IP Hi$fóry o f Ceyiak ~
a t I tengtfc I to dft> aècsaaaraadatidn with ¥rjttna; and $ agreed : to,
divide with him th^'feiagdtaii, -as' >^111 as the dominions oi the
laté Ring. Mxim' ioiQn ^fteiwsii'ds
his soot Raja ! Si^ai, i? ho®levÊr,; soon/dpimd . sxtösubus 'vJfeai--'- ;tö»$
latte» te) ‘öeatHn^ahth ieCQ®e® tlié teaMteary and tèeasnfcesThhl 1®#
lost: After »being. deMcidd’ fiomJïilm • competitor, the tyranny*
and crueltyjtbï the!tfsuEpfer flug<f| no bounds. He began t;o .be.
equally feared' and hated-by all ranks of his subjects, and. in
particular ■ by the religious orddrf£ who still .deployed the mui-
der of their late -favourite Prince. His subjects- of the -lew-
laM^, a t length quite eaÉpReratad w ith b ^ b a rita fS iiS p p liifid '
jWtrelef to the Portuguese, who were not^siow to: 'improve-the;
occasion. I t was at this tknerthey |® d firat iaH^ opporlinnity roi
e&ptoring the; n o ^ rW ^ ^ a® ts ftfo-the‘ islamft-d1M padt|p<ai -the.
Ceylonese of' the lowlands haSing gone to
purpose ^of inducing the Ring of. tha± ieQ'un1jry rfco. bassist then*
against their tyrannical Prince* w©re aGeqmpaiUeiibyd®ne Any#
dréa Furtado, on the part of th é Portuguese^: The- people' o£
the- llorth-rwest, ■ wh& previously Jiad na :fco®f^tirps %rfeir th e
Portuguese, were much surprised a t' theappferanee-'sof ;ttese-
parangys or strangers.' They, however-, feydd -them,with distrust
and jealousy;: and with a just ’&reMght'f'óbserveÉi to. ' the Gingw
lesè* that instead of^ndingl deliverers Am the&etfeewrialMes* »they
would onlys -esfehange.énè sHveryfot another. ^
Among those who sought protection with the Portuguese,;
were two sons of Vinna, who had escaped the usurper: These;
youths were recei ved with much^ kindness - by the Portuguese*
who succeeded! in convertiug^them to their own- religion. .They-
were baptised under the names o f Don Juan and Dbn,. John*,
and were promised fey their protectors, that the one should he
w ^ in tlie P w tn g u ^ . 11
made King^ Pasid the{ ©therirgenetilibsimOi Fdr ;thdse behefits;
the young princes were to marry Portuguese ladie^i and to owrf
(fertile efdWh ,©'^Rbr!)?ugal.- •- These last stipulation^
wefe,ohowp&er^for the -p)i^ent)d4lptadtetet:$ it wds openly given
o u t that Don. Juhn was to' -marry Donna-- Cathcrina,fife xdaugh*
ter late KingntAdaseyn, who was miird'erdd? ;by Raja
Siriga. . As1 this 'pfioacek- Whs the^lawfub^behess-yof .the whole
empires HbebPoyugn®se,kfin.; whose hands she' was, and who thus
dijififSiiii». themselves alter,, prdteetojgj.. were enabled;, to form a
powerful- party among ItfSirer'ndtiMs<:against -Hthe 'usurper,b over
WhoM- -they soon obtained a decjsivebiviotory a> Mpondthi^, tfitejs
immediately- downed -Don Juan* King,, andvput ihim in pos-
SeSSiOd'-of „Candy. ‘Their -measures, •-however,- 'were; disconcerted
by: Dbfi John, who,*. tiaking;. umbrage at th e superior power of
htS 'b fc tl^ y e®ffit;rivSdt*9;poi$on..him} and- to seize the')royal au-t
tfeorlityv-viiThe ■ P ortt^dese aiixiliaa;fes were how summoned ' to: ^nifc
the! dominiens df Candy; and being, unprepared fd i resihanc©,
they left- theirjfeagg^bbehind - them,* and precipitately retreated
fa MahaSr,- where they lik<& erected; al ajn p i and" iwhdrea they
f e p t Donna $©•^hari^iiftvrfhe - ■ lawful heiress.;- of theibhronee-, .Raja
Singa -now once' mot#-'took the: field, and began to threaten
Ddn * John and hi^| followers with -tlrC 'tfhosti cruel-; death. A
desperate battle' was-tbught between thetC usUrpersT iir which
Raja- Shiga Wa# * >eo^iplMfely - * overthrown. This' tyiantj'hadure-^
ceivedAa« wodhd i n a n d - b e i n g a t thelrsame time d^er-
^vlteltned With -vexatjbn? at his di^ssters^ ter^Omh^bii^i diedi i
He had, duririg shis Swhole • life,. sheWn himself a most knplafcablfe
moUSler,*fgjpp- did- the ^approach of, death’ at all#aflit%ate4'his-
fe ro e i^ # H e iO rd e ^ ft a l b * I ' i t e r . / : ’fefe
fetrf-nedi beeause they -'seemedi to1* donfet of hise obtaining forgivefe2