Chap.XXI. A Defcripion o/C E Y L O N. 
711 
Commo- 
dore Ro- 
ller ar- 
rives in 
Ceylon. 
Tfe Porcu- 
guefts put 
to a great 
Nonplus. 
They march 
towards 
Candy. 
" Life, and Vidory againft your Ene- 
" mies. 
Tlie before-mentioned Commodore 
Kofter^ having fet Sail accordingly, 
Alarch 17. from Goa^ with the 3 Ships 
theTVxe/, little Amjierdam and Dol^h'm^ 
came to an Anchor the idoi A^y'tliol- 
lowing near Trinquemmale^ a Harbour 
on the Northfide of the Ifle of Ceylon-^ 
where the Emperor's Deputys being fee 
afhore, in order to deliver the Admiral's 
Letter at Candy^ and give notice of the 
Arrival of the Dutch Ships, they under- 
ftood, that the Emperor immediately af- 
ter the Departure of the Falcon Yacht, 
had caufed a good Quantity of Cinnamon, 
Wax and Pepper, to be laid up for our 
ufe. The Portuguefes had no fooner no- 
tice thereof, but they fent a Letter to 
his Majefty, asking the Rcafon why he had 
ordered fuch a Quantity of Merchandiz.es to 
be laid up^ which^ purfuant to the Contraii 
fiipulated betwixt tberUy belonged only to 
them. The Emperor recurn'd them no 
other Anfwer than that. He having pro- 
mifed the fame to his Friends the Holland- 
ers, he would try who fhould dare to oppofe it. 
This refolute Anfwer fo nettled the 
Portuguefes at ColumbOy that being now 
fully convincM of the Confederacy be- 
twixt the Emperor and the Dutch^ and 
that they mufl foon exped to be attacks 
at Batecalo, they were put to the greateft 
Nonplus, what Refolution to take in this 
prefent Exigency of AlFairs. Some con- 
iidering that having fcarce been able to 
cope with the Emperor alone, they would 
not be able to refift his Efforts, when 
fuftain'dby the Dutch, were of Opinion 
to embark all their Treafure, Men and 
Artillery, todemoliih the Fort, and fet 
Sail for Goa. 
But the braver fort rejeding this Pro- 
pofition as bafe, and inconiiftent with 
their King's Honour, refolv'd, rather than 
thus to quit an Ifle, which they had fix'd 
themfelves in with the Lofs of fo much 
Blood and Treafure, to venture the ut- 
moft and die in the Attempt. Damijao 
Bottado, who had laid the firfl: Foundati- 
on of the Fortrefs of Batecalo, propos'd 
among the reft, that they ought to ga- 
ther all their Forces, and march up to 
Candy, before Raja Smga could be join'd 
by the Dutch. 
This Advice being approved of, they 
marched in March 1638. under the 
Commaiid of their General Diego de Mc- 
lOy the bcfore-mention'd Damijao Bottado^ 
and the Major.GeneraJ Sorde, tow^ards 
Candy. 
The Emperor having got notice of 
their March, retir'd from thence with 
all his People, leaving the City to their 
Mercy, which they took without any 
Oppofition and having plunder'd and 
burnt the fame, directed their March to 
the Mountains of Gannor or Gannero, 
where they pitch'd their Tents, their 
whole Force conrifl:ing of 2300 Portugiufes 
and Miflices, and 6000 Negroes. 
This it was that the Emperor had fo 
long look'd for, who immediately or- 
der'd the Road to IValane, and all other 
Places thro which they were to pafs, to be 
ftopp'd, by laying great Trees crofs the 
Roads. The Enemies finding themfelves 
reduc'd to thefe Straits, the Cingalcfes u- 
nanimoufly revolted to the Emperor-, fo 
that the Portuguefes feeing not the leall: 
hopes of efcaping by Force of Arms, 
had f ecourfe to two Friers, one a Francif ~ 
can, and the other an Aujlin Monk, who 
were fent to endeavour to obcain them a 
free PalFage from the Emperor to Colum- 
bo: But the Emperor gave them fuch an 
Anfwer, that the Friers thought it their 
fafefbwaynot to return to their Camp ; 
fo that the Portuguefes finding themfelves 
paft all Reprieve, the General de Mela 
ask'd Bottado what was to be done, and 
which way they fhould efcape the Dan^* 
ger into which they were drawn by his 
rafli Advice, who gave him no other An- 
fwer, thjn that they muftdie together„ 
The Emperor Ra'ja Siyiga in the mean 
while kept clofe in his Camp, watching 
all the Opportunities of attacking them, 
with the utmoft Advantage, which foon 
happened ; for a violent Storm of Rain 
(which he knew would render the Portu- 
guefe Firelocks in fome manner ufelefs) 
made him draw out his Troops againfl 
the Enemy •, and putting the Mufqueteers 
in Front, he order'd them after the firfl: 
Difcharge to retire, and give way to 5000 
Bowmen of Mangekork, who being fuf- 
tain'd by as many Pikes, did break in 
with fuch Fury among the Portuguefes, 
that they foon put them into Diforder, 
and immediately after to the Rout, with 
the Slaughter of all the Portuguefes, ex- 
cept a very few who obtain'd Mercy at 
their Conqueror's Hands, amounting in 
all not to above 70 Perfons. 
The Emperor was a Spedlator of this 
Engagement from a Tree near the Bank 
of a River, which ran betwixt him and 
the Mountain of Gannor, whither they 
brought the Heads of the Portuguefes flain 
in the Battel, which were heap'd up in 
form of a Pyramid before him. All the 
Great Officers of the Portuguefes lojt 
their 
Baldccus. 
Take and 
burn it. 
Arc defeX" 
ted by the 
Cingalefes 
And put t§ 
the Rout> 
A Pyramid 
of He:ids, 
