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A Vefcripion of C E Y L O 
BaldiSm. 
GreatNeu's 
from tbs 
Dutch 
Fleet, 
A Succour 
of 22$ 
Men from 
where they were block'd up by our Ships, 
and van dcr Mart gave no fmall hopes of 
preventing their coming out again, pro- 
vided he were reinforced in time with 
two or three nimble Yachts. Letters 
were at the fame time deliver'd from the 
Head Fador Reynkr Serooskerke^ concern- 
ing the Preparations of the Portuguefes, 
and that they intended to pafs the Moufon 
on the Coaft of Malabar. That the 
Traffick of the Company at Calicoulang 
was in a good Condition, and that he in- 
tended to .buy up a good Quantity of Pep- 
per and other Commodities againft the 
Year 16^57. News was alfo brought from 
Batavia, that a Succour of 225 Men was 
fent from thence to Ceylon, who within a 
fev/ Days were to come by Land hither 
from Gale. At the fame time we recei- 
ved a Letter written in Latin by the Ser- 
jeant Sevevin Dolander^ which being 
thrown over the Ditch, required a fpee- 
dy Anfwer. 
" ^Everin wifhes his Enfign Health : A Letterg 
" O The MelTage brought me by the ^ ''^.'^'ch 
" Father was very acceptable to me. I fy^^'T 
and my Comrades are above half dead, ilSja'^" 
" of 74 there being no more than 10 
" left, and thefe in a moft miferable 
" Condition,for want of Bread,Wine and 
" Meat, being not ufed to feed upon Rice, 
" therefore wedefiretobe fupply'dwith 
the fame (if pollible) for the Prefer- 
vation of our Lives, and the Recove- 
" ry of our Strength ; in return where- 
" of I will acknowledg you the Prefer- 
" ver of my Life, as long as I live. Mr. 
" Cornicularius is aKo very near Death's 
" Door, but perhaps a little Bread and 
" Wine might recover him. I beg yoE 
" once more for God's fake not to for- 
get us, and to deliver it to the before- 
mentioned Father, who is ourtrufty 
" Friend. God protedl you. 
Severin Dolander, 
CHAP. XXXVIIL 
Ship fent /<?Tutecoryn. Raja Singa diffatisfied, Prifoners exchanged. Let- 
ters from Raja Singa. The Baftions of St. John and St. Steplien taken hj 
Storm, not without a confiderable Lojs. 
♦"jpHE Council having taken into Delibe- 
A Rein- ^ 
fveement ]^ ration, the Condition of the Enemies 
Dutch '^^^ Fleet near Tutecoryn, it was refolv'd to 
Fkl't near difpatch thither forthwith the Yachts the 
Tucecoryn Mars, Rabbit, the Roman and Lyon, be- 
fides two other Veflels under Commodore 
Roothaus. At the fame time an Anfwer 
was order'dtobe fent to ihz Dutch Pri- 
foners in Columbo. 
OURS we have receiv'd by the 
Father, and underftood your 
miferable Condition j thefe are the 
chances of War, the beft Comfort 
you can have in this Extremity with 
your Fellow-Prifoners. At your ear- 
neft Requeft we fend you a Bottle of 
Spanifh Wine, ten new-bak'd Loaves, 
and a piece of Meat and Bacon ; the 
Effedts and Mony defign'd for Captain 
Simon de Souz.a, who is kept among 
the Prifoners at Caleture,'2ve put aboard 
the Ship : and becaufe one of the 
Portuguefe Soldiers did this Forenoon 
call from the Baftion of St. John to one 
of our Sentinels, that the Governor 
was willing to exchange 10 of his Men, 
that are our Prifoners, for your ten ; 
" we have fent Word to the Governor 
' ' Anthonio de Souz.a Coutinho, that as foora 
as he will difcharge you, we will fend 
" hzdf. 10 Portuguefe Prifoners fromC<i- 
" leture. 
May 1. 16 $6. Adrian van der Meyden.' 
Accordingly the id of May in the An offer 
Forenoon, a Portuguefe Captain, named fir the Ez- 
Domingo Coelho, deliver'd a Letter to En- f^-'f^^"/ 
lign Peregrin in our Service, offering, 
that in cafe we would exchange eight 
Portuguefe Prifoners at Caleture for the 
Serjeant and feven Soldiers, they would 
fend them to us, which was denied, and 
in lieu thereof ofFer'd feven common Sol- 
diers and one OlEcer in exchange for 
£hem. About the fame time his Majefty 
fent back a Letter, which he feem'd high- 
ly difpleas^d at, with another as follows. 
" WO U R Letter writ to fomc of my 
" X Courtiers laft Monday, wasdeli- 
" vered to them before Sunfet; what 
you relate of Major van der Laan\ go- 
ingto Mapane, to obferve what paft 
" there, and that finding thofethat were 
" com€ 
