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An Historical Relation Of The Island Ceylon In The East Indies

PART IV
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Who was afterwards sent to Goa, where he died.

And so much of the Portugueze.
[The Dutch the occasion of their coming in.] The Dutch succeeded the Portugueze.

The first occasion of whose coming into this Land was, that the present King being wearied and overmatched with the Portugueze, sent for them into his aid long ago from Batavia.

And they did him good service, but they feathered their own nests by the means, and are now possessed of all the Sea-Coasts, and considerable Territories thereunto adjoyning.
[The King their implacable enemy, and why!] The King of the Countrey keeps up an irreconcileable War against them.

The occasion of which is said to be this.


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