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The new fortifications which we have made there can be broken 
down at His Majesty's pleasure. 
Nigumbo must be held for at least another year to see how the 
Portuguese behave themselves during the truce, of which they have so 
far given no good proofs in view of their faithlessness shown in 
Brazil.^^ And since now all the points of the complaint made by His 
Majesty have been hereby met, I doubt not that His Majesty will 
henceforth abstain from all acts of enmity. 
The territories must be relieved of troops at the earliest oppor- 
tunity, or the inhabitants will depart entirely, and there will 
afterwards be no cinnamon to peel, from which the payment of the 
expenses must come. 
Thus it is also trusted that His Majesty will deliver up all our 
prisoners, which must take place first of all if terms of peace are to be 
concluded. 
His Majesty's reply to this is requested at the earliest opportunity, 
in order that we may conduct ourselves accordingly, protesting, on 
failure of compliance with the foregoing, that we shall be guiltless of 
bloodshed, &c., as we are prepared to give His Majesty satisfaction in 
all that is proper, in the hope that His Majesty will choose peace. 
Respecting the letters of the > Councillors of Batavia and the 
presents,^^^ let His Majesty be pleased once again to give orders that 
they be received with honour, &c., wishing further that God may be 
pleased to protect Your Majesty. 
Meanwhile I remain, 
Your Majesty's humble servant, 
Joan Maatzuyker. 
Before the above could reach him Raja Sinha had on June 
1 addressed the following letter^^^ to the Commandeur of 
Negombo : — 
[5.] 
It is thirteen days since I wrote from the camp at Maningala a letter^^^ 
to the ambassador who came from Jacatara to Gale, and six since 
I wrote another^^^ to you Ivoge] from the same camp, in which 
I informed you that the black people of this my Island of Ceilao, 
wheresoever they might be, were my vassals by right, and that they 
went about wherever they wished, and that if you could prevent their 
doing this you should do so, and if not you should inform me that I 
might put a stop to it. There has been sufficient time for the answer 
to come to what I wrote to Gale as well as to what I wrote to you. 
And it is five days since I encamped with my army in this place 
Tamaravilla,^^^ and to-day up Vo ten o'clock of the day I have received 
not one of the aforesaid replies, and as it is great I cannot endure 
