Chap.XVII. A Defcripion o/CEYLON- 
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der'd the AmbafTadors of the King of 
Palu^am upon the Road, a furious War 
'enfuM betwixt them, in which the lalt 
worfled (with the affiftanceof the Prince 
of Ouve) the King of Batccalo^ who was ^^^j^'* 
fiimfelf trcacheroully murdered, and his ^^j!^ 
Kingdom bellowed upon the King of Pa- 
lugam. 
CHAP. XVIL 
Mr. Bofchhouwer fent as An Ambajfador to the United Provinces, enters into 
An Engagement with the Crown of Denmark, dies in his Return to the Indies. 
Gu\QGtA<\Q the Dumih Commodore arrives Ceylon, returns without ejfeSl- 
ing any thing. The Portuguefes ere^ divers Fortijications by Fraud. The Em- 
peror'^s Enterpriz,e upon Columbo, The Portugueles beaten. 
Ambuff,i- 
doT. 
MArcellm de Bofchhouwer^ who had 
(as we have underftood) attained 
tothehighefl; Dignities in the Empire of 
Ceylon.^ being defirous to make himfelf 
known by fome great Enterprize, obtain- 
ed leave from the Emperor i (5 1 5. to go 
to Mafulipatam^ to follicite the fo long 
promis'd Succours againft the Portuguefes^ 
with full Power to enter into Alliances 
with all fuch Kings, Princes and States 
as bethought might contribute any thing 
towards clearing his Majcfty's Dominions 
from the Portuguefes. 
Having for this purpofe obtained di- 
vers Letters and Credentials, wherein 
his Majefty promis'd to ratify every thing 
the faid Mr. Bofchhoumr ftiould treat of, 
with any Prince upon that Subject ; he 
fet out in Quality of Amballador and 
Bofchhou- Plenipotentiary fromCc)'/yn,thc 9th of Aiiay 
VICT fent 1615. and arrived 5'w>i.2. at yT/ii/M//]7<^f<?w, 
where at that time one Hans van Hafe^ 
Diret^or and V'illtor General of the In- 
dies^ commanded in chief, who went a- 
long with Aiarcdkii de Bofchhouwer to 
Bantam^ in order to concert meafures 
with Gerard Reyufi, the Dutch General 
there, concerning the intended Succours 
againft the Portuguefes. 
But the faid General being dead fome- 
time before, and the War carried on 
at that time by the Dutch Company in the 
Molucque Illands and thofe of Banda^ as 
aifo againft Poulo y?y,hindring the Dutch at 
that Jundture from fending the promis'd 
Succours to the Emperor of Ceylon (it be- 
ing abfolutely requilite to fecure the Mo- 
/wqiie;,before they cou'd think of any New 
Conquefrs) it was refolved by the Coun- 
cil of Bantam to permit Mr, Bofchhouwer 
(at his earneft requeft) to go to Holland^ 
in Older to reprefent the true State of 
matters in the Empire of Ceylon to their 
High and MightinelTes the States-Gene- 
ral, his Highnefs the Prince of Orange., 
and the Dirdors of the Ectfl-lndia Corn- 
pany. Vol. III. 
f.'iines to 
Banwm. 
Sets SmI 
loo. 
But upon his Arrival in Holland., he And thence 
found things not in any wife to anfwer '"^^ Hoi- 
his Expectation : for in regard of his 
Quality and high Station in Ceylon., pre- 
tending to much more Refpeftand Ho- 
nour than the Company was willing to 
grant him ^ this occafion'd fuch Contefts 
among them, that he refolved (notwith- 
ftanding his Allegiance due to the States) 
to go into Denmark^ where he arriv'a 
June 16. O. S. 1617, and not long after 
entr'dinto an Engagement with the Danes Engages 
at Copenhagen^ which was ratify'd by their with the 
KingC/jri/?w« IV. 1(5 1 8. March ^o. Ac- c>anes. 
cordingly he fet fail from Denmark mi[\ 
his Lady (who challenged the Title of 
Princefs of M'lgonne) and a Retinue of •'"'^^'^^ 
fome Servants and Soldiers, but died be- 
fore he came to the end of his Voyage, 
after which moft of the Soldiers defer- 
ted on the Coaft of Coromandel (where 
his Lady died alfo afterwards) whereby 
tho all his Defigns vanifhed into Smoke, 
yet will it perhaps not be beyond our 
purpofe, to give a more circumftantial 
account of this unfortunate Voyage. 
Mr. Bofchhouwer having (as we told '^P-^rtku- 
you) obtain'd a Man of War and a ^''l^''^^"^ 
Yacht from the King of Denmark, on y.^^^^ 
account of the Emperour of Ceylon^ and 
the Danifh Eafi-lndla Company (lately 
erefted) having join'd five Ships with 
them, under Guk Gedde a Damfh Noble- 
man, they fet Sail out of the Sound, and 
after many Tempefts and other Difficul- 
ties, having pafs'd the Engiiih Channel, 
they did not arrive in Ceylon till twenty 
two Months after, viz.. \6zq. not with- 
out the Lofs of a conliderable Number 
of their Men (among whom was Mr. 
Bofchhouwer himfelf) that periHied for 
want of Provifions, and the Fatigues of 
fo tcdioDs a Voyage. 
Some of thefe Ships arriving in the 
Harbour of Batccalo, others at CoMtjJ/f, 
Gule Gedde gave notice of his Arrival, 
T/;.' Danes 
.irriv-' in 
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