Chap.XXII. Malabar and Coromandel 
6s I 
The City of 
Negapat- 
nam. 
AtaflereJ 
by the 
Dutch. 
The Pro- 
teflant 
Ktl'igion 
innoduced 
m Nega- 
patnam. 
Language a Serpent, and Patnama City ; 
becaufe the Country hereabouts abounds 
with a certain fort of venomous Serpents, 
called by the Cobrcs Ca^elJos, which are 
in fuch reverence among the Pagayis^ than 
if they (hould happen to kill one of them, 
they will look upon it as an expiable 
Crime, and to forebode fome great Mif- 
fortune. 
This City was taken by compofition 
without ftriking a Stroke, by John van 
der Laan, and Lucas van da Dujfcn^Com- 
niandersof the Dm^c/; Forces, 1(558. the 
laltof thetwobeing lince made Gover- 
nor of Cochin^ and the other Forts on 
X.h^ Malabar Coa¥t, fubjecl to the Holland- 
ers. The Portugucfts were permitted to 
depart with their Goods, Families, 
Church-Ornaments, iyc. in certain Ships 
appointed for that purpofc by the Dutch 
Company. The City is feated near the 
Shoar, has no convenient Harbour, as 
indeed the whole Goafl; of Coromandel is 
deftituteof them. Its Buildings are ve- 
ry ftately, efpecially the Church, which 
affords a very goodly Profpedt towards the 
Sea-fide : The Land- Winds are excefTive 
hot and ftifling here, as on the other 
hand the Sea- Winds are refrelhing both 
to Men and Beafts. It is obfervable that 
whilft the Land-Wind blows, they gather 
Water in Stone VefTels, which keeps ve- 
ry cool; the worllis, that thefe Winds 
prevent People from fvveating, which 
makes the Heat the more infupportablc. 
The fame is to be obferved at /i^'afulipatan^ 
where they arefoflifling that nianyPeo- 
pie are killed by them. 
In the Year 1660. lA-July^ I let fail 
from Jafnapatnam to Negapatnam, to 
introduce the Reformed Religion there, 
and accordingly preached the firit time 
thei8t/j, both in Dutch and Ponufucfc^ 
and adminiftred the Holy Sacrament to 
20perfons, and Baptifm to fevera! Chil- 
dren. After Mr. Frederick Frontenm and 
my felf had fpent fometime there in fet- 
ling the Proteftant Religion, Mr. John 
Kruyf^ formerly Miniltcr in the Caftle, 
called the Seclandia in the Ifi:of Taj'nv,t:i-, v/V^, 
was conftituted Minifler at Negapatnanit B.ildauj:.. 
who after his Death was fucc'eeded b/ ^vr'v^ 
U.X. Nathaniel d£ P ape ^ a Perfon of inde- 
fatigable care, who in a very fmall tiine 
has made conllderable Advancements ia 
the Portuguefe and Malabar Lar:ga?.ge-i, 
who by the encouragement, and under the 
Protedionof Mr. Cornelius SpcslmanGo- 
vcrnour of the Coaft of Coromandel^ nnd 
famous for his late Vidories obtain'd a- 
gainfi: the Macafars, and the King of th^? 
llle of Celebes^ has fettled nnd fpread ti;s 
Dodtrine of the Gofpei in the circumja- 
cent Villages, 
At the unie of our firfl Arrival., we ^^'f^'>y 
found the Affairs of Negapatnctm in no 
fmall Confulion ; the City having been &'F-"''^"^'- 
jufl before befieged by the Naik^ \\\\q af- 
ter a vigorous Sally made by the Beiiegcd, 
had been forced to retreat with the Lofs 
of 300 or 400 Men, Befides this, the 
King of FijJapour had not long before the 
Siege made an Inroad into the Coiiotry, 
and by deftroying all the Fruits of the 
Earth, and whatever elfe he met with, 
occafion'd fuch a Famine, that the poor 
Country Wretches being forc'd to fly ta 
the City for want of Rice and other Eii- 
ables, you faw the Streets cover'd v.'ich 
emaciated and half-ftarv'd Perfons, w!*o 
olfer'd themfelves to Slavery for a fmall 
quantity of Bread, and yon might h^re 
bought as many as you plens'dat the ruts 
of \o Shillings a Head-, above 5000 of 
them were there bought and carried to 
Jafnapatnam^ as niany to Columho., belides 
feveral thoulands that were tranfported 
to B^tavia. 
In the Year 1559. the A'^j^ was again 
embroil'd v/ith the Dutch Company, but 
being bravely repuls'd was glad to be at 
quiet. Without the Gates on the North- 
Jide of the City ftands a very lofcy P i- 
gode^ c^W^d China, near which is a Sum- 
mer-Seat, with very pleaiant Gardt-Ds 
and Orchards, formerly belonging to 
Franctfco d' Almcyda^ an antient rich For^ 
tuguefe^ now living at T ^angebar. 
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