72 6 A Defcripion 0/ C E Y L O N. 
;tN>^ a Portuguefs Fleet confifting of 30 Frigates, fert and hide themfelves among the Moors 
was entirely deftroy'd by a Tempeft near of Kilicare, from whence they were 
';/QCl^ Wmgwla^ but that no body knew from brought in one of our VeiTels hithero 
Fleet of whence they came, or whither they were On the other hand a certain Seaman, na- 
Portu- bound; and that the Cannon we heard mtdClaasClaafz.^ did fwim crofspartof 
guefes/q/l forne Days before, was difcharg'd by the Bay into the City. 
them as a Signal of their Diftrefs, to the The fame Night a new Trench was o- 
tVorkutn and Popkemburg. pen'd againft the Baftion of S. John, and 
The 29tb Captain Kuylenburgh, who carried on with all imaginable Diligence, 
died of the Wounds he received in the The Yacht the was fentacruifing 
late AlTault, being honourably interr'd ; to get Intelligence, whether any of the 
the I Jl of Decemb. two Serjeants came in- Enemies Ships could be difcover'd at Sea, 
to our Camp, who being formerly taken as the Flufhing Yacht was difpatch'd to 
Prifonersat J^w^Ky^itoWeby thePoKfM^Mepj, theCoaft of Malabar^ and thz Erajmm 
had taken the Opportunity, as thefe were fent out in her ftead a cruifing^ 
flying from Mamar to Tutecoryn^ to de- 
C H A P. XXVIII. 
WAMt in Columbo. Anthony Amiral de Menczes taken Prifouer. The Con- 
tinuation of the Siege. 
W'.i«f in '-jpH E 7Jfc of Decemb. we got Intelli- " flxth fent by ^nthoijy d' Abreu^ did not 
Columbo. X gence, that moll of the Inhabitants " ftay in the leaft in this Fort, but tarri- 
of Columbo^ for want of Rice and other " ed two Days at Negapatan^ and brings 
Frovifions, had been forc'd to lift them- " along with him full Inflruaions con- 
felves among the regular Forces ; that in " cerning the Relief of Columbo. I have 
the late AfTault they had taken 70 or 80 <' not been idle in my Station, both 'm 
of ours Prifoners, whereas their whole advifmg how to raife Men for our Ser- 
Lofs did not amount to above 20 or 2% " vice in the Indies., and in contributing 
Portuguefesy among whom were however " all that lay in ray Power of my own 
twoPerfonsof Note, liz.. AnthonioBar- " accord, which by fome others hasnoC 
fcq/b, and Felicio Lee/io, Lord of Macoene. . " been done without reludancy, efpeci- 
That they had mounted the Cannon ta- " ally in giving my Afiiftance in equipping 
ken out of tht Maidof Enchuyfen upon " fome Vellels of Bulk, and Galleys 
their Baftions, and were bufy in making " well mann'd for the Relief of the City, 
divers Retrenchments, in hopes of being " I have hitherto heard no News from 
foon fuccourM from Goa, and that their " the Fleet at Cape Comoryn, fent for 
whole Force confided in 700 PorfM^f/e/fi. " that purpofe. I wirti they may reach 
Anthonid Thcio^feof Decemb. Antonio Amiral de " th^Wit oi Manaar., when we (hall have 
Menczes Alcnez.es {ihtxv Go'fcxnor oijafnafatnam, **■ Opportunity to debate the whole mat- 
taken with and afterwards 1658. kill'd at the taking " ter with the Commander in Chief, how 
.utters, ji^^^iiaar) was taken Prifoner at A/o«- " to contrive matters for the Defence of 
tual., as he was going from Afanaar to Co- " the Place : You may reftafTut'd, that 
Imnbo with fome LetterSg. one whereof " nothing fliall be wanting on my part, 
being written in Charadeff, wasunciphe- " that may tend towards the Accom- 
red by the Geiieral's Order, and was as " plilhment of its Relief, which I heartily 
follows. " wifh may take effedt it being my O- 
" pinion, that a good Fleet is the very 
To the Gcncrai Antonio de Souza Cou- " means now to preferve that Place, till 
tinho. " we receive our Supplies from Goa. 
" Perhaps it may pleafe God to deltroy 
BEfore I had the leafl Intelligence ^" the Hereticks in this Siege, and to a- 
of the Approach of the Enemies " bate their Haughtinefs, occafion'd by 
" Ships, I writ to your Excellency by " their late Succefs, caus'd by oar 
Land, tho I have not heard fince what " Negledt ^ it being certain, that the 
" is become of the MelTenger. The ' fame might have been forefeen a con- 
" three P^f/oi are well arriv'd at (jo^i, and " fiderable time ago. Orders are given 
4' the five MelTengers fent thither ; the " to have a good quantity of Matches 
" raade^ 
