An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon in the East Indies. Robert Knox

Of their Sickness, Death and Burial.

       PART IV.

       CHAP. I.

       Of the reason of our going to Ceilon , and Detaimnent there.

       CHAP. II.

       How we were carried up into the Countrey, and disposed of there, and of the sickness, sorrow and death of the Captain.

       CHAP. III.

       How I lived after my Father’s Death. And of the Condition of the rest of the English : and how it fared with them. And of our Interview.

       CHAP. IV.

       Concerning some other English men detained in that Countrey.

       CHAP. V.

       Concerning the means that were used for our Deliverance. And what happened to us in the Rebellion. And how we were setled afterwards.

       CHAP. VI.

       A Continuation of the Author’s particular Condition after the Rebellion. Purchaseth a piece of Land.

       CHAP. VII.

       A return to the rest of the English, with some further accounts of them. And some further discourse of the Authors course of life.

       CHAP. VIII.

       How the Author had like to have been received into the Kings Service, and what means he used to avoid it. He meditates and attempts an escape, but is often prevented.

       CHAP. IX.

       How the Author began his Escape; and got onward of his Way about an Hundred miles.

       CHAP. X.

       The Author’s Progress in his Flight from Anarodgburro , into the Woods, unto their arrival in the Malabars Countrey.

       CHAP. XI.

       Being in the Malabar Territories, how they encountred two Men, and what passed between them. And of their getting safe unto the Dutch Fort. And their Reception there, and at the Island Manaar , until their Embarking for Columbo .

       CHAP. XII

       Their Arrival at Columbo , and entertainment there. Their departure thence to Batavia . And from thence to Bantam : Whence they set Sail for England .

       CHAP. XIII.

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

       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.

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PART I

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CHAP. I.

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A general Description of the Island.

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      How this Island lyes with respect unto me Neighbouring Countries, I shall not speak at all, that being to be seen in our ordinary Sea-Cards, which describe those Parts; and but little concerning the Maritime parts of it, now under the Jurisdiction of the Dutch: my design being to relate such things onely that are new and unknown unto these Europæan Nations. It is the Inland Countrey therefore I chiefly intend to write of which is yet an hidden Land even to the Dutch themselves that inhabit upon the Island. For I have seen among them a fair large Map of this Place, the best I believe extant, yet very faulty: the ordinary Maps in use among us are much more so; I have procured a new one to be drawn, with as much truth and exactness as I could, and his Judgment will not be deemed altogether inconsiderable, who had for Twenty Years Travelled about the Iland, and knew almost every step of those Parts, especially, that most want describing.

      I begin with the Sea-Coasts. Of all which the Hollander is Master: On the North end the chief places are Jafnipatan, and the Iland of Manaur. On the East side Trenkimalay, and Batticalow. To the South is the City of Point de Galle. On the West the City of Columbo, so called from a Tree the Natives call Ambo, (which bears the Mango-fruit) growing in that place; but this never bare fruit, but onely