^{page 1 note 1} Histoire de l'isle de Ceylan, Ecrite par le capitaine Jean Ribeyro, & presentée au Roy de Portugal en 1685, Paris, 1701. Cf. JCBRAS., x, 263 ff. for this and other editionsGoogle Scholar.

^{page 2 note 1} The Historic Tragedy of the island of Ceilão, Colombo, 1948Google Scholar.

^{page 2 note 2} Ribeiro's baptismal certificate d. 17th May, 1622, and other relevant documents printed by Frazão de Vasconcellos, Subsídios Inéditos sobre o capitão João Ribeiro, reprinted from Brasões e Genealogias, iii–vi (Lisboa, 1927), pp. 8–9.

^{page 2 note 3} Arquivo da Torre do Tombo, Lisboa, , “Livros de registos do Concelho da guerra,” Livro 30 (1661–1665), fls. 20–20vGoogle Scholar; Arquivo Historico Ultramarino, Lisboa, “Cod. do Conselho Ultramarino,” No. 84, fls. 128; 137v.

^{page 3 note 1} TT Lisboa, “Livro 30 de registos do Conselho de guerra,” fl. 20–20v, his commission being dated 25th September, 1663. Ribeiro's name should be added to the list of officers whose biographies are given by de Melo de Matos, Gastão, Notícias do Terço da Armada Real, 1618–1707 (Lisboa, 1932), 145–196Google Scholar. The João Ribeiro listed on p. 165 of this book was a homonym of the Ceylon veteran, and a third officer of this name is also mentioned in these records. (de Guerra, Conselho, “Livro Registo” 35 (33) fls. 2, 124vGoogle Scholar.)

^{page 3 note 2} AHU, Conselho Ultramarino No. 84, fls. 128, 137v; de Vasconcellos, Frazão, Subsídios Inéditos, pp. 10–11Google Scholar.

^{page 4 note 1} Mathias Catanho waa killed when the frigate São Bernardo was accidentally blown up during a fight againat Algerine piratea off the Portugueae coast, with the loss of all on board save five or six men; Mercurio Portuguez de Ouctubro de 1665; de Vasconcelloa, Frazão, Subsídios Inéditos, p. 12Google Scholar.

^{page 4 note 2} TT Lisboa, “Livro 68 dos regiatoa dos testamentos,” fls. 74–77 verso.

^{page 5 note 1} de Vasconcellos, Frazão, Subsídios Inéditos, p. 12Google Scholar.

^{page 5 note 2} In vol. v of the Colleccão de noticias para a historia e geografia das nações ultramarinas publicada pela Academia Seal das Sciencias, Lisboa, 1836, x + 288 ppGoogle Scholar.

^{page 5 note 3} BAS, Lisboa, “Cod. Azul”, 211. Ornamental title-page and five preliminary leaves followed by 155 numbered leaves of text, and list of contents on three unnumbered leaves. 4to; modern binding; the map of Ceylon has been removed from between leaves 45 and 46, but a reproduction of it will be found in the 1836 edition. It is obviously based on the one by Cipriano Sanches first printed in Mercator's Atlas of 1607. Cf. the reproduction from my copy (Pl. I).

^{page 5 note 4} BNL, “Fundo Geral,” no. 518. Ornamental title-page and three preliminary leaves, followed by 212 numbered leaves of text and list of contents; 4to; contemporary leather binding. Cf. de Vasconcellos, Frazão, Subsīdios Inéditos, p. 6, note (3)Google Scholar.

^{page 5 note 5} Plain title-page and three preliminary leaves, text on 209 numbered leaves, list of contents on four unnumbered leaves; 4to; modern binding. Cf. Bros., Maggs, Biblioteca Asiatica, Pt. I (London, 1924), item nr: 351 (this copy)Google Scholar.

^{page 5 note 6} Certificate dated 2nd January, 1665, in de Vasconcellos, Frazão, Subsídios Inéditos, p. 11Google Scholar. The signature from my copy is reproduced on p. 12 infra.

