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And if he cannot come on his feet Yonr Honour will be able to send 
him in an andor^^'^ and my imperial person will esteem this service^ 
since it is done with much love and goodwill. And when he wishes 
to go I shall give him leave according to his wish. 
The letter that Your Honour sent to this imperial court has been 
given to be translated into the Portuguese language ; and when it is 
translated, after it has been read in my imperial presence, conformably 
thereto I shall send you the answer. At present nothing further 
suggests itself. Our Lord, &c. From this great camp and court of 
Reigamvata, on the 13th o£ June, 1656. 
Raja Singa Raju, Most Potent ^ Emperor of Ceilao. 
'Note in Dutch on face : — Received 19th June, 1656. 
Indorsement {in Dutch) : — Original missive written by His Royal 
Majesty of Candia to Governor Adriaan Yan der Meyden, in data 
13th June, 1656. 
To pacificate His Majesty Van der Meyden wrote consenting 
to the Persian falconer's staying at the royal court at any 
rate until the Dutch ships were ready to sail for Gombroon. 
At the same time the Datch who were with the King wrote 
urging the sending of the falconer and the bird as soon as 
possible, in order to expedite their own departure. Soon 
after some more hawks and other presents arrived from 
India for the King ; but whether or not they were forwarded 
does not appear. Probably not : for Raja Siigiha continued 
his hostilities. At length Joris Blom, the interpreter, whose 
position was becoming daily more unsafe, managed to e£fect 
his escape at night in a boat, having first made the guards 
drunk.^23 
In reply to a later letter from the Dutch Governor, Raja 
Sinha wrote on October 23 of the same year, as follows : — 
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[I] Raja Singa Raju, Most Exalted Monarch, Greatest and Most 
Potent Emperor of this far-famed Empire of Ceilao, to Adriaen 
Yander Myden, Governor of the Hollanders who are at 
present in this my Empire, send greeting. 
The letter which you wrote on the 10th of this present month of 
October was delivered on the 11th of the said month. After the 
terms ©f peace were concluded in Baticalou there were some disagree- 
ments. But my imperial person healed them, simply that my lawful 
