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diamond " with Raja Sinha and the Dutch, and although in^ 
the later part of his reign the king managed to keep on fairly 
good terms with his "faithful Hollanders," he must often have 
bitterly regretted having invited them to Ceylon to oust the 
Portuguese. Truly he found the " ginger " hotter than the 
pepper."^' 
In the year 1632^ King Senarat died, the kingdom having 
been previously divided between his son Raja Sinha and his 
nephews Kumarasinha and Vijayapala,^ Uva and Matale 
being allotted respectively to the last two, who did not 
however for long enjoy their possessions, the first being 
poisoned,^ and his brother, after a useless struggle with Raja 
Sinha, going over to the Portuguese, by whom he was sent 
to Goa, where he was baptized in 1648 and died in 1654.* 
During his father's lifetime Raja Sinha had taken an active 
part in the engagements with the Portuguese, having been 
present at the disastrous defeat and massacre of Constantino 
de Sa and his army in August, 1630, and having subsequently 
(though unsuccessfully) besieged Columbo. The Portuguese, 
having received reinforcements from Cochin, Goa, and 
Malacca in October, 1631, made fresh incursions into the 
Kandyan territories, but were compelled by the young 
prince to withdraw to Colombo.^ It was therefore considered 
advisable on the part of the Portuguese to come to terms 
with the enemy, and (as already mentioned in a note) a 
treaty of peace was concluded and signed at Goa on April 
15, 1633. This treaty does not, however, seem to have been 
very strictly observed ; and the young king, feeling his posi- 
tion intolerable, resolved to call in the aid of the Dutch,^ 
between whom and Senarat all relations had been broken off 
since the time of Boschhouwer's escapades. Accordingly, 
* See Knox, Hist. Bel, p. 107, and C.A.S. Jl., X., p. 154:. 
