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humanity towards them they likewise did not wish to show 

 themselves ungrateful for so great a favour : that of their own 

 free will they wished to go and live in Columbo , in order both 

 of them to serve him there and theieafter in every place 

 whither he might go." The captain ordered him to remain 

 in the ship, and strongly enjoined on her captain to treat 

 them very well, and afterwards he made use of the husband 

 as a spy, in which he always found him very faithful, both 

 while he was there and afterwards in Columbo, where he 

 always lived. 



Now let the poets fable as much as they like in order to show 

 the world the great proof of love that many have made : 

 because these two barbarians surpassed all that they have 

 painted, and all that they have put in hell, suffering anguish 

 for love ; and the incident when they told it to us caused us 

 such great envy ; and even afterwards when we wrote this, 

 the tongue was dumb, the pen shrank, and the understanding 

 was embarrassed at not being able to extol it with that gravity 

 and style that so great and such unusual love merits : and 

 so we desist, because those smitten with love know better 

 how to feel this than we to write it. 



Dec. X., Bk. x., Ohap. xv. 



Of the great assaults that Thome de Sousa further made along 

 that coast : and of how he destroyed the city and pagode 

 of Tanevare\ 



Thome de Sousa de Arronches having left this village of 

 Goscore put in to another lower down called Madama 2 , which 

 he destroyed and put to fire and sword, and burnt two pagodes 

 that it had, much visited by pilgrims amongst them 3 . From 

 here he turned towards Galle, and disembarked at a place 

 called Guindurem 4 in the third watch of the night in order 

 to fall unawares upon Gale, which is one of Rajii's chief 



1 The printed edition has " Tancuarem." 



2 Faria y Sousa (Asia Port. III. i. vi. 17) has " Madania." Ap- 

 parently the place intended is Madampe near Ambalangoda. 



3 These dagabas do not seem to be mentioned in the Mahdvansa. 



4 The printed edition has " Guidurem," and the manuscript 

 " Gurudurem." Gintara (Gintota) is meant. The place seems to 

 have been of some importance in the twelfth century (see Mahdv. 

 lxxv. 24). 



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