...the sole inheritor of the royal blood and the only legitimate sovereign of the island : and sought his daughter in marriage, accompanying the demand...consisting of things unknown in Ceylon, besides woven cloth and precious stones. The envoys arrived about the time that the king had abandoned Cotta to take...

...figure. Brama, desirous to fulfil the prediction, sent ambassadors to Don Juan (the king of Cotta), whom he addressed as the sole inheritor of the royal...the only legitimate sovereign of the island ; and sought his daughter in marriage, accompanying the demand by a ship load of rich presents, consisting...

...figure. Brama, desirous to fulfil the prediction, sent ambassadors to Don Juan (the king of Cotta), whom he addressed as the sole inheritor of the royal...the only legitimate sovereign of the island : and sought his daughter in marriage, accompanying the demand by a ship-load of rich presents, consisting...

...work, however, is very rare, and scarcely known, I believe, to English scholars. The work of Texeiro Pinto on the causes of the decadence of the Portuguese...take up his residence within the Fort of Colombo (AD 15G4). He received the ambassadors with much distinction, and, apprised of their mission, concealed...

...figure. Brahma, willing to fulfil the prediction, sent ambassadors to Don Juan (the king of Cotta), whom he addressed as the sole inheritor of .the royal...blood and the only legitimate sovereign of the island, <md requested his daughter in marriage, accompanying the demand by a shipload of rich presents-, consisting...