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A Defcriftion of CEYLON. 
rvw-^ " Sun and Moon fhall rejoice us with their 
Bddaus. n L,ght, and the Viceroy of Jacatra, 
^'^''"'^ and the Governor of Paliacatta fliall 
be willing to afiifc me, in hopes that 
" this Confederacy with the Dutch Na- 
" tion will anfvver my good Intentions 
and Sentiments of them. 1 the King 
let the Governour of Paliacatta know, 
that, during the feven years fince my 
" AccefTion to the Throne, I have made 
the bell enquiry I could, who was the 
moll Potent King in Europe^ in order 
" to oppofe the Deligns of the Portu- 
" gucfes : And being at laft inform'd that 
*' the King of the Hollanders was not 
only a Scourge to their King, but alfo 
" fupported by the Strength and Power 
^' of feveral other Kings his Confede- 
rates, I took a firm Refolution (re- 
lying upon the Fidelity of the Gover- 
nor of Paliacatta ) to declare my felf 
a Brother in War to the King of the 
PIvllanders as long as Sun and Moon 
" fhall continue in the Firmament. 'Tis 
true, fome Treaties of this kind have 
been made formerly betwixt my Pre- 
deceflbrs and the Viceroy of Jacatra^ 
and the Governor of Paliacatta ; but 
thefe having prov'd ineffedual, it 
" fcems as if it had pleafed God to bring 
the fame Perfedion under my Reign, 
in hopes that the Governor of Palia- 
catta will with all poffible care fecond 
our Endeavours, whereof we give 
him Afiurances upon our Royal Word, 
that they Iliall be at liberty to ereft a 
Fortrefs either at Cotiar or Batecalo, 
for which purpofe they may employ a 
" Squadron of five Ships (a Force fuf- 
ficient to ballance the prefent Strength 
ct 
a 
(I 
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of the Enemy) who may be fecure of our 
Afljftance, either by my felf in Perfon, 
or by my Brothete All the Cannon or 
Booty taken by them fhall be at their 
own difpofal, and they lhall be provi- 
ded with all forts of Materials requi- 
fite for the building of a Fort either 
at Batecalo or Cotiar. I further engage 
my felf by my Royal Word, to repay 
the Governor all the Charges he lhall 
be at in equipping the faid Squadron 
to be fent to my Affiftance, to which 
of the before-mentioned Harbors you 
pleafe. If the Governor approves of 
thefe Propofitions, let hira fend a VelTel 
to Trinquenemale or Cotiar, in order to 
tranfport ray Ambafladors with fafety 
to him, whom I would have reft fe- 
cure, that in cafe he can bring this 
bufinefs to Perfection, he lhall be well 
rewarded for his Service according to 
his Dignity and Merits : But if it be 
beyond his power, let him difpatch 
this Meflenger with all fpeed to the 
Viceroy of Jacatra, 
Dated the ^th 
of Sept. 16^6. 
Raja SingAj Iraperador. 
CI 
A certain Brahman being difpatch'd 
with this Letter, the fame liv'd for fix 
months undifcover'd among the PortU" 
guefcs at Jafnapatnam, before he could 
meet with a conveniency to be tranf- 
ported to the Coaft of Coromandel^ from 
whence he purfued his journy by Land to 
Paliacatta, where he delivered Raja Singa's 
Letter to the then Governor Charles 
Reyniers, 
CHAP. XIX. 
A Treaty, and Letter in return of that of the Emferor\. The Dutch Deputies 
in Ceylon are honourably received. Their TranfaBions, and Return with the 
the Emperor''s Jmbaffadors, The Portuguefes endeavour to render the Dutch 
f'ufpecfed. The Emperor''s Jnfmr to the Dutch Admiral 
Relbliitiun 
fifiheCoun- 
dl of the 
C Harks Reyniers the Governor of Pa- 
liacatta ( afterwards General of the 
Indies ) had no fooner receiv'd this Let- 
ter, but he fent the fame to Batavia to the 
General and Great Council of the Indies, 
who after mature deliberation refolv'd 
to fend a Perfon fitly qualified for fuch a 
Trufl aboard x\\t Falcon Yacht in order to 
enter into a flrid Amity and Commerce 
with the Emperor, and to procure a con- 
fiderable Cargo of Cinnamon ; whereof 
immediate notice was alfo to be given 
to the Dutch Fleet before Goa. 
It is to be obferv'd, that fometime 
before this Letter was brought to Bata- 
via, the General Anthony 'van Diemen, and 
the Council of the Indies, had already 
taken the Affairs of Ceylon into their Con- 
iideration, having order'd the before- 
faid Mr. Reyniers to make all poflible En- 
quiry, whether it were not feafible to 
get fome ftiare as well as the Portuguefes. 
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