Chap.XLl. A Defcripion <?/ C E Y L O N. 
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that moft of the Great Ones were enter'd 
into a Confederacy with the King againit 
us i this appeas'd by the Tergiverfations 
of the Adtgar^ who pafling by the way 
of Angretotte to Miiture^ pretended he 
was come by Orders from our General, 
which was a manifell Falfhood : fome of 
their Proceedings may be feen out of the 
following Letter. 
f^Attepitty Aptihamy is come to Mal- 
limanda^ from whence he has fent 
an Ola or Letter, intimating that he 
was come by the King's fpecial Order, 
" to take poilenion of the Country of 
" Mature in his Majefty's Name, and to 
" enjoin all the Inhabitants, not to fup- 
*' ply the Dutch with any Providons or 
" othervvife. He further faid, that he 
" had intended to have been with them 
before this \ but being now come with 
full Authority, he exhorts them to 
" obey the Emperor's Orders, for the 
" Honour of his Court, and of the Dif- 
" fave of Miture^ which if they do, 
they may alTure themfelves of all ima- 
ginable Favour from the Court. The 
Diffave of Saffrag am has knt the Dif- 
fave of Mature^ to affifl you upon all 
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" Occafions. 
In Pafdumcorle and Caleture things went 
at the fame rate, where they had taken 
Cottcneynde^ his Mother, and Brother 
(belides many others) Prifoners, and car- 
ried them to the Pafs of Caleture : their 
Intentions appear by the following Ola. 
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TVdocuUe Mandonna Apohami makes 
known to all the Aratches, Lafca- 
yyns^ and the chief Majorats and Colo- 
nels of Caleture^ Macoene^ and Barbaryn^ 
that as foon as this Ola comes to their 
Hands, they fliall not keep the leafl: 
Correfpondence with the Dutch^ nor 
pay any Duties to them, from the 
Villages (formerly granted to them) 
or furnifh them with Labourers to work 
on their Fortifications. Thofe that 
fliall aift contrary to the Tenor of this, 
muft expeft to be feverely pnnifh'd ; 
wherefore come and join with me. 
A'ianoel Andrado (who fignaliz'd {lim - 
felt before Jafnapatnam^ of which anon) 
was likewife advertis'd by aLetterfVom 
his Brother-in-law, that the King's For- 
ces had wounded a Woman and a Slave 
near the Pafs of Caleture^ and that there- 
fore he fiiould keep a watchful Eye over 
his Laftaryns. About Negumho they 
play'd the fame Game, and Raja Stnga 
had made his AddrelTes to Patangatti^ C\J^^, 
the Colonel of Coquielk^ in hopes by great 
Promifes to bring hnii over to his Party. ^-^"^ 
On a certain Tree near the Church of 
GuiadeLobo^ was affixed the tollowing 
Paper. 
' I 'H E City of Columbo is now taken, a rayer 
^ and was according to Agreement to 
to be furrendred to his Majelty, but 
has not been performed i if any fatal 
Confequences attend this Breach of 
Promii'e, we declare our ielves inno- 
cent thereof: But as we arc well allu- 
red of his Majelty's good lociinations 
towards the Dutch Nation, fo if you 
intend to fend any Deputies to treat 
with him, you fliall have Liberty fo to 
" do, and a Pafsport for them. 
Our General and Council finding them- Contentiof 
felves under an abfolute Neceflity of re- ^'^'^ ^<^ff" 
prefenting to Raja Stnga the Injuftice of ^'1^^.!^^' 
his Proceedings in a Letter, they told ^' ' 
him, that thefe Proceedings being direct- 
ly contrary to their mutual Intentions of 
annoying the Portuguefes^ and confeqaent- 
ly tending both to his Majefl;y and the 
Company's Prejudice, they delir'd that 
all Hoftilities might be laid afide, and 
inftead thereof their former good Corre- 
fpondence be renew'd. They delir'd Kaja 
Stnga to fend his Anfwer, and with it an 
Envoy, or one of his Diffaves^ unto whom 
they would deliver the Fortrefs of TVe- 
gumho^ after the Fortifications were de- 
molidi'd. And to leave no room for a- 
ny further Pretences, the General ac- 
quainted the Emperor, that in cafe his 
Majcfi:y would let him know what fur- 
ther Satisfadion he reqiiir'd at his Hands, 
he would be ready to comply with his 
Majefl:y's Demands, provided the fame 
could be done without great Prejudice to 
the Company^s Service. But that in cafe 
his Majefliy thought lit to perfiflrin his 
unjuft Opprefllons of the Dutch and o- 
thers under our Jurifdidfion, he proteft- 
ed and declar'd in the Prefence of God, 
and to all the World, that he was inno- 
cent of all the Calamities and Effufion 
of Blood, that needs muft be the Con- 
fequences of fuch Proceedings, which 
muft oblige us (tho much againft our 
Will) to have recourfe to fuch means as 
God had put into our Hands for the De- 
fence of ourSubjedfs. With this Letter 
they fcnt a Faulcon and a Sparrow-hawk, 
with a Perfian Faulconer, as a Prefent to 
the Emperor. 
Advice was brought at the fame time 
from Caleture^ that the King's Lafcarym 
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