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ship all therein, and so set sail for Paliacatta." As^ a matter of fact, 
the ambassadors never were sent. 
i^^Baldseus, Ceylon^ chap. XII. (Eng. trans., chap.XLIII.) ; Yalentyn, 
Ceylon, pp. 121, 143 ; Saar, in C.A.S. Jl., XI., pp. 269, 270 ; W. van 
Geer, op, cit, pp. 143-145, and|Bijl., XXXI. and XXXIV. ; BsLt.Dagh- 
Beg,, 1644-45, p. 311. 
See W. van Geer, op. cit., p. 145, and Bijl., XXXIX. For details 
of events in Ceylon subsequent to Thijssen's declaration of war see 
Bat. Dagh'Reg. for 1644-45, pp. 310 et seq. 
See Valentyn, Ceylon, p. 121 ; C.A.S. JL, XI., pp. 36, 37. 
Overschie, however, was not dismissed, but continued as Com- 
mandeur of Negombo until 1649, when he left Ceylon for the 
Coromandel Coast (see J. von der Behr in Cey, Lit. Reg,, VI., p. 107 
et passim). He had been sent tof^Negombo in 1644 from Persia, 
where he had been in charge of the Dutch factory at Ispahan for 
several years : his removal being due to the fact that while drunk he 
had involved the Company in a dispute with the Persian king (see 
Valentyn, Persien, pp. 233, 234, 245 ;*Georg Andriesz, Reisheschrijving, 
p. 64). There are still descendants[of his in Negombo. As for Thijssen, 
he was acquitted by the Council at Batavia after an inquiry, and was 
sent to Malacca as Governor (see W. van Geer, op. cit,, p. 147 n, and 
Bijl., p. 98). 
Translated from the original (in Portuguese) in the Ceylon Record 
Office. 
Saguates (see note ^^'^ above). 
This was probably the letter sent by Maatzuyker in the name of 
the Governor-General and Council just before his departure from 
Negombo (see note supra). 
See Valentyn, Ceylon, p. 121 ; C.A.S. JL, XL, p. 371 ; also the 
royal letter of 11th June, 1646, infra. 
Translated from the original (in Portuguese) in the Ceylon Record 
Office. 
On 7th May (see next letter). 
153 Doubtless Maatzuyker. 
154 Voce (for vosse), a vulgarism for vossa merce. It is used 
throughout this letter. 
155 So the name apparently reads ; and the person intended is the 
Lieutenant Julius Schifferts mentioned in the C.A.S. JL, XVII., 
pp. 473, 478. In the Bat. Dagh-Reg. for 1644-45, pp. 274, 275, the 
name is more correctly given as " Schilflij, Schiffelij," and it is stated 
that this man, a Swiss, had recently been made a captain, and, through 
the death of Vinckeboons, had on 26 August, 1644, assumed command 
of Negombo. Jiirgen Andersen, in the account referred to in the note 
below, speaks of a " Captain Schwijts " as being in command of the 
garrison that capitulated to the King of Kandy. 
