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King took advantage of this great assembly to enact several 
salutary regulations for the better administration of justice ; he 
appointed tribunals to decide on all causes of importance, and 
fixed a general standard of the coin for a'.l the provinces. It was 
also resolved to court foreign alliances for their support in the 
ensuing contest, to send for this purpose ambassadors to Bengal, 
Orissa, and ditferent parts of the Coromandel coast, to solicit 
assistance ; to encourage seamen to enter into the service of 
the King, and build a number of vessels at Cottiar, Matura, 
and Battacolo. Lastly it was agreed to grant a general pardon 
to all the native Ceylonese and others who should quit the 
service of the Portuguese. The latter were at that time on 
their march with a body of troops to attack Jafnapatam; but 
being attacked by the King’s troops, they were compelled to 
fall back in the utmost confusion to Columbo, after having in 
their retreat committed great cruelties in the country of Mi- 
gomme. 
The same year the hereditary prince, the son of Don John 
and Donna Catharina, died; and soon afterwards that princess 
herself, deeply regretted by all ranks of her subjects. She, as 
well as her husband, were held in the highest estimation by the 
Candiaiis, as princes who sought the good of their people, and 
their memories are still cherished with the fondest veneration. 
Hostilities now began to be carried on with the greatest vi- 
gour between the Portuguese and tlie Candians. The petty 
King of Panua, having been enticed by the Portuguese to rebel, 
was defeated, beheaded, and his country forfeited to the crown. 
The King, following up his successes, laid siege to Wallanee, 
took the foi't, but was afterwards compelled to retire from it 
by the Portuguese. The Prince of Migomme fitted out some 
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