placed in a Vêrj?! eriticsd--sitnatién^dÉëyï had-sodn, afterwards a
detachment of- 900 -toen cut. -o®, and- eyeb1 the- fortress o f Co-
tom bl^ei^h to-fee totoatótieÖ, |tfH £ | intofhab 'dissénsiöfts1 among
ttïè Candian^^ jjrioéès, feow^ör^^enabled- 'tberfo oifce more to retrieve
thfeir decliMng- alMrs; avifdéntl ^to^tèst having broken
out between the Princes^-bf -Paiki^am -and -Batalofoy which ended
iti the death -of the latter -ètid1 the -entire su h jugationof his
dominions.
In ibI5-'B^óhövér} thé- Ddtoh ambassador at Ipdylbfo' ,#ènt
to India,' and hom tbénoe to Europe, -to- procatre; assistance - for
thé exj^dsfenof thecPbrtogöesëvi -iVota Holland^ fee j^as* tont
to Denmark, where he -succeeded in engaging/ the Danes to
-afeist with a fleet in th e emerpnse) Md'died-tondiis'Jtoturn to
Geytón in lh l 8. In ïë-BÖ- a Danish fleet atritod -at yJB^taeofo;
lntt the- King Of (^ftdy, finding- t h ^ ’-^ie ambassadortin whom
he (briefly Confided was deadb and taking offence-?af isonase corp-
düfcfe o f these néw comers, refused to Infers tot® any league
With them, or even to permit them - tb fend. . - The P«n®S«4n
,&onseqpreiide' were obliged to, -sdandon the -enterprise, iand toofet
sail bhr::thmr retarh to Erar-opC, Sd-ng"' in want - of refresh-*
mehts^ fhey put into Tranquebar - on the Ooïpte&wltl coast,;
and this circumstance gave - visej-to /pie first settlement -. of the
Danish cofofiy Which -has continued there eversince.
Thé Portuguese, being considerably reinforced determined-..to
secure their dominions in Geylon in the -most effectual manner;
hy -entirely excluding all European nations from thé island-.
With this ’view they began 4o build a fort on a neck of land
jo tting iiétó toebay--of Trinoomaiee, taking advantage, of a famous
pagbda wMdh stood there: this fort is how called Eort
Ostenburg. In -order to -carry it on without interruption, they
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procured a truce-with the Canddans, and 'then plied the work
with sh imtehtvigouiy^s' to. ereOt'-in a short ■time-.'-a strong triangular!
fort, whiehrtlfey foquMM witto several -pieetes o f , cannon
from their' oWh- «hips '&nd^fr&to^'t"he Wreck-of a Danish'‘vessel)
Thé Kiög>o.fi Gandy^ who had-!inètisat first snÖ|)édted the purr
pbfejfdf whfeh th e fruedbwas -rtoffei® ued tooiwfbMderstoedithfi
prögfesi?’ made in this timterfeafeing;'! than he iforc'fi1Jto
demolish the works; - feat they=-wéto dëfealfed . in their . attempt,
The Portuguese,- perceiving the*seeh^y-they rajlgbt.derive frpm
a number of such forts, begarv-to pursue the isystem- 'of Erecting
theM1'With increased ^ardour/ Tfiet’King tof- Gandy; being’ ‘üfi*
dblë^^fov "the0 present -effectually ito-yoppo^rtbem; «agreed to
ëtifer- iëto^a- treaty .-with "tfen^i'i^bvidedr'fji^- iitesistodtofoom
büildihg‘'more forts. The1 Potougöeséi agreed--^ to the eonditihni
bht were’sSO-'far from observing^ it?, that* th ey , employed thence
Selvés with more-assiduity* than ever in forlifykig^.all the.prin*
lip il finlets into- thuisland, at the saflie time.-ta lin g proper
pfecihtións- ' to^bonceah t h d l operations s> ftoimtothe King. At
ifehgth having.' discover eitothat there was an access to, Tandy by
the river Paligstotorey they, ^feen-t an-jfl’engiBeerqto’phjase'-a proper
sitm-tiin’for the ereeftorf of a fort; which they soon -after Com^
pfoted- in sprtte#Of the efforts of fibe King t o ' prevent them.- K
" T h é ' Candiab -Monarch now began todperceive -.-the frauds
th a t had - been p ra e ti^ » on him. -He learnt th at the Porta-r
èrtóted seven strong forts by wfeicltohe "was in a
marnier cbopgd up ié Ms kingdom, and almost totally- evr-lnded
frofti any communication with foreign countries; and. they had
now^hegun to qtoshfheir forts into the -very heart i>f his do#
‘minionSv He therefore-resolved to make a violent ieffdrt to-free,
hitoself from, these new fetters; and being -joined- by a large