No. 55.— 1904.] RAJA SINHA II. AND THE DUTCH. 169 
on September 9, 1636, Raja Sinha addressed the following 
letter^ to the Governor of the Dutch settlement at Palikat : — 
I, Raya^ Singa, Emperor of the Island of Ceylon,^ King of Candy, 
Zetivaca,^^ Danbadany, Anorayapore, Jafnapatan,^^ Prince of Ove/^ 
IMature, Dinavaca, the Four Corlas/^ Grand Duke of the Seven 
Corlas,^^ Matalte, Earl of Catajar, Trinquelemale/^ Batecalo, Yelafe- 
buitena/^ Dumbra, Panoa, Patoveta,^^ Putulaon,^^ Yassare/^ Gale, 
Billigaon, Marquis of Duramira,^^ Ratenura,^^ Tinipane,^^ Axcepaon,^^ 
Lord of the Ports of Alicaon, Caliture,^^ Columbo, Negumbo,^^ Chilao, 
Madampe, Calpentyn,^^ Ariputure, Manaar, and of the Pearl-fishery, 
. I inform the Governor of the fortress of Paliacatta of the good success 
that my operations against the Portugueses^ have had ; although I 
know that you are aware of certain events, yet for your assurance I 
shall detail these more fully to you herein. The first is, that the 
Emperor deprived the Portugueses^ of two forts, named Walane^^ and 
Forago,^^ and the town of Marua Goma,^^ with 500 Portuguese and 
captains of war,^^ beside many monks of various orders. At that 
time the General was Don Nuno Alvares Perere ; and, maybe over- 
whelmed with such a loss, he sought to make peace with us, and 
especially with regard to the prisoners whom the Emperor had taken 
from them, which peace was made with the release of the aforesaid 
prisoners of war.^^ At that time Constantinus de Zaa^^ succeeded as 
G-eneral and Governor, eleven years after the peace was concluded. 
The.villanies that they practised were various, such as that by treachery 
they conquered Jaf napatan, and erected the fortress of Batecalo and 
Trinquelemale, and, on the Emperor's wishing to oppose this, gave as 
reasons that they had certain tidings that some enemies from Europe 
wished to fortify themselves in the above-named ports, and they 
erected the fortresses for the protection of the Island. All this was 
done by great fraud ; for after the expiry of a year, although we had 
a monk^^ in Candy as hostage, they attacked the imperial dominions 
in full force, although the late Emperor (in order not to break his 
royal word) had set the monk at liberty. After that, when the 
enemy had again withdrawn, this Empire devolved upon me,^^ which 
enemies eleven months afterwards again began to maraud, so that 
we went out to Ambatana to meet them, and drove them back to their 
territory with some loss ; and seven months after that the aforesaid 
enemies came again, well equipped, to attack the Principality of Ove,^^ 
where we had a battle, and the victory was on our side, at which time 
the native rebels came over to me as my lawful subjects, whereby 
the enemy was greatly weakened, so that our troops held the field, 
slaying the G-eneral and the Sergeant-Major, with the Captain of 
Dinavaca, beside 400 soldiers and the captains taken prisoners, and the 
Maistre de Campo^^^ the Captain Moors^^ of the Seven Corlas and 
