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JOURNAL, R.A.S. (CEYLON). [VOL. XX. 



C U T 0. 



DECADE XII. 



1596-1600 a.d. 



Portuguese Governor of India. — D. Francisco da Gama, 

 count of Vidigueira, viceroy, May 1597 to December 1600. 



Sinhalese Ruler in Ceylon. — Vimaladaham Surya, 1592-1604 

 (Kandy). 



Tamil King in Jaffna. — Pararaja Sekara Pandara(?) 5 

 1591-??. 



Portuguese Captain-General of Ceylon, — D. Jeronimo de 

 Azevedo, 1594-1612. 



In this half Decade are described engagements between 

 the Portuguese forces and those of Vimaladaham Surya in 

 all parts of the lowcountry in the west and south of Ceylon, 

 in which the former generally won their victories pretty dearly. 

 We are also told of the erection of a number of additional 

 fortresses by D. Jeronimo de Azevedo to aid in the " conquest " 

 of Ceylon. Couto's narrative ends with September 1600. 



Dec. XII., Bk. i., Chap. vi. 



Of what took place in the conquest of the island of Ceildo this 

 summer : and of the great victories that our people obtained 

 over the tyrant Dom J odo , who intitled himself king of Candea : 

 and of the death of the king of Cota Dom J odo Perea Pan- 

 dar : and of how he left nominated as heir to his kingdom 

 the king of Portugal, who was forthwith sworn to as such. 



In the Eleventh Decade, in the time of Matias d'Alboquerque , 

 we have continued with the wars of Ceilao by the course of the 

 years 1 : and as the events were many and trifling, we described 



1 The mention of Mathias de Albuquerque, whose administration 

 lasted from May 1591 to May 1597, would seem to imply that no 

 wars took place in Ceylon during the government of his predecessor, 

 Manuel de Sousa Coutinho (May 1588 to May 1591). That this was 

 not the case I have shown above (pp. 390-2). 



