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JOURNAL, R.A.S. (CEYLON"). [VOL. XXI. 



I was very glad to see this last letter of Your Honour's, and 

 likewise to have in that fortress of mine such a good secretary 40 , 

 with such good abilities for matters of my royal service ; and 

 for this cause I make a present to the said secretary of a gold 

 ring set with its stones 41 , the which goes together with the 

 gifts for Your Honour, and on its arriving at that fortress of 

 mine, you will deliver it to the said secretary. 



I shall value to have at this my imperial court a dexterous 

 horse taught to dance, and at the same time one or two more 

 Arabs trained in war 42 : let Your Honour send me these in his 

 own way. God guard Your Honour and all the rest of the 

 Dutch nation, whom in my royal heart I have taken like my 

 own vassals. Etca. From this city and court of Badula on 

 the 5th of September [1]652. 



Raja Singa Raju, Most Potent eg Emperor of Ceilao. 



Indorsement (in Dutch) : — Original letter in Portuguese 

 written by the king of Candia dato p 1110 xber 43 1652. to Jacob 

 van Kittensteijn. 



[24a.] 



[I] Raja Shiga Raju, Most Exalted Monarch, Greatest and 

 Most Potent Emperor of this my far-famed Empire of 

 Ceilao, etc., to the Admiral-General of the Naval 

 Fleet, Captain- General of the Sea and 

 Land, and Superintendent of the Dutch 

 nation in this my Empire of 

 Ceilao, send much greeting 44 . 



Your Honour's letjber, written in the month of November 45 , 

 arrived on Friday night, the 29th of the said month, near 

 to this imperial city, and on Saturday before daylight was 

 presented to my imperial person, the which found me in 

 perfect health, and by the divine favour already free from the 

 past troubles, and the causers of them paid for their effronteries, 

 my imperial person being gratified at the great concern, love, 

 and willingness that you exhibit in your [letter] for my 

 imperial affairs, the which I shall ever have in my remembrance 

 and imperial heart. This was the cause why I made^Your 

 Honour acquainted ; and certainly I remain expecting for the 



