th Cloths and Money;
And offers them passage in their Ships home. Come home from
Bantam in the Caesar.

CHAP. XIII.

Concerning some other Nations, and chiefly Europeans, that now live
in this Island; Portugueze, Dutch.

Malabars that Inhabit here. Their Territories. Their
Prince. That People how governed. Their Commodities and
Trade. Portugueze: Their Power and Interest in this Island
formerly. The great Wars between the King and them forced
him to send in for the Hollander. The King invites the
Portugueze to live in his Countrey. Their Privileges. Their
Generals. Constantine Sa. Who loses a Victory and Stabs
himself. Lewis Tissera served as he intended to serve the
King. Simon Caree, of a cruel Mind. Gaspar Figazi. Splits Men
in the middle. His Policy. Gives the King a great Overthrow,
loseth Columbo, and taken Prisoner. The Dutch. The occasion of
their coming in. The King their implacable Enemy, and why. The
Damage the King does them. The means they use to obtain Peace
with him. How he took Bibligom Fort from them. Several of their
Embassadors detained by the King. The first Embassador there
detained since the Author's Remembrance. His Preferment, and
Death. The next Ambassador dying there, his Body is sent down
to Columbo in great State. The third Ambassador. Gets away by
his Resolution. The fourth was of a milder Nature. The fifth
brings a Lion to the King as a Present. The number or Dutch
there. They follow their Vice of Drinking. The Chingulays
prejudiced against the Dutch, and why.

CHAP. XIV.

Concerning the French. With some Enquiries what should make the
King detain white men, as he does. And how the Christian Religion is
maintained among the Christians there.

The French come hither with a Fleet. To whom the King sends
Provisions, and helps them to build a Fort. The French
Ambassador offends the King. He refuseth to wait longer for
Audience. Which more dipleaseth him. Clapt in Chains. The
rest of the French refuse to dwell with the Ambassador. The
King useth means to reconcile them to their Ambassador. The
Author acquaints the French Ambassador in London, with the
Condition of these men. An Inquiry into the reason of this
King's detaining Europeans. The Kings gentleness towards
his White Soldiers. They watch at his Magazine. How craftily
the King corrected