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tute of the afliftance of the Ponuguefes^ 
and underftanding that his Enemy had 
pitched his Tents near Walane^ was fore- 
ly put to it how to cope with fo great a 
Force but being oblig'd either to fight or 
quit his Advantage, he relblv'd to en- 
gage the Enemy, coft what it would : for 
which reafon iiaving afrefti taken the 
Oath of Allegiance from the Inhabitants, 
and furnifliM them with Arms (fuch as 
they could getin hafte) he advanced to- 
wards them in order of Battel. Raja Sin- 
being not a little furprized at his^Bold- 
Meffageof ^^'^^ word, that He had befi 
RajawD. take xoayning by his Father Vinne Ladarma 
John. 5oria'i Death^ and that in cafe berefufed to 
fubmit to bis Mercy before it was too late^ he 
znuji ex^ed no other Treatment than to be cut 
in pieces. Unto whom Don John fmiling, 
fV^An ^^"^ anfwer. That be would take care to 
(Lcr Power^ and if h'vs Father had 
been 06 cautious of him ai he was refolved to 
he^ he need not have come to fo lamentable 
an end^ to revenge which he was come to th'vs 
Place J exhorting him at the fame time to 
implore his Mercy before it was too late. 
Ka]a Singa was fo exafperated at this 
Meflage, and the Averfion he found in 
the Inhabitants of the Country, that he 
declar'd, He would punifh with Death all 
that fhould fppofe him ; and fo order'd his 
whole Array to march to Donlan, with 
an Intention to furprize that Place, be- 
fore Dm John could come to its Relief. 
Donjohn^ thoheknew himfelf much in- 
feriour in number, yet refolv'd to follow ' 
him clofe at the Heels ; and to put the 
better Countenance on the matter,raarch- 
ed in great Pomp, with molt fplendid 
Umbrellos born before him, and fuch o- 
ther Royal Enfigns, as the Kings in thofe 
Countries ufe in their Wars. Raja Singa 
feeing Don John thus bravely advancing 
towards him, refolv'd either to vanquiOi 
or to die glorioudy in the Enterprize, 
could not forbear to break out into thefe 
RajaV Words, r mly Don John w a courageous 
Surprise. Warrior^ and I pref age that one day or other 
he will afc end the Throne. O Raja Singa! 
Wbere w thy noble Boldnefs^ where are all thy 
great and ambitious Defigns^ where thy 
Fortune which no body could re/ijl ! J am a- 
fraid of a fudden Change \ O changeable For- 
tune^ why haft thou turn'd thy Back towards 
Raja Singa, who was once thy Favou- ■ 
rite! 
j,^ Thus the Signal being given, theBat- 
ted. began, wherein Don John and his 
Forces gave way at firft, the better to 
bear the firlt AlTault of the Enemy j but 
afterwards Don John at the Head of his 
Guards, charg'd them fo furioufly, that 
(notwithftanding Raja Singa did ail that rv^v^-j 
could be expeded from a Great Captain) Baldceiis. 
they were forc'd to give way,and at laft to 
feek for their Safety in their Heels : And 
fo he return'd vidorious toCandy, having 
loft: no more than 700 Men in the whole 
Engagement ^ whereas the iofs of Raja 
Sm^a amounted to above 3000, who was 
fo dejedted atthis Defeat, that he ftruck , 
voluntarily a Thorn into his Foot, and 
refufing to have his Wound drefs'd, it 
gangreii'd, and put an end to his days at dj^^.^ 
Settevaca. 
He (hcw'd not the lead reraorfe upon 
his death bed for his Cruelties, except 
thofe committed againfl- the Priells of 
Daldowanfe^ whom he caufed to be burnc 
alive ^ tor being asi>:\i by the Tyrant, 
whether the Murder he had comraicted 
upon his Uncle, Mother-in-law and Bro- 
thers, could not be torgiven, they aiiivve- ^ ■ r 
red, No; mil then (faid the Ufurper) J^fid 
I am now at Liberty to do what I pleafc^ and war.fe 
fo committed them all to the Fury of the buynt. 
Flames, except the High Prieft, called 
TireancOj i. e, God's Vicegerents by the Cin~ 
galefes. The Priefts of Faramydeyo^ being 
ask'd the fame queftion, forewarn'd by 
the Difafter of the others, gave for An- 
fwer, That a Perfon guilty of fuch a Sin 
could not enter into Heaven^ but if truly re- 
penting^ he might by .-their Intercejfion be; 
brought to remain betwixt Heaven and 
Earthy without being fenfible of the T n-^ 
men: s of Hell. This Anfwer was fo plea- 
fing to Raja^ that he dirmiffed them un- 
molefled, telling them. That he had orde- 
red the Pricfls of Daldow'anfe to be burnt, 
bccaufe they would make God delight in Evil ; 
but you who make him a merciful Cod^ I will 
always look upon ojs my Friends. J u it be- 
fore his Death, he fent for the before- / 
mentioned T'/Vt'^wo or High Priefl, dell- ; 
ring him to forgive the Death of his Bre- „ . . 
thren, offering him confiderable Prefents „^J,^j,!foy 
at the fame time ^ herefufed the lall, but thutAU'm. 
pardon'd the Crime, and fo return'd to 
Candy^ where he died in the iiof^? Year 
of his Age. 
Don John had no fooner received In- 
telligence of Raja\ Death, but he put 
himfelf at the Head of his Army, to 
take poffelTion of the whole Kingdom. 
But the Chief Secretary of Raja Singa 
having got all his Jdafter's Treafure into 
his Hands, and thinking himfelf in a ca- Janicrc 
pacity to cope with Don John, got him- 'f'^''^^''-- 
felf proclaimed King, under the Name 
of Janiere Wandaar^ and at the fame 
time follicited for Succours by the For- 
tuguefes^ Neither, was it long before Pf- 
'dro Lopes de Soufa arrived from. Goaj at the . 
Head 
