Chap.XL. A Defcriftion C E Y L O N. 
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The Skge 
raihd. 
and 50 Landmen to their Relief, Segucra 
with the reft of the Forces having ftaid 
behind- 
Th^Cmgakfes in the mean time had 
found means to ereft two Wooden Tow- 
ers fill'd with Earth, which being plac'd 
Hear the Ditch, they intended to make 
life of to cover their Pioneers, whilft 
they were bufy in filling it up. Britto 
was not a little ftartled at this Device, 
and finding himfelf now reduc'd to fuch 
Straits, as to be obliged to venture at 
all, he order'd Anthonio de Lemos to draw 
as near to the Shore as poiTibly he could, 
and to endeavour to ruin thefe Towers 
with his great Cannon, whilft he would 
make a Sally with 350 Men, and attack 
the Enemy with the utmoft Vigour \ this 
was put in execution accordingly with 
fuch Succefs, that the Towers were en- 
tirely ruin'd, and the Cingakfes beaten 
out of their Works. 
Notwithftanding this Defeat, the 0«- 
gnlefes^ encourag'd by the Moors who 
came to their Afhftance with i5oHorre, 
and 25 Elephants, tefolved to try their 
utmoft againft the Portuguefes. Thefe E- 
lephants having Turrets fill'd with Men 
arm'd with Cutlafties on both fides, did 
ftrike no fmall Terror at firft into the 
Portuguefes^ but afterwards turnM to the 
difadvantageof the Ctngalefes , for thefe 
Beafts not able to bear the Wounds that 
were given them by the Portuguefe Ar- 
tillery, foonturn'd their Backs, and put 
their own Troops into Diforder, with a 
great Slaughter among the Cingalefes and 
Moors^ who now beginning to de- 
fpair of Succefs, raifed the Siege immedi- 
ately, and the Kingfent his Ambaffadors 
to Britto^ to ask Pardon for what was 
paft, and to defire a Reconciliation. 
Thus we fee how the Portuguefes have 
been forced to fettle, or at leaft to main- 
tain themfelves in Ceylon by the Sword 
and the better to attain their end, it was 
their conftant Praftice in the Indies to fow 
the Seeds of Divifion among thofe Prin- 
ces ; an Inftance whereof is given us by 
Maffnem himfelf, in his Hiftory of the In- 
dies. 
The King of Cota had three Sifters 
Sons, who (according to the Cuftom of 
the Country) being his Legal Heirs, be- 
gan to be very uneafy at the long Life of 
their Uncle, found means to remove him 
out of the way, and to di||jde the Coun- 
try betwixt them : But PArea Pandar the 
eldeft of the three, having murder'd the 
fecond, Maduyn the youngeft began al- 
fo foon after to conceive a Jealoufy at 
his Brother's Proceeding, complaining 
Vol. Ill 
that he was not rewarded according to rs^A^^ 
his Defercs, as having been the Advifer f^^f* 
and Executer of the Murder of their Un- 
cle. Parea Pandar finding his Brother Djift-r-v/OT 
diflatisfied, thought it his fecureft way 
to fore»arm himfelf againft him, and fomented 
therefore enter'd into a Treaty with the by the For=- 
King of Portugal^ to fettle the SucceiTion ^"g"'^^"^5o 
of the Crown upon his Daughter's Son 
(with the Exclufion of Maduyn ) diredtly 
contrary to the Cuftom of that Country. 
Mi^fw/w exafpe rated to thehigheft degree 
at this Proceeding, denounc'd open War 
againft his Brother, and after having ra» 
vag'd the Country thro which hepafiedj 
laid Siege to Cota. 
The elder Brother difdaining tobeat- 
tack'd in his City, march'd out againft 
Maduyn^ and pitch'd his Tent in an ad- 
vantageous Poft. He had a Troop of 
Portuguefes in his Camp, one whereof 
(whether hir'd thereunto by Maduyn^ or 
by chance, is uncertain) Ihot him thro the 
Head. After his Death the Portuguefes 
fet his Daughter's Son upon the Throne 
with the ufual Solemnities ; but in confi- 
deration of his Youth, and the Weaknefs 
of his Title, introduced contrary to the 
Cuftom of the Country, they much fear- 
ed the Hatred of the People, back'd by 
tfie Intereft of Maduyn \ they fent there- 
fore for Succours to Noronha, who 
foon after a rriv'd with a good Squadron 
of Ships and 3000 Men, under pretence 
of affifting the young King (as Ma faus 
exprefly tells us) but in effeft to make 
himfelf Mafter of the Treafure buried at 
Columbo^ 100000 Crowns of which he 
carried off along with him. 
In the mean while Maduyn fortified 
himfelf with all poffible Diligence in the 
City of Ceta-Faca^ nine Leagues from Co- 
lumbo (according to Majfaus) but Noron- 
ha having with little Oppofition taken 
and burnt the faid Plate, return'd vidlo- 
rious to Goa. What further became of 
Maduyn^ is not mention'd by Maffaus^ or 
any other Hiftorian. 
Thus we have feen the beginniiig of 
Columbo under the Portuguefes^ and lis 
Surrender to the Dutch 1556^- ThtyMatx?ai 
found about (J or 7 Loads of mufty Rice found in 
in the Place, fome Packs of Cinnamon, Columbos 
good Store of Areek^ fome good, fome 
not, 24 Light Frigates, 9 whereof were 
funk, 1 500 Guilders ready Money coin'd 
in the City, 33 Packs of Clothes, 25 
Bells of Metal, 5o Brafs, and 68 Iron 
pieces of Cannon, one Mortar, and fix 
lefler Pieces, 10000 Cannon. Bullets of 
different Sizes and Weight, 5500 Pound 
Weight of good Gunpowder, and i 1 56 
H h h h h 7. bad, 
