Chap.XXXVil A Defcrifdon 0/ CE Y L O N. 
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" The next thing I have to requeft for 
" God's fake, and as you tender onr 
*' Friendfliip, is to preferve and fecure 
the Bearer hereof, being refolv'd iike- 
" wife to come over to you, which I 
" can't do atprefent, being fo narrowly 
" watch'd, but hope to be with yoj in a 
" few Days. God grant you a long 
" Life. 
Your Servant and Slave, 
Mctnoel Fonftiiuc de Montis, 
Whereupon it was refolv'd to fecure 
thefaid To^m aboard a Ship till I'urther 
Order. 
Gotskens sqqjj ^^^^^ Tsbrand Gotskens was dif- 
Empmr! Patclvd to his Majefty, to reprefent to 
^ ' him fome matters of the greatsfl Confe- 
quence, and to know his Sentiments. It 
was not long before hereturn'd in Com- 
pany of the DiJJaves of Saffragam^ and the 
Four CoYles^ and the Curupele Jpobarni^ and 
tfbTNe^ gave an account of his Negotiation to the 
got'mt'm. General man der Meyden ^ and among o- 
ther things, that his Majefty was well 
fatisfied with the Refolution taken April 
1 1 . but feemM to be indin'd to have the 
AfTault delay'd till Sunday the laft Day 
of the Month, when he intended to be an 
Eye-Witnefsof it. 
The i^d of April^ it being refolved to 
give the General Aflault the next follow- 
ing Night, efpecially upon the Baftions 
of S. Stephen and Clcrgo:^ and (in cafe 
they fucceeded) afterwards upon that of 
S. Philippo^ every thing was preparing 
for the execution thereof, and every one 
order'd to his Poft, The following In- 
ftruftions in Writing were given to each 
commanding Officer in Chief, which they 
were flrictly to obey. 
TnfiyuBi- " Thofe that are order'd to give the 
ms forth « Aflaultupon the Baftions, fliall be ob- 
5r",?/ " ^'5'^ fcaling Ladders them- 
i/'"> • a feiygg^ and ufe their ucmoft: Endea- 
vours to make therafelves Mafters 
thereof, and to maintain therafelves 
there: In cafe the Baftion of S. Stephen 
" betaken, the commanding Officer fliall 
let the Trumpeter found the Tune Wil- 
Ham of Naffau as a Signal, that God 
^' has bleffed us with Vidfory on that fide. 
So foon as the Aflault begins from the 
■"^ Redoubt, betwixt St. Stephen and St. 
Jg^h's Baftion, the Companies of Jolm 
' * Hartman^ George Gehcly Henry Gerard^ 
" and Jamei Baker (hall be in a readinefs 
" to fscond them, as Occafion requires. 
" During the AfTault, the Javancfes^ 
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Bandancjcs^ Lafcaryns^ Topajfes^ vjith P^'^' ' 
fome Europeans, 'lhall endeavour to ^^1^^' 
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" pafs the Ditch, in order to force the 
" Enemy from their Works at the Foot 
" of the Baftion of St. John^ and ftiall 
be commanded by Captain /V. Schcrf^ 
" Arent Jobnfon^ vY dtlVit^ N.Champk^ 
a.nd James van Driel. Whilffc the Af- 
" fault continues upon the Baftion of Si". 
Stephen^ Mi]or van ^/er Z,^?<;m 111 a 11 with 
" his Forces attack the Gite of Rajuha-j 
" and in cafe God hlefs us with Succefs, 
" no Officer of v^'hat degree foever fhaii 
'* prefume to grant leave or fuffer any of 
" his Soldiers to leave their Colours or 
" enter the City, being forewarn'd that 
" the Enemy have pi;inced their Cannon 
there, charged withfmall Shot. 
Dated Apr. 27. SUbfcribed by Command 
from the General, 
Adrian van der Miyden^ 
fames van Rhse Secretary. 
Immediate notice of this Refolution 
was given to the Emperor, but there hap- 
pening no fniall Differencrs and Heats 
in the Council of War that was held that 
Evening about the Execution of this 
Defign, the fame was thought fit to be, 
defer d to another time. Scarce was 
the Council broken up, but a Lafcaryn 
Deferter coming from St. johyi's Baftion, 
reported, that this Evening they had re- 
inforced the ordinary Guard of the Bafti- 
on of St. Stephen vi'xih 30 of tlieir cnoi- 
cefc Men, called Faliantons or Bravoes 
by them, befides 10 other Soldiers, v/hich 
made us imagine that a Javanefe Defer- 
ter, who had got perhaps fome fcent of 
the matter, had difcover'd our Delign to 
them. 
At the fame time News was brought of 3 shipsar- 
the Arrival of the Yachts the Red Liot;] ^'"^^ f*/''' 
Avenhormnd Pelicdn, who left Batavia^^^^'''^' 
in March. The iSth of Aprils the Lieu- 
tenant Chrijlophcr Egger^ James V'lry^ 
A^uinm Sholtes^ and Enfign Brewer were 
fent in the Night-time to view the A fcent 
to the Baftion of St. Stephen ^ they gav^e TbeCcvdi- 
an account that they had found them well "/ 
upon their Guard there, and the Ground ^^^if^^^^ 
being fandy would afford no'firm footing;. tvVj,"/, 
The ic)thoi April a Letter was brought; 
into the Camp from Abraham vah dtr 
Mart^ fent by the Lion Yacht from the 
Ifles of Tutecoryn^ with the joyful News 
that the Portuguefe Squadron being met 
by the Dutch the i pt/?, off" of T ntchiana- 
dmr and Caylpatnam, they were forced 
to retreat betwixt the liles of Tutecoryn, 
E e ee e where 
