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A Defcripion 0/ C E Y L O N. 
Jafnapat- 
r.am fw- 
rcndred. 
The Condi- 
t'lons. 
They march 
out. 
rs-/^ ' they could not liir even with the leafl; 
Balaam.^ Boat, without being taken or funk i and 
being now deftitute of all hopes of Re- 
lief, they hung out the white Flag, June 
21. on the South Eaft: Baftion. The Ca- 
pitulation was agreed upon the next fol- 
lowing Day, under thcfe Conditions : 
That the Garifon fliould march out with 
their Arms, Colours flying. Drums beat- 
ing, ire. and take along with them one 
piece of Cannbn, and to be tranfported 
to Europe ^ the Head OfBcers fhall be ci- 
villy treated, and to be conduded to one 
or other of their Forts, and the Eccleli- 
afticks to the Coaft of Coromandcl. All 
Gold, Silver and other Precious Movea- 
bles, fhall be left to the Difpofal of the 
Conquerors i the Inhabitants fliall like- 
wife be tranfported to what part of the 
Indies they like bell, moft: of whom went 
afterwards by the way of Malacca to Ba- 
tavia. 
Accordingly John dc Melo Leonardo d"* 
Oliveiro^ Fiador de Faz.endas^ and ^nthonio 
Mendes d^ Aranha march'd out of the Caf- 
tle with the reft of the Head Officers, 
Rodrigo Boralho delivering the Keys at the 
fame time to Ma)or John zander Laan j 
but tiiey were fo weak, that they did not 
think fit to carry along with them their 
piece of Cannon, tho they fpent two 
whole days in marching out. A confide- 
rable Number of Soldiers laid down 
their Arms and Colours before the Stan- 
dard of the Company, as did many of 
the Inhabitants (among whom was Cafpar 
Figciro the Scourge of the Cingalefes ) 
with their Wives and Children, Negroes, 
40 or 50 Ecclefiafticks, Francifcans^ Je- 
- fujts^ and Dominicans , notwithftanding 
that during the Siege (which lafted 
3 : Months) they had loft near i5oo Men 
by the Sword and Mortality. 
Immediately after Commodore Peter de 
Bitter was fent to Batavia, by the way of 
Malacca^ to bring this joyful News to 
Mr. John Ahatz-uyker our General, and 
the Council of the Indies. The i^d of 
Jiin. I preach'd a Thankfgiving-Sermon 
out of £xoii. 17. 15. which was continu- 
ed every Year on the fame Day. 
Whenweentred theCaftle, we found 
it all battered to pieces by our Bombs j 
and fuch was the ftench, that for fome- 
time no body could abide there. We 
TheCtj}!: took care to have the Springs clear'd, 
repaired, the Dung removed, the Churches, Hou- 
fes and Walls repair'd i 300 Coco-Trees 
were alfo to be planted, and many Hou- 
fes, that ftood too near the Ditch of the 
Caftle, to be broken down ; and to encou- 
rage the Inhabitants of the Country to 
fettle here, the Cuflom upon Tobacco 
was taken off, and Jacob Rhee our Head 
Faftor, a very underftanding Perfon, 
conftituted pro tempore Commander iu 
Chief here. 
Things being thus difpofed, our Forces 
were foon after tranfported to the Coaft 
of Coromandcl., in order to reduce the 
City of Negapatnam : We left but a 
flender Garifon azjafnapatnam, compos'd 
for the moft part of Portuguefcs., who 
had taken Service among us-; befides 
which there was a confiderable Number 
of Prifoners in the Caftle. 
Thefe in conjundion withfomeof thQ A tnache- 
Natives (not without the Confentof Ra- rom Dcj]g>i 
ja Singa) frara'd a Plot againft us : Their 
Defign was, to murder all the O.fficersin 
the Caftle, whilft I was preaching in For- jafnapat- 
tuguefe in the City; which done, cer- nam." 
tainPerfons of their Gangfhonld attack 
and kill the Guard, and thus to make 
themfelves Maftersof theCaftle. 
It happen'd by accident that whilft V 
was preaching, Don Manoel Andrado., one 
of our Cingalefc Captains and Madliar.^ 
coming with 18 of his Followers (who 
generally attended him) to the Church, 
remain'd in the Porch, where he could 
hear as well as v;ithin the Church. He 
was not a little furpriz'd (as he himfelf 
told me afterwards) to fee the Portuguefes 
remain ftanding likewife without the 
Church-door, and laying their Hands 
upon their Swords; yet not being able to 
guefs the true reafon thereof, this Trea- 
chery was not difcover'd till fome days 
after, when the whole Defign being laid 
open to Mr. Jacob van der Rhee^ he took 
care to double the Guards, to fiiut the 
Caftle-gates, and to fecure all fuch as had 
a hand in the Plot. The next thing was 
to fend for me by a Letter (I being then 
vifiting the Churches in the Country) 
upon the receipt whereof I return'd im- 
mediately to the Caftle, where with 
great Aftonilhment I had an account giv- 
en me of the whole Defign, how it had 
been difcover'd, and the Traytors fecu - 
red. For which Delivery I preach'd a 
folemn Thankfgiving-Sermon in Low- 
Dutchy the iphof Septemb. out of 
the Book of f/Zkr, Chap. 9. 20 24. 
Not long after moft of the Traitors 
having confefled their Crimes, fome were 
condemn'd to be hang'd, others to be 
beheaded, and fome to be laid upon the 
Wheel. The three chief Heads of this 
Confpiracy were, a certain Inhabitant of 
Alanaar, one Don Louys^ and another 
Fortugucfe % thefe three were laid upon the 
Wheel or a Crofs, and after they had re- 
ceived 
Is difcovf- 
rcd. 
