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as they have up till now proved, driving the Portuguese enemies from 
this my Empire, and placing my vassals in subjection to my imperial 
crown, whereby they have always served me with much fervour, love^ 
and loyalty, shedding their blood and giving their lives, with great 
expenses and costs. For which aforesaid reasons I enjoin on Your 
Honours by the love which you have always shown me in the affairs of 
my imperial service, that you do all that is possible to obtain satisfac- 
tion of all the traitors and sorcerers until their tenth generations who 
may be against my imperial crown, because in this you will do great 
services to God, and the Dutch nation will acquire great fame, and you 
will be esteemed among the monarchs of the world. Having com- 
manded the messenger Frc°. Yan den Berch*^* to be called into my 
imperial presence, and having asked him if he wished to go with this^ 
he declared to me that having brought a letter with such good news, 
and expecting to take back one of a more cheerful character, he could 
not take this of such a sad nature : this is the reason why I send this 
to Your Honour by another ; and along with this imperial letter there 
also goes one from him. Nothing further suggests itself. Our Lord. 
&c. From this imperial city of Candea, 14th of November, 1658. 
Raja Singa E,a ju, Most Pctput ^ Emperor of Ceilao. 
All the traitors who shall attempt these treasons, or who shall be of 
their factions, if they flee to Your Honours, or if they seek the help of 
the Dutch nation, of whatever rank thev may be, both high and low, or 
captives and strangers, of whatever nation they may be, I enjoin on 
Your Honour that you send them to me with good guards as they 
deserve; and let not Your Honour help them nor show them any favour, 
nor the other ofl&cers or soldiers of Your Honour. 
Indorsement {in Dutch): — Received 17th November, in Colombo. 
In May, 1659, Governor Van der Meyden, with a mixed 
force of various nationalities, defeated and expelled Raja 
Sinha's troops from Kalpitiya,^^^ but the King seems to have 
taken no notice of the occurrence ; and in the next 
letter^^^ we find him suffering from fever as well as troubled 
by traitors : — 
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Raja Singa Raju, Most Exalted Monarch, Most Magnificent 
and Most Potent Emperor of this far-famed Empire 
of Ceilao, to the Governor of Gale.^^^ 
At the end of February, an unlucky time, I came from the city to 
the river to my imperial palace, and likewise to view some elephant 
fights and in the meantime I was attacked with fever, from 
which I am at present suffering. For whiuh reasons I send these few 
lines in order to let Your Honour know. Nothing further suggests 
