Chap.XV. 
Malabar and Coromandel. 
619 
" Several Draughts of this Agreement 
" having been made both in Latin and 
" Portuguefe^it is agreed betwixt the Vice- 
roy and the Ambaflador, that in cafe 
any Doubt (hould arife about the In- 
**• terpretation of certain words, rccourfe 
*' is to be had to the Latin^ which being 
" the Original, is to be interpreted ac- 
cording to the plain fignification of 
^' the words, without any collateral Gon- 
ftruiflion, in Confirmation of which 
" this Declaration was thought fit to be 
" made : Subfcribcd a fecond time on 
" the fame day by the under-written 
" Perfons. 
Conde d*j4veira5j 
John Maatz-uyher^ 
Ft. Francifco de Martyres^ Arch- 
bilhop and Primate^ 
Jlphonfo MediSy Patriarch of 
Ethiopia 
Francifco de Melo^ 
Don Manoel Perara, 
. Anthonio Saria^ 
Amhonio Monis Baretto^ 
Jofeph Pinto Pereira^ 
WoUebrandGleynz. the younger. 
In the year \6^%. Jan. 10. the Divi- 
iion of the Limits in the Ifle of Ceylon 
was agreed upon in the City of Columbo^ 
Don Pbilippo Mafcarenbas^ Succeflbr to 
the Count d^^^veiras^ being then Viceroy 
of Goa. 
" The Countries betwixt Co/mw&o and 
Ncgumbo.fi\3i\] be divided into two equal 
(hares, according to their feveral Di- 
ftrifts ( caird Corks ) as far as the fame 
** can be done, to prevent the Confufion 
which might otherwife arife from the 
Divifion of the antient Jurifdidions ^ 
but in fuch places where the fame is 
" not to be done, this Divifion is to be 
" made by lliaring the Villages : fo that 
" conlidering there are 17 Diftrifls be- 
" twixt the two before-mentioned Forts, 
" feven thereof are to be annexed to the 
*' jurifdiclion of Co/t<w6o, viz= Hena-corla^ 
" Omapauduna-corla^ Quatigora-coYla^ Bi' 
*' ligaUcorla^ Galbare-corla, Apitigan-covla^ 
" and Pernacur-corla, lying altogether 
" towards that fide. To the Fort of 
Negumbo are to be annex'd eight Di- 
ft rids, viz.. Pitigal-coYla^ Diomede corla, 
" ZJnipula-corla^ Carvagal-corla^ Fili-corlaj 
" Madura-corla^ Hieriela-corla, and Man" 
'* gur-corla the reft to be divided into 
two equal fliares, Alicur-corla by the 
" River Dandagan to be the common 
" Boundary of both Nations , fo that 
Vol HI, 
** part which lies to the North fliall be- '^A-o 
long to Negumbo^ and to Columbo what Baldaut 
lies on this fide. The Province of ^-^"V^ 
CatHgambala corla is to be divided by 
" the fame River, together with its 
three lefier Diftrids, Vdacahapato^ 
" Micndapato and Jetigalapato ; fo that 
" Jetigala ftiall fall to the (hare of Ne- 
" gumbo., and Vdacaha to Coltunho \ but 
" Miendapato (hall be divided into tw6 
equal parts, in proportion to its Villa- 
ges, fuch Villages as lie nexr Jetigald' 
pato to be under the Jurifdidion of 
*' Negumbo^ and thofeon the fideof 
»' caha under Columbo. The Portuguefes 
lhall remain in the pofieffion of Pu- 
" tdaon and Calpentyn ^ but the River of 
Alican is to be the Boundary betwixt 
Columbo ind Gale : fo that part lying 
*' on the other fide of the River fiiall 
" remain to the Hollanders, but the other 
" part on this fide, together with the 
River and Harbour to the Portuguefes^ 
" in the fame manner as they were for- 
" merly poflefs'd of it, under this Con- 
• dition however, that the Hollanders 
" living here or in any other parts fliall 
*' have the free ufe of the faid River 
in fifliing, or exporting and importing 
their Merchandizes without paying any 
" Cuftoms. And whereas by the 'jth Av- 
" tide of the Agreement made atGoa^ it 
" wasagreed, that the Labourers (call'd 
" Schalias ) who peel the Cinnamon, fiiall 
be employ'd by both Parties to prevent 
all further Differences for the future 
" upon this Head; it is agreed, that the 
Hollanders ihall every year in Harveft 
" time fend one half of thcfe Labourers 
" out of the Villages of Bili and Cofgurc^ 
" under theirjurifdidion on the other fide 
" of the River Alican., to afllft as former- 
ly the Portttguefes in peeling of Cinna- 
" mon, under condition that the Cinna- 
*' mon thus peeled by them in the Portu- 
" i^^fi Territories, fliall be laid up in a 
" certain place upon the River Dandagan^ 
" to be divided once every year in two 
'■^ equal fliarcs betwixt the two Parties, 
" provided that each Party pay the ufu- 
*' al Price to the Schalias for ths peeling 
" of their fliare of Cinnamon. ThisDi- 
" vifion is to take place, and to ftand 
firm till the fame be otherwife de- 
" cided by our refpedive Principals in 
*' Europe, with this referve neverthclefs 
in regard of the Hollanders., who being 
" ignorant hitherto in the true fituatioti 
of the Country, may eafily bcdeceiv'd 
" in this point, and therefore ought to 
have the liberty to appeal to better 
" judgment, and defire a recornpenfa- 
LHl 2 tion 
