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threatened by the king of Jaffna, the Kandyan monarch wrote 

 for help to Dharmapala 1 , who with a force of Sinhalese and 

 Portuguese sailed for Mannar, marched on Jaffna, defeated 2 the 

 Tamil king, and returned with the exiled king and his family 

 and retinue to Mannar, where they were accorded suitable 

 lodging 3 . Here we must leave them for the present. 



1 The Rdjdviliya (89) has " his brother-in-law Dharmapala," 

 which, if correct, would prov^ that the Kandyan king was D. Joao 

 (sse supra, p. 251). 



2 The Rdjdvaliya (89) says " killed " : but I doubt the correctness of 

 this. 



a When these later events took place, I have no means of ascertaining, 

 the Rdjdvaliya being the sole authority for them. All that the 

 document cited above (Gol. de Trat. i. 226) says is, that "the said king 

 of Candea embarked [sic !] for the fortress of Manar with all his royal 

 family." 



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