6i8 
A Defcripion of the Coafts of 
rs-A^o **- all Paridies or Villages, except in 
Baldaus. u ,-he fortified Places belonging to the 
L/^j^^' u till tlic beforc-mentloned 
" Deciiion be arrived out of Europe. 
V'l. The Labourers of the Ifle of 
Ctyhn^caWd 5c/j^?/;(35,employ'd in peel- 
iiig of the Cinnamon, (hall have liber- 
ty to work vi?ith both Parties, yet not 
" wiiho'.u the confent of that Party un- 
der wliofe Jurifdiftion they live-, and 
'■^ the better to maintain the Truce, nei- 
ther Party fhall be permitted to en- 
ticc thefe Labourers of CeyloHy or any 
other of the Natives out of one ano- 
ther's Service, without mutual Con- 
" fent, butftiall be obligM to fend them 
" back to their lefpedtive Dwelling- 
" places. 
" VII. All the Goods feiz'd on account 
" of or during thefe Differences, Ihall 
" be reftor'd, or elfe the Value thereof 
*' paid in Mony, provided they were 
adually in the PollefTion of either 
Party, and not otherv^ife ; upon which 
" account the Dutch Ambaflador pro- 
" mifes to pay here at o'o^?, or at Suratte, 
" in the next following Month of Jama- 
" at fartheft, the Sum of looooo 
Sp(ini/J] Reals, to be accounted for ac- 
cording to the true value thereof they 
bear at Batavia^ as the payment of the 
" Mony fiiall be made, according to the 
courfe of Mony in thofe places where 
" thefe Goods were taxed ; to be under- 
ftood of fuch Goods as notwithfland- 
ing the payment of the before-faid 
Mony, are found to remain as yetun- 
" fatisiied for from the iid day of Fe- 
bmary 1(543. being a twelve-month 
after the Ratification of his Ponuguefe 
" Majefty was fent to she Hague. 
VIII. In cafe during this Truce any 
" Differences fliould anfe betwixt both 
" Parties, this Agreement fhall remain 
firm and inviolable, and every thing 
remain in the fame Itate, till the De- 
cihoii of the refpedtive Principals j 
" and in cafe the nature of the matter 
" admits of no delay, the fame is to 
*^ be refei'd to the Determination of 
" certain Arbitrators, to be chofen by 
both Parties ; and whilft the fame is in 
" agitation, the pretended Party to re- 
" main in Pofleilion till the Point is de- 
cided by the faid Arbitrators. 
IX. This prefent Agreement is not 
in the leaft to be prejudicial to fuch 
Judgments or Decifions as have been 
made or given betwixt contending 
" Parties, or may be given for the future 
*^ by our refpedive Principals but the 
\l fame fhall be regarded and taken as 
" valid in all refpefts by both Parties, 
" notwithftanding this Agreement, in- 
tended only for the removing of DifFe- 
" rences till the fame can be approv'd 
" of by our refpedive Principals. Which 
" Agreement for the ceafing of all man- 
" ner of Hoftilities, and maintaining a 
firm Truce in the Ifle of Ceylon^ is 
promifed by both Parties to be pub- 
" lifh'd immediately, and inviolably ob- 
ferv'd both in refped of the Gover- 
" nours and Subjefts : as his Excellency 
the Viceroy engages the fame for him- 
" fclf and his SucccfTors, Generals, and 
" Governours and my Lord AmbafTa- 
" dor for the States of the Vnited Pro- 
'* vincesy and the Eaft- India Company, 
" purfuantto the Authority granted him 
" by the mofl Noble J^'.thony van Dicmen^ 
" General-Governour of the Indies. In 
" Confirmation whereof this Agreement 
" is authoriz'd and confirm'd by a fo- 
lemn Oath taken upon the Gofpel in 
" the prefence of the mofl P.everend 
" Archbifliop and Primate of Goa^ Don 
" Frey Francifco dc Martyres^ and Don 
" y^ljiimifo Medvs^ Patriarch of Ethiopia^ 
Members of the Privy-Council of his 
" Majeffy^ and in the prefence of the 
other Privy-Counfellors of Goa^ who 
" have given their full Approbation and 
" Confent thereunto •, as alfo in the Pre- 
" fence of Wolkhrand Gleynz.en^ Chief 
" Diredor in Pcrfia., Abraham Fierens^ 
Minifter of the Gofpel, John Pottey 
" Fifcal, Andreas Frifms Secretary, Yho^ 
*' mas Kuyky head Fador , who together 
*' with his Excellency the Viceroy, and 
" his Excellency the Ambaflador, did fet. 
" their Hands to it j Jofeph de Chaves Co- 
to Ma]OY^ his Excellency the Viceroy's 
" Secretary, having taken care to make 
" the Draughts thereof. 
Signed thus, 
Conde d'' Aveiras., 
John Maatzuyker, 
Fr. Francifco de Martyres, 
Alphonfo MediSf 
Francifco de Melo de Cajlro^ 
Don Manoel Pereira^ 
uinthonio Saria Mochado, 
Anthonio A^ovis Baretto, 
Jofeph Pinto Pcreira, 
Wohebrand Gleynz. the younger, 
Abraham Fierens^ 
■ John Pottey., 
Don Bras de Cajiro, 
Lovi'S Afugilbaon^ 
Andreas FriOm.^ 
Andr, ■ Sdcm. 
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