Chap. XL V. A Defcripion 0/ C E Y L O N 
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This bold Anfwer made us think of 
nothing elfe but Force, fo that we were 
preparing every thing for an Afiaulc, 
which would have cofl; us many a brave 
Fellow, had not the want of Frefh Wa- 
ter in the Fort oblig'd them to come to a 
Capitulation. For having no other frelh 
Water in the Fort, but what was prefer- 
red in a large Wooden Giftern, part 
whereof was taken away by the Ships, 
that tranfported fome Women of Qiiality 
with their Riches from fafnapatnam to 
Nega^atnatn^ and the reft being fpoil'd 
by our Bombs, they were glad to accept 
fuch Articles as we were willing to give 
them, which however were very honou- 
rable, the Soldiers being allow'd to march 
out with all the Marks of Honour, and ' 
to be tranfported into Europe. The Com- f^^^ 
mander who had a Wife and Children, r/;.? Frrt 
was permitted to go to the Indian Coaft, funsndred: 
or that of Coromandel. The iStb of ^• 
pril I preach'd the Thankfgiving-Sermon 
for this Surrender, upon the Text out of 
the 4.2th Pfalm, wr. 8. Upon this Occali- 
on Captain Coyneliiis Rob the younger 
(who died two Years after at Amflcrdam) 
Captain Peter VVafh (who was kill'd after- 
wards before Cochin') and Mr. Fan dcr 
Kheedc^ gave moft fignal Proofs of their 
Courage. Since that time divers Vaults 
for frelh Water have been made in this 
Fort and in Manaixr. 
CHAP. XLV. 
Continuation of the Siege of ]dL[n2L^ditn2Lm. Sea-fight hefire G021. Divers E«- 
gagements hetmxt the Dutch and, Portuguefes. Jafnapatnam furrendred. 
Some VoxtVigUQ^s living among the H.o\]a.ndQrs there plot againji them ^ are be- 
trayed by a Topas. The Provinces and Churches of Jafnapatnam. 
strength , f -pi UT it is time to return to the Caftle 
of Jafnapatnam., which being built 
the C a file 
^tnam! upon a Rock, and fiirrounded with a 
ftroDg triple Wall, feem'd to defy both 
our Mines and Cannon, efpecially fince 
we were not fo well provided with Gun- 
powder as we Ihould have been ^ where- 
fore we thought it our fafeft way to ex- 
peft that from Time, which Force was 
TiOt likely to procure, refolving in the 
mean Vv/hile to annoy the Enemy as much 
as poilibly we could with our Bombs, 
which kill d them abundance of Men. 
TAfFortu- The Enemy finding themfelves in a 
guefesra- littletime reduc'd to great Straits, fent 
deavmr in ^-^^^^^ gQ^^s to fetch fome frefli Pro- 
jctcb Pro- vifions from the Wands, but were always 
'vijions, forc'd to return without Succefs. Upon 
this occafion Tsbrand Gotskcm born at the 
Hague^ then Diredtor of the Company in 
Pe-rfia, and Bar ent Clebont., then a Lieute- 
nant, fince a Captain at Jafnapatnam^ be- 
haved themfelves bravely, being both 
v/ounded, one near the Mouth, the other 
in the Knee, 
^Topas The Portuguefes In the mean while liv- 
comes 0- ing in hopes of Succours from Goa^ fent 
w toHs a Letter by a certain Topcvs from Trin^ue- 
male^ named Ignatio FeraSy to their Ad- 
miral i but this Negro coming over to 
us with the Letter, we fent a good Body 
of our beft Forces to prevent their Land- 
ing, but we heard ©f none. 
with a 
Letter 
On the other hand we received the The Dutch 
joyful News, that Commodore Adrian worfl the 
Roothaus, had March 23. in an Engage- Po"ugue- 
ment with the Portuguefes near Goa., burnt '^'^ 
one of their biggeft Galeons call'd the St, 
'Thoma/s., and had fo difabled the reft, 
that they had but little hopes left of re- 
lieving Jafnapatnam. For which Vidory 
we gave publick Thanks to God the i6tb 
of May 1558. the Text was taken out of 
Exod. 15.9. 
About the fame time I received a L^t- Sever d 
ter from the Reverend Theodora Sas (fince Se.t-En. 
Minifterat Malacca) then in the Dutch ^"^^^'"''"^^ 
Fleet before Goa, intimating that thstZ''^ 
20th of Jan. in the fame Year 1558. the 
Portuguefes attack'd us with 10 Galeons 
and fome Frigats i the Engagements laf- 
tedtill Night without any confiderable 
Damage on our fide. That on the i-^th 
and 19th of the fame Month another Com- 
bat enfiied, without any great Lofs on 
both fides. The ^d of Febr. the Enemy 
attack'd us once more, but were chafed 
under their Caftle, In all thefe three En- 
gagements the Dutch had no more than 9 
Men killed and a few wounded. The 
Letter was dated aboard the Phenix^ crui- 
fing before the Bar of Goa. Febr, 1 1 
1558. 
- In the mean while our Forces having 
fo clofely furrounded the Caftle of Jafna- 
patnam with their Lines and Works, that 
they 
