74 
8 
A Defcri^tion of C E Y L O N. 
pir'd. His Wound being fearched, they 
Sdjd.^s.^ found it to be done by a Mufquet-Bulkt, 
vyhicli pafled in under the right Shoulder, 
quite through under the right Arm. 
This was the unfortunate End of this 
moft excellent Perfon, in the Vigor of his 
Age, defcended of a good Family, and 
of great Experience both in Civil and 
Military A fi^iirs i being for the reft of a 
Dks. 
Hit Chct- 
ra^lcr. ~~ 
very affable Converfation, eloquent and 
well-vers'd in divers Languages : He was 
befidesthis of a very good Afpedt, tall, 
and well-made, brisk and indefatigable 
in what he undertook ; and to be fhort. 
Nature and Indujtry had fram'd fo exai} 
an Harmony ktwixt hi/s Soul and Body^ that 
few Men can pet end to the fame degree of 
Perfedion. 
CHAP. XXXVL 
The General s Death notified to the Emperor ^ who fends his Envoys into the Camp, 
ilir. Adrian van der ' Meyden fucceeds him. A Portuguefe Captain comes 
over to m. 
The Gene- 
ral'sVeath 
Ji'jtijied to 
the Efnpc- 
ror. 
Hii Corps 
saryied to 
Gale. 
Envoys fcnt 
from the 
Emperor. 
Take a 
viewef the 
place where 
be was 
wouuded. 
TH E fame night George Bloem Inter- 
preter being difpatch'd with a Let- 
ter to the Emperor, to carry the dole- 
ful News of the General's Death, his 
Majefty fent the i uh of Jp-il the Dijfaves 
of the five and feven Carles to take a 
view of his Corps. It being alfo agreed 
in a Council of War, that the fame fliould 
be conduced by the Faftor Ysbrand 
Cotskens and Capt. John Hartman, under 
a Guard of 20 Fire-locks, to Puntegale 
( 9 German Leagues thence ) the fame was 
done accordingly with a great deal of 
Splendor. The fame night his Majefty 
fent the Diffaves of Matule and Migar^ 
attended by divers other Courtiers, to 
condole the Death of his dearly beloved 
Diredlor-General. They were very in- 
quifitive, whether he was flain by fome 
of his own People, or by the Enemy, or 
by fome unexpected Accident: Being 
fhewn the place where he receiv'd his 
Wound, they crawl'd thither trembling 
for fear upon the ground, from whence 
they took a handful of Earth, and de- 
lir'd that no body fliould fet a foot in that 
place. 
His Corps was depofited in a Vault un- 
der ground at Gale till i557- when by 
order from Mr. Fan der Meyden it was 
inter'd with great Solemnity in the 
Church there near the Pulpit ^ his Arms, 
Buckler, Sword and Spurs being hung 
againft the Wall. In the year 1558. the 
faid Corps being tranfported from thence 
to Coltimbo, was put into a ftately Mo- 
nument there, with an Infcription upon 
it, containing in fubilance. That he had 
pur chafed the Conquejl of Columbo by h'vs 
Death^ for the honour of his Native Coun- 
try. 
After the Deceafe of the General, the 
Burden of the fupreme Command of the 
Siege was laid by unanimous Confcnt up- Mr, Van 
on the Shoulders of Mr. Adrian van der ^^^r Mey- 
Meyden Governor of Gale^ who had the 
good fortune to fee the City reduc'd in clteralin 
the next following Month of May. that Vtg- 
The 1 3*/) of April a Letter was brought "'O". 
to the Camp from Leonard Johnfon, da- 
ted the 2d at IVingurla^ intimating that A Letter 
22 Frigats under the Command of Fran- /'"w win- 
cifco de Seixa Cabrcira, with all forts of ^^"[^^^ 
Provifions, and 800 Portuguefe Landmen fo""^. ^ 
aboard, were fail'd fvom Goa. Where- guefe 5«c- 
upon the Commodore Roothaus and Peter cours, 
dc Bitter being fent for, to confult what 
was beft to be done, it was refolved 
(in order to prevent their bringing into 
the City the intended Succours) to at- 
tempt^a vigorous AfFault upon the Bafti- 
on of St. Stephen, for which purpofe four 
brave Officers were chofen, who with 80 
Volunteers ( who had ofFer'd themfelves 
for a Reward of 50 Crowns a piece) 
were to make the Attack. 
The fame Evening the Fluffing Yacht 
coming to an Anchor in the Road, foon 
after Adrian van der Maart her Captain 
came alhore, and told the General, that 
about three days before meeting with the 
Portuguefe Squadron near Coulang and the 
Cape Comoryn, he had attack'd one of 
their Frigots fo fuccefsfully, that he faw The Fluf- 
her fink before his Eyes, \6 Portuguefes fing Tachf 
only with Capt. Simon Souz.a being fav'd ^^^^^^ ''•'^ 
of all that were aboard her. That foon gu^i^ 
after he had loft fight of them all, fup- pleet. 
pofing they were returned to the Cape 
Comoryn, it being his opinion that as the 
Wind ftood, they muft before this have 
been near Columbo. In the night time a 
certain Portuguefe Captain, one of the 
Fidalgos, or Gentlemen, who had been ^ Po^™" 
concern'd in declaring Don Bras de Caftro ff^^^^^ ^"^ 
Viceroy of Goa, came over to us, having comes over 
been tom. 
