Upon the beseiging of Columbo, which was about the year MDCLV.

it was concluded upon between the King and the Dutch, that their Enemies the Portugueze being expelled thence, the City was to be delivered up by the Dutch into the Kings hands.

Whereupon the King himself in person with all his Power went down to this War to assist and joyn with the Hollanders, without whose help, as it is generally reported, the Dutch could not have taken the City.

But being surrendred to them, and they gotten into it, the King lay looking, when they would come according to their former Articles, and put him into possession of it.

Mean while they turned on a suddain & fell upon him, contrary to his expectation (whether the King had first broke word with them,) and took Bag and Baggage from him: Which provoked him in so high a manner, that he maintains a constant hostility against them, detains their Ambassadours, and forbids his People upon pain of Death to hold Commerce with them.
[The dammage the King does them.] So that the Dutch have enough to do to maintain those places which they have.