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under the Portuguese, 
officers to such of his Majesty’s subjects as intend to trade in 
the parts possessed by the Company, and the same from the 
King to the Dutch subjects intending to traffic in his domi- 
nions: all presuming to trade -without such passes, to be liable 
to be seized, and have their goods confiscated. The King and 
the Dutch reciprocally engage to do their utmost to keep the 
roads and passages both by sea and land in and around Cey- 
lon clear of highwaymen and pirates, all of whom on being 
taken are to be put to death ; and for accomplishing this pur- 
pose his majesty obliges himself to fnrnisli timber for building 
such gallies as may be necessary to clear the seas. The con- 
tracting parties engage to do their utmost to preserve invio- 
late the stipulations of this treaty ; to inflict the severest pu- 
nishments on any of their subjects who shall be guilty of in- 
fringing them ; and to give full satisfaction for any damages 
that may have been incurred by their violation .- 
This treaty, which was concluded in the name of the King 
of Candy and the Prince of Orange, displayed much seeming 
moderation on the part of the Dutch ; and happy -\rould it 
have been even for their own interests had they preserved the 
same moderation in their transactions with the natives, after 
gaining a firm footing in the island, as while they were at- 
tempting to obtain a settlement by the arts of insinuation. 
The Portuguese, alarmed at the alliance entered into between 
the King and the Dutch, determined to prevent their new 
rivals from acquiring a footing in the island. With this view 
they marched a body of troops by secret ways to Cottiariim, the 
settlement granted to the Dutch by the King in the neighbour- 
hood of Trincomalee; and succeeded in surprizing the place, and. 
cutting the Dutch stationed there to pieces. After accom^ 
