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JOURNAL, R.A.S. (CEYLON). [VOL. XVIII. 
Prom this great camp and court of Raganvata, on the 21st of May, in 
the year 1656. 
Eaja Singa Kaj j, Most Potent ^ Emperor of OeilaO. 
In the translation of this imperial letter which goes in the Dutch 
language several words have been added. 
Indorsement (in Dutch) : — Original missive written by His Royal 
Majesty of Candia to Governor Adriaan Yan der Meyden, in data 
21st May, 1656. 
We learn from Baldseus^^^ that with the Dutch translation 
of the above Joris Blom sent a statement of verbal complaints 
made to him next day (May 22) by the King, viz., that 
certain rebels in Colombo, especially Gaspar Figueira,^^^ 
had not been delivered up to him, and that, of various 
presents sent from Goa by the Viceroy for Raja Siyha, the 
latter had received only two Persian cats, a sheep, &c. 
To the King's letter Van der Meyden sent a very conciliatory 
reply,^^^ which did not, however, have the desired effect 
of appeasing his Kandyan Majesty, who on May 29 wrote 
once more, but this time to Major Van der Laan^ the " enemy 
of the Portuguese." The royal letter ran as follows : — 
[21.] 
[I] Raja Singa Raju, Most Exalted Monarch, Greatest and Most 
Potent Emperor of this my far-famed Empire of Ceilao, to the 
Captain-Major JoaS Vanderlan, send much greeting. 
There arrived at this imperial court a letter from the Governor of 
my imperial fortress of Gale,^^^ written on Wednesday, the 24th of 
May. In it he informed me that my Director-General had on many 
occasions spoken with him touching the delivering over of the fortress 
of Nigumbo and city of Golumbo, when they should have captured it, 
and that he had said to him that he held it for certain that my 
imperial intention would be to fortify the lesser and demolish the 
greater part of that city."*^^ What my imperial person knows and holds 
for certain is, that three times I have made terms of peace, confirmed 
and sworn to, with the Dutch nation, and made capitulations thereof ; 
and 1 have no knowledge of anything else. Wherefore, if Your Honours 
wish that the said terms of peace continue, give fulfilment to that which 
is agreed to in the capitulations thereof, and do not now seek to pro- 
pound riddles. 
For the purpose of taking over the fortress of Nigumbo I shall 
send orders to the dissava of the Seven Corlas, that he go and take 
