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An Historical Relation Of The Island Ceylon In The East Indies

PART III
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These have a Temple in Cande.

A certain former king gave this Temple this Priviledg, that every Free-holder should contribute a Ponnam to it.

And these Moors go to every house in the land to receive it.

And if the house be shut, they have power to break it open, and to take out of goods to the value of it.

They come very confidently when they beg, and they say they come to fulfill the peoples charity.


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