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335 Truly : but, as stated above, he never left the court at all. 
336 In September probably, but I cannot discover the exact date, 
Hulft left Batavia for Ceylon on 9th July (Valentyn, Ceylon^ p. 413), 
33' For details see Baldseiis, Ceylon, chap. XXIII. (Eng. trans.) ; 
Ribeiro, lib. II., cap. KXI. 
338 Baldaeus, loc, cit 
339 See Baldaeus, Ceylon, chap. XXIV. (Eng. trans.); Ribeiro, lib. 
II., cap. XXII. ; C.A.S. JL, X., pp. 165-167, 
340 Regarding this man, see Raja Sipiha's letter of 4th May, 1656, infra, 
3« Baldseus, Ceylon, chap. XXV. (Eng. trans.). 
3*2 For details of the siege see Bald^us, Ceylon, chaps. XXV.- 
XXXIX. (Eng. trans.) and the Portuguese account added ; CAS. 
JL, XI., p. 295 et seq., XII., p. 81 et seq. 
343 Some of the letters in the Ceylon Record Office have slight 
attempts at ornamentation ; but nothing so elaborate as here 
described. 
344 I can find no record elsewhere of this letter. 
345 Baldseus, Ceylon, chap. XXIV. (see also C.A.S. J 1., XI., p. 50); 
346 JJ. s. (see also C.A.S. JL, XI., p. 50. 
347 The same individual who, as Disava of the Seven Korales, in 
1675 gave such trouble to the Dutch, and then came over to them 
(see C.A.S. JL, XL, pp. 70, 71 ; Cey, Lit. Reg., IV., pp. 115, 116 ; 
Valentyn, Ceylon, p.p. 260, 267 ; Knox, Hist. Rel., p. 39). 
348 Sic for Eajou. 
349 For details see the authorities cited in note supra ; also 
Danvers' Port, in India, II., p. 309. Cf. Rdjdvaliya, Eng. trans., p. 103. 
350 Ceylon, chap. XXVI. 
351 U.S. (see also C.A.S. JL, XI., p. 51). 
352 Saar, on the other hand, says (C.A.S. JL, XL, pp. 297, 298 : 
When our great loss became known to the King of Candia, to whom 
our General had not sent previous notice that he was going to storm, 
he was very angry, and wrote to him to say that, according to the 
treaty, Colombo, if it had been taken, would have been half his. The 
General ought, therefore, to have communicated with him, and to have 
allowed his soldiers to take part in the assault. This difficult under- 
taking ought not to have been attempted single-handed, but jointly. 
When our General noticed the King's temper, and being aware that he 
had made a mistake, he resolved to at once send an ambassador to the 
King, with assurances of great respect and his apologies, and also with 
a certain promise to take the place ; but the King must have a little 
patience." This version of the correspondence is evidently founded 
on mere camp gossip ; and we may take it that Baldaeus has given 
us a fair representation of the contents of the letters, the originals or 
copies of which he evidently had before him when he wrote his book.. 
353 Baldseus, Ceylon, chap. XXVII. 
354 U.s, (see also C.A.S. JL, XL, p. 51). 
355 Ceylon, chap. XXVIII. (see also C.A.S. JL, XL, p. 51). 