^{page 6 note 1} This and other indications suggest that each of the copies was composed anew from Ribeiro's original draft, as the three manuscripts agree in general form but present minor variations throughout.

^{page 6 note 2} There are slight differences in the nomenclature of the three maps; that in the BNL lists sixty-four place-names, the Academy copy (when extant) fifty-eight, and that in my possession sixty.

^{page 6 note 3} For instance, the passage in the MS. which corresponds to that printed in Livro 3, ch. iv, p. 233, line 15 of the 1836 edition, reads “…havia outra Ilha e pouoação semelhante de Purtuguezes chamada Timor…,” these last two words having been inserted by Ribeiro.

^{page 6 note 4} BNL, “Fundo Geral” nr: 530, an inferior 18th-century copy; and ibidem nr: 531, an 18th-century copy of Book III only. A 17th-century copy of 232 quarto pages (but without the map) in a contemporary vellum binding, is priced at over £30 in a Lisbon bookseller's recent catalogue, Catálogo de livros selecionados postos à venda por o Mundo do Livro (Lisboa, 1952), nr: 1922Google Scholar.

^{page 6 note 5} Barata, A. F., Breve confronto de um impresso da Academia Seal das Sciencias com um manuscripto do excellentissimo senhor Visconde da Esperança sobre a historia da ilha de Ceilão, Evora, 1886Google Scholar. This library has recently been purchased by the Portuguese government, and the MS. should therefore be available for inspection before long.

^{page 7 note 1} Cf. Ferguson's, article in JCBRAS., vol. x, pp. 299 ff.Google Scholar After reading Barata's article, I consider Ferguson's comments to be unduly lenient.

^{page 7 note 2} Quotations in this article are from the fourth edition, Colombo, 1948.

^{page 7 note 3} Quotations in this article are from the MacLehose edition, Glasgow, 1911.

^{page 7 note 4} Ribeiro, Book I, ch. 16, p. 52; Knox, Pt. III, ch. 9, pp. 168–169.

^{page 7 note 5} Ribeiro, Book I, ch. 16, p. 51; Knox, Pt. III, ch. 1, pp. 98, 103.

^{page 8 note 1} Ribeiro, Book I, ch. 16, p. 51; Knox, Pt. III, ch. 1, p. 104.

^{page 8 note 2} Ribeiro, Book I, ch. 10, p. 29. These bearers were all drawn from the woodcutter caste.

^{page 8 note 3} Ribeiro, Book I, ch. 16, p. 52. Disava (Sinhalese, Disāwa) was the equivalent of a provincial governor.

^{page 9 note 1} Knox, Pt. IV, ch. 13, p. 283.

^{page 9 note 2} Saar's Ost Indianische Fünfzehenjährige Kriegs-Dienst von 1640 bisz anno 1660, was first published at Nüremberg in 1662, and reprinted in an enlarged edition ten years later. The best modern edition is that edited by S. P. L'Honoré Naber (The Hague, 1930). A useful summary in English will be found in JCBRAS., vol. xi (1889), pp. 1–84Google Scholar. Saar enlisted as a cadet but never rose above the rank of corporal.

^{page 9 note 3} Ribeiro, Book II, ch. 8, p. 113; dispatches of D. Felipe Mascarenhas and of the Viceroy of Goa, 12th November, 1640, and 19th January, 1641, in “Livros das Monçōes”, Livro 47, fls. 85–86 (India Office Transcripts). Siyane Korale Bandar was known to the Portuguese as Dom Balthezar.

^{page 10 note 1} Ribeiro, Book II, ch. 24.

^{page 11 note 1} Ribeiro, Book II, ch. 23. My translation of this passage differs slightly from that of Dr. Pieris. Cf. also the citations of Ribeiro's services listed in p. 2, note (3) above.

^{page 11 note 2} Ribeiro, Book II, ch. 1; Book III, ch. 1 (“o melhor pedaço da terra que o Creador pos neste mundo.”).

^{page 11 note 3} Knox, Pt. IV, ch. 2, p. 195.

^{page 12 note 1} Knox, Pt. III, ch. 9, p. 171.