A Defcripion of C E Y L O N. 
Donna Ca- 
tiuriiu 
brought 
fraiii Ma- 
naar. 
A Portu- 
guefe 
Shlf hjf. 
Supeyjiiti- 
cn o/D. 
Cacherina 
Accordingly a numerous Train and 
fplendid Equipage was fent to bring the 
new Emprefs to Candy j but one of tiie 
Ships foundring at Sea in a Storm, 150 
Soldiers, a great Number of Slaves, and 
two Cherts with Money were loft with 
her : one Portuguefe and two Negroes 
only had the good Fortune to efcapc 
of the whole Ships Grew, who heard 
the Captain of the Ship, whofe Name 
was Perere, take his laft Farewel in thefe 
Words, O brave Perere, Is it thus thy 
Fate to be fwaUovc^d by the Sea ! hut fince 
it M God's Willj Patience j Chriji receive 
my Soul. 
In the mean while all imaginable Pre- 
parations being made for the Reception 
of Donna Catherina^ Ihc was preparing 
for her Departure from Manaar : As flic 
was carry'd along in her Litter or Chair, 
one of the Poles of Cane WppenM to 
break, which the new Emprefs looking 
upon as an ill Omen, (he cry'd out aloud, 
Stop^ Jlopj don't carry me any further^ for 
this portends fome great Misfortune, Un- 
' to which the Governor of Manaar, who 
attended her Perfon, reply'd, May it 
pkafe your Majefy^ we ought tQ conjlder 
that we are no Heathens but Chri/lianSj and '\J\^^ 
inufi therefore defpife fuch Superjlitions \ God Baldam. 
will he the Supporter of you and your CdUfe, ^^'^^/"^ 
Then the Emprefs bid them take another ^^'^'-^ 
Pole, and foon after embark'd with a 
fair Wind, which carry'd her in 8 days to 
Candy. 
Here 'ftie was met by Pedro Lopes the 
Portuguefe General, and feveral of the 
Cingalefe Kings and Princes, attended by 
a great Number of Nobles, who paid 
their Reverence (according to the Cuf- 
tom of the Country) by lying their Fa- 
ces flat upon the Ground, this they call 
Sambaja. The Emprefs ariiing out of 
her Litter, return'd them hearty Thanks, candy. 
and returning to her Litter was accom- 
panied into the City by Lopes and the be- 
fore-mentioned Princes with incredible 
Pomp, and under the general Acclamati- 
ons of the People, who were infinitely 
pleas'd with the Gold and Silver that was 
thrown among them, as the Cavalcade 
marched along, which WiS fo fplendid, 
that the whole Charge thereof amount- 
ed to 1 900000 Livres, the Remnants of 
the Treafure of the late deceafed Ufur- 
KajaSinga Adafcyn, Donna Cathe^ 
Vol III 
