Chap.XX V. A Defcriftion 0/ C E Y L O N. 
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Welcome 
of higeiro 
at Col um- 
bo. 
A noted 
Veferter 
gives an 
account of 
the Condi- 
tion at Co- 
lumbo. 
Figure of a Woman, with her Hands 
folded, lifting her Eyes up to Heaven, 
being an Anfwer to Mr. Adrian vm der 
Meyden's Letter writ to his Majelly from 
Batecalo. The King feem'd not well fa- 
tisfied, that the faid Letter had not been 
wrapp'd in white Linen as ufual, and 
that fome of his Titles had not been in- 
ferted •, yet he telfify'd his Satisfaction 
about the arrival of the Di^fc/j Fleet,ailedg- 
ing for the rell, that purfuant to the Pro- 
mife made him by Mr.Jacob Kittenfletn^md 
the Agreement with him and Adrian -van 
da Meyden^ the City was to be delivered 
into his Hands : But that as he made no 
great account thereof, he was fatisfy'd, 
provided they would allow him the Ho- 
nour of the ConqueH:, which he would 
acknowkdg upon all Occafions. In the 
Concluhon of the Letter he told them, 
that he had ordered Lodgings to be pre- 
par'd for them in all the Places thro which 
they were to pals. 
The 16th we were bufy in mounting 
the Cannon upon a Battery, and had four 
Men wounded and one kill'd. The fame 
Day we receiv'd a Supply of Ammuniti- 
on and Provillon, brought aboard the Ly- 
on Y&cht to Vimtegale. Sunday the zZth 
after Sermon, a Deferter with a Negro 
came intotheCamp from the City, who 
having made his Efcape thro the Fens, 
told the General, that Cafpar Figeirov/^s 
by the Governor of Columbo^ welcom'd 
with thefe Words, You deferve to be hangsd^ 
and that he had alledged many Fallhoods 
in his Defence, and among the reft chat 
he could not attack us, becaufe we were 
fo deeply entrench'd near the Sea-lhoar, 
The fime day the Emperor's Djjfave of 
the feven Corks arriv'd in the Camp 
with 500 Men, who together with the 
other Lafcarins were employed in carry- 
ing Ammunition. The 29th a Deferter 
came over to us from the City, his Name 
was Herman Lucas^ a Native of Hertogen- 
bu/h °j who having formerly deferted our 
Service at Gale^ in company of one na- 
med Walraven^ had obtain'd the Name of 
Johnde Rofa among the Portugueses \ but 
having had the Misfortune of killing a- 
nother at Columboy was fled to Candy^ 
where he pretended to have been fent by 
the Governor, to view the Outworks of 
the Place : He gave the General an ac- 
count of divers remarkable PalTages, and 
among the reft, that he had been prefenc 
in the Engagement, which happen'd the 
i7ffe, and that of that whole Body, not 
zho\t i%o Portuguefes return'd to Colum- 
bo^ where there were as yet nine Compa- 
nies, amounting in all with the Citizcos 
Vol. 111. 
Baldam, 
ColHmbcs 
furioujly 
ply' d with 
great 
Common, 
able to bear Arms to 800 Men : That the 
Governor was highly concerned at the 
lofs of thefe Troops, and the enfuing 
Siege, efpecially llnce fome of the Citi- 
zens fhewM no great Inclination to fight. 
We play'd the fame day very furioufly 
upon the City, and the Battery rais'd a- 
gainft S. Sehajttan was likewife brought 
to perfection. 
The next following Day a certain Portu- 
^^f/ePrifoner was brought into the Camp j 
he was fent ixovuMilagte^zndi had lived 14, 
days upon Grafs and Herbs in the Woods, 
The ^d of Novemb. a Carpenter and 
Cannoneer were kill'd by a Cannon-lhoE 
upon the Battery raifed at Q^uia de Lo- 
ho^ and the fame Afternoon the Sloop 
cdll'd the Delft arriv'd from Caleture with 
Pouden About the fame time a Defer- 
ter came to us out of the City, but being 
lately come from he could tell no 
great matter. The fame Evening the 
Ship call'd the Brown.fifh arriv'd with LqI- 
Zzrs from Laurence Ph^ Governor of the 
Coaft of Coromandel, having on board 
4454+ Pounds of Gun-powder fhe 
brought alfo Advice, that the Yacht the 
Fopkensburg was fafely arriv'd at Gak^ 
but that they had no News of the Ship 
called Che Haddock The fa me Night we 
were bufy in raifing a Battery near the 
Sea-fhoar. 
The 4tfe of Novemb. early in the Morn- 
ing, New? was brought to the Genera! 
from Negumho^ that accordihg to the 
Report of certain Inhabitants of yinnaro- 
lundane^ 1 1 Sail of Ships were difcover'd 
off of Chilaon j whereupon immediate 
Orders were given to the Commodore 
Edward Hauw^ to ufe all pofhble Endea- 
vours to gee Intelligence thereof : the 
fame was alfo recommended to the Head 
Fadorof Gale^ John Kroon^ and to be up- 
on his Guard, The fame Afternoon, a 
Cannon-Bullet from the Baftion of St. 
Stephen^ pafKng thro a Gallery of the 
Church of Quia de Lobo^ whilft the Sur- 
geons were dreffing fome wounded Sol- 
diers, a Soldier was kill'd, two others 
had their Arms fhot off, and three more 
were dangeroufly wounded. 
About the fame time Tenecon Apuhamy^ 
came in the Quality of the Emperor's 
Meffenger, with a Breaft Ihield of Gold, 
befet with precious Stones, and faften'd 
to a Gold Chain, and brought the follow- 
ing Letter from his Majefty to the Qene- 
ral 
" Snga the greatcft Monarch ^eEmpi 
" J\. and moil Potent Emperor of the ''""'^ 
Empire of Ceylor., wiQies Health to Z^l 
A a a a a " Gerard HuJft, 
News of 
I % Sail 
beifg dif" 
