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under the Portuguese, 
made King, and the otiier generalissimo. For these benefits, 
the young princes were to marry Portuguese ladies, and to own 
subjection to the crown of Portugal. These last stipulations 
were, however, for the present kept secret: it v/as openly given 
out that Don Juan was to marry Donna Catherina, the daugh- 
ter of the late King Adaseyn, who was murdered by Raja 
Singa. As this princess was the lawful heiress of the whole 
empire, the Portuguese, in whose hands she was, and who thus 
declared themselves her protectors, were enabled to form a 
powerful party among the natives against the usurper, over 
whom they soon obtained a decisive victory. Upon this, they 
immediately crowned Don Juan King, and put him in pos- 
session of Candy. Their measures, however, were disconcerted 
by Don John, who, taking umbrage at the superior power of 
his brother, contrived to poison him, and to seize the royal au- 
thority. The Portuguese auxiliaries were now summoned to quit 
the dominions of Candy ; and being unprepared for resistance, 
they left their baggage behind them, and precipitately retreated 
to Manaar, where they had erected a fort, and where tiiey 
kept Donna Catharina, the lawful heiress of tlie throne. Raja 
Singa now once more took the field, and began to threaten 
Don John and his followers with the most cruel death. A 
desperate battle was fought between these usurpers, in which 
Raja Singa was completely overthrown. This tyrant had re- 
ceived a wound in battle, and being at the same time over- 
whelmed with vexation at his disasters, he soon after died. 
He had, during his whole life, shewn himself a most implacable 
monster, nor did the approach of death at all mitigate his 
ferocity. He ordered all the priests of Doldwannie to be 
burned, because they seemed to doubt of his obtaining forgive- 
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