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had been prisoners at Galle, and had been divided between 

 the ships. Towards the Generals and all the citizens they 

 fulfilled the terms of capitulation scrupulously, showing 

 great courtesy to all. 



When we surrendered there was not a piece of bronze 

 artillery left that had not some damage, on account of their 

 all being either without trunnions, or with the muzzle-ring 

 gone, or cracked, and the touch-holes were wide enough to 

 contain an arm, and many of the iron ones broken, and only 

 some, and the pedereros that were at the flanks, had not 

 suffered this damage ; for though in many parts of the city 

 there were no batteries, those that were in these posts were 

 moved about, and thus not one that was in a fit state had any 

 rest. We used in this siege three thousand seven hundred 

 and twenty-nine quintals of powder ; when we surrendered 

 we had twenty-four and two arrobas.] 



The King of Candia, as soon as they besieged us, came 

 down thither, bringing forty thousand men of war and 

 service, with whom he assisted them ; and when he saw that 

 the city had capitulated, he sent some of his men into it with 

 great promises, in order that they might come over to him. 

 48 [Most of the sons of the soil and some Portuguese with 

 their families did so, and in their company several of the 

 clergy, and to all these, and to those whom he held prisoners in 

 Candia, he distributed towns in the territories of this Crown r 

 so that all might live with liberty, in our religion, without 

 forcing anyone to adopt any other rite. 49 He was very 

 urgent with the Hollanders, that they should deliver up to 

 him Gaspar Figueira de Cerpe, and he promised for him a 

 large amount of money : to which end they held a council, at 

 which they resolved not to deliver him up to him, and sent 

 a reply to the King, that they could not do it, as it was for- 

 bidden to them by law ; because, beside that we had 

 surrendered under terms of capitulation, it was a great crime 

 and abomination to deliver up a Christian man to one who 

 was not : and in truth they punish severely the crime of 

 exchanging cattle ; 50 the fact being that they did not do it 



