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A Defcripion 0/ G E Y L O N. 
(TN-A-o ties^ at a reafonable Rate ; but in cafe any 
Baldicus. difference fliould ariie upon that account, 
the fame fhall not be alledged as a Reafon 
for the ditfalving of this Confederacy. 
XXI. For the fame Reafon his Majefty 
and the States-General, fliall maintain 
this Alliance inviolably, and alTilt one a- 
nother upon all Occafions. 
XXII. All Afts of Hoftility commit- 
ted on both fides, fhall be buried by a ge- 
neral Oblivion. 
XXIII. No body, except his Majefty, 
fhall have Power given him to coin Mony, 
or to enhannce the Value of the Coin, 
beyond what has been agreed betwixt his 
Majefly and the Hollanders^ in proporti- 
on to the Mony tranfported hither from 
Holland; and if any of his Majefty's, or 
our Subjefts are found to have coin'd falfe 
Money, they are to be punilhed with 
Death. 
XXIV. His Majefty and the Hollanders 
lhall agree upon the moft proper Methods 
for fettling both the larger and lefler 
Coin, for the promoting of Traffick. 
XXV. Such Coin as fhall be adjudged 
current by both Parties, fhall be changed 
every three Years by turns, once at Can- 
dy, and the next three Years in one of 
our Places. 
XXVI. The Coin fhall be either en- 
haunced or lowered, according to the 
prefent exigency of Affairs in time of 
War. 
XXVII. All the Indian Nations fhall 
be free to come and trafiick in their own 
VelTels, in his Majefty's Dominions, with- 
out paying any Cuftoms, for thefpaceof 
three Years next enfuing. 
XXVni. After the Expiration of the 
Term of thefe three Years, his Majefty 
fhall be at Liberty to enter into a Treaty 
with the Plenipotentiaries of their High 
and Mightineffes, concerning the Rate of 
Cuftoms of all Commodities. 
XXIX. His Majefty agrees, that their 
High and Mightinefles, and his Highnefs 
the Pr. of Orange^ fhall enjoy one Moiety 
of all the Cultoms, for which purpofe 
certain Commiflioners and Clerks fhall be 
appointed by the Confent of both Par- 
ties. 
XXX. All the Prizes taken on the 
Coaftof Ceylon, fhall be divided fhareand 
fhare alike, betwixt your Majefty on the 
one fide, and their High and MightinefTes, 
and his Highnefs the Prince of Orange on 
the other fide ; provided that whatPri- 
foners are taken, fhall be ranfoni'd, but 
never put to Death. 
XXXI. All Faftors or other Officers be- 
longing to their High and Mightinefles, 
and his Highnefs the Prince of Orange^ 
fhall give PafTes to fuch of your Majefty's 
Subjeds as intend to traffick in thofe 
Parts as his Majefty fball do the fame, 
without which they fhall be liable to be 
feized, and their Goods confifcated. 
XXXIJ. His Majefty, their High and 
Mightinefles, and his Highnefs the Prince 
of Orange, fiiall be obliged to take effec- 
tual Care, to have the Roads and Pafl^jges 
both by Sea and Land, in the Ifle of Cey- 
lon, to be kept well and clear from High- 
waymen and Pirates; for which purpofe 
his Majefty obliges himfelf to fnrnifh 
Timber, for the building of Galleys and 
other VefTels, for the clearing of the 
Seas ; and in cafe any Highwaymen or Pi- 
rates are taken, they fhall be punifhed 
with Death. 
XXXIII. His Imperial Majefty, their 
High and Mightinefles, and his Highnefs 
the Prince of Orange^ do promife to 
keep this Confederacy inviolably, to the 
utmoft of their Power, nor to fuffer the 
fame to be violated by their Subjeds ; to 
infiid fevere Punifhments upon fuch as 
fhall go about to violate it, and give full 
Satisfadion for all Damages fuftained up- 
on that account. 
CHAP. xr. 
Bofch- 
hoLiwcr 
dejh ei to 
be dilmif- 
fcd: ' 
Marcellus de Bofchhoiiwer ^/^/m to depart y which the Emperor will not 
confe»t to. Has confiderable Dignities bejlorved upon him. The Portuguefes 
rob and -m.urder the Dutch at Cotiarum. The Emperor mivenes the EJlates 
of thf Eim^ire, _ The Portuguefes routed near Jafnapatnam. 
THE Articles of this Confederacy 
being thus concluded, Mr. Bofch- 
fooMwer defir'd leave from his Imperial Ma- 
jefty to depart, with the Elephants that 
were ready to carry certain Commodi- 
ties to Tegnapatan, for the ufe of the 
Vntch Fadory there ; from whence he 
might go to Paliacatta, to give the Dutch 
Governor of that Place an account of his 
Negotiation. But theEmperox and his 
Coim- 
