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A Defcriftion o/" C E Y L O N. 
appe.tr 
Court. 
f^x^J'^^ The Emprefs being not a little di- 
BMdceM, fturb'd at thefe Inteftine Commotions,fear- 
Q^^^^^^^iiig flie fliould be facrificed to the pre- 
Cenuwie- Vailing Party, call'd a General Affem- 
raac don't bly of all the Lords of the Empire, who 
all appeared accordingly in Perfon, ex- 
cept the Prince of Ouve and Cemwierant 
Adafcyn^ who thereupon were by Procla- 
mation declar'd Rebels by the Emprefs, 
and their Eftates confifcated. However 
Cenumerctat having given fufficient Rea- 
fons for his Abfence, and the Prince of 
Ouve having at the IntercefTion of his 
Friends obtainM his Pardon, they after- 
wards appeared at Court, but well guard- 
ed, neither Party trufting one another. 
' 7 hings thus pafTing on for fome time, 
Pr'tncc the Prince of Ouve refolv'd, after the 
Olive re- Conclufion of the AfTembly of the States, 
^f.']'" to rid his hands of Cenuwieraat. and after- 
wicr-tar. wards to lecure to himfelr the Crown by 
marrying Donna Catberina: but Cemime^ 
raat having got fcent of this Defign, re- 
folv'd to be before-hand with him •, to ac- 
complifii which, he dilturbM his thoughts, 
fhewing to the Prince of Ouve upon all 
occalions moft lingular marks of his Re- 
fpedt and Friend (hip. But having in the 
mean while ftrengthned his Intereft: by 
ingaging moft of the Great Men to his 
iide, he took his opportunity when they 
were both going to take their leave of 
tlie Emprefs : For coming at the outward 
Gate, the Prince of Ouve would have 
given the Precedency to Prince Cenuwie- 
raat^ as defcended from the Imperial 
Blood i which he refufmg to accept of, 
told him that it was his due by reafon of 
his Age : fo that, after fome time fpent in 
Ts murde- Compliments, Prince Ouve went in firfl:, 
jWiyGe-and was inftantly run through the 
Back, and laid dead upon the ground by 
Ccnuwieraat, who fa id no more than, 
Traitor^ thou hajl thy Reward j and fo 
retiring to his People, left the City im- 
mediately. 
rhofe belonging to the Prince of 
Ouve hearing of the Murder of their 
Mafter, run thro the Streets, crying out, 
Treafon, TreafoHy which put the City in- 
A comrn,- fuch an Alarm, that the People (be- 
tm indn- lieving the Emprefs was kilfd ) cut all to 
dy. pieces they met with, fo that the Streets 
were cvcfy where Hll'd with Horror and 
Sl.iughcer, which would have continued 
longer.had not Donna Catherinahy (hewing 
hn'felf to the People, fomewhat appeas'd 
their Fury. However, they not ceafing 
to ex-claim, and uttering moft horrid 
'fed " ''""^^'^'^ againft the Prince of Cenuwie- 
h/tinEm- ^^"^ '"^1^ Murder of Prince Omw, the 
p'iju Eniprsfs, to prevent further Mifchief, 
thought it her fafeft way to prohibit un- 
der pain of Death, that any Injury fhould 
be done to Prince Cenuwieraat, declaring 
that what had been done was done by her 
own Orders ^ which fomewhat fettled the 
Minds of the People. 
But her thoughts were very different 
from what (he (hewed to the People, hav- 
ing conceived fuch a Horror at the Fad, 
that (he refolved not to let it go unre- 
venged upon the Prince Cenuvoleraat. He 
being advertifed hereof by his Friends, 
kept conftantly upon his guard, not neg- 
leding in the mean while to have it re- 
prefented to the Emprefs (not without 
good reafons ) that he had been forced to 
undertake this Fad for his Self-prefervati- 
on and the Welfare of the Kingdom, her 
Majefty and his Brother's Children: which Cemiwie 
had fo good an effeft upon the Emprefs, fiS''''' 
that by the Mediation of certain Great 
Men a Match was concluded betwixt the Mmies 
Emprefs and him, as the moil proper th Em- 
means to reftore Tranquillity to the Em- i"''/^- 
pire. At his Coronation he took upon 
him the Name Camapati Mahadafcyn. 
He no fooner faw himfelf eltablifh'd 
in the Throne, but he apply'd himfelf 
to the Hollanders^ in order to enter into 
an Alliance with them againft the Portu- 
guefes^ as will appear out of the Sequel 
of this Hiftory. 
For their High and Mightineffes the T^ce be- 
States-General of the Vnited Provinces ^"^'^^ 
having 1509. made a Truce ^(^^ ^wqIvq ^TdJkU. 
years vfiih Arch-DakQ j4lbcrt and Ifabella 
Clara Eugenia Infanta of Spain, by virtue 
whereof it was among other matters 
agreed, that the fame (hould take place 
alfo in the Eaji-Indies : The then Di- 
rectors of that Company being willing to 
improve this Interval for the better fet- 
tling their Commerce in thefe parts, did 
petition their High and Mightineffes, and 
his Highnefs the Prince, to fend their Let- 
ters to all the Indian Kings and Princes; 
to enter into a Confederacy with them i 
which being granted accordingly, the 
faid Letters, with certain Articles and 
Inftrudions, were by the Diredors of 
the faid Dutch EaflAndia Company dif- 
patch'd immediately to the Indies aboard 
the Greyhound Yacht, Capt. Wemmer van 
Berchem Commander : which done, they 
equipp'd a Squadron of Ships, which 
fet fail out of Holland the ^oth of Janua- 
ry under the Command of Peter Both, 
Governor-General of the lyidies, and 
arriv'd fafely the 1 8fb of November fol- 
lowing at Bantam, with full power from 
their High and Mightineffes, and his 
Highnefs the Prince, to enter into fucli 
Alliances 
