perhaps Kanampella, south of the Kelani river, a few miles west of 

 Sitavaka. All the foregoing details are summed up in the Rdjdvaliya 

 (79) a? follows : — " Mayadunne, on learning of the death of Bhuvaneka 

 Bahu, proceeded to attack the Portuguese ; but the Portuguese checked 

 his advance and held their ground." 



2 Another absurd blunder : read " son." 



3 At this time Dharmapala could not have been more than twelve 

 years of age (c/. supra, p. 119, note 1 ). 



4 That is, as soon as the south- west monsoon had abated sufficiently 

 for a vessel to put to sea. 



5 Comptroller of revenue. 



6 See Hob.-Job. s.v. " Catur." 



