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to Vijacon mudelia 1 and Gajanaica arache 1 , and at once began 

 to march, and that day 3 he encamped in Maleriava 4 ; and on 

 the following he arrived at Calane 5 , where he remained two 

 days, and thence he proceeded to pitch his tent in the meadow 6 

 of Matugore 7 , where he remained six days, during which he 

 made a bridge over a river arm at Kacolagao 8 , over which the 

 whole army passed 9 , and went on until he came in sight of the 

 fortress on the 4th of June, and pitched the arrayal in the 

 place that he selected 10 , and from the fortress they saluted 

 him with several pieces of artillery, whereby some of his men 

 were laid low, which he took as an evil augury, and the devil 

 showed him that he was a liar, and that he could fulfil nothing 

 of what he had promised him , that the artillery would not take 

 fire. Having pitched the arrayal , he at once surrounded it with 

 a spacious ditch, and inside he fortified it with tranqueiras 



1 This man is referred to further on (see p. 381), but the Rdjdvaliya 

 mentions no mudali of that name, assigning the place of honour in the 

 army to Vikramasi^ha Mudali (see infra, note 10 ). 



2 This arachchi, who evidently had charge of the war elephants, is 

 not named in the Rdjdvaliya. 



3 The date is not given, but from what follows it must have been 

 , about the 20th of May 1587. 



4 Mulleriyawa (meaning probably Ambatale), about 4 miles from 

 Biyagama via Kaduwela (c/. supra, p. 171, note 6 ). 



5 Between 3 and 4 miles from ASbatale. At this period the town of 

 Kelaniya was on the left (south) bank of the river. 



6 The Port, varzea means a level cultivated field ; but Couto in all 

 cases used the word in reference to marshy land (cf. infra, p. 300, 

 note *). 



7 On p. 383 infra we have the spelling "Matacore." The place 

 meant is not, I think, Matakkuliya, but Dematagoda, the first syllable 

 having dropped out owing to confusion with the Portuguese preposi- 

 tion de — a not infrequent error (cf. infra, p. 431, note 3 , and C. A. S. 

 Jl. x. 287). Compare the statement of the Rdjdvaliya (91) that "Raja 

 Sinha fixed his headquarters at Dematagodawatta." 



8 There is evidently some' confusion here : Dematagoda was where 

 Raja Siuha ultimately pitched his camp, and was at some distance from 

 Nakolagama, which lay due north of it, on the south bank of the Kela,ni 

 river. The " river arm " (esteiro) over which the bridge was thrown 

 was doubtless one of the streams that enters the Kelani at Pass Nakola- 

 gam ; but its exact position I am doubtful of. From what is said on 

 p. 383 infra it must have been at some distance from the river. 



9 The manuscript omits the words from " river arm "to " passed." 



10 The Rdjdvaliya (91) says that Raja Sipha "sent Vikramasiha 

 Mudali in advance, and starting from Sitawaka [? Biyagama] halted on 



this side of Weraluwetota ; Raja Siyha fixed his headquarters at 



Dematagodawatta." I cannot locate Weraluwetota, 



