14. The next day Naraianappa who had gone to Pedda Palem brought Saneh Narasimha Nayu's troops, came, according to orders, and reaching the Puttu Parti boundaries, sent tidings of this to his master (A. P.) Ramapa N. in the fort.(*) [He sent back a message saying] you should march with your troops on the bank, and pass before the pagoda of Sainte Chaudeswari.* Then he sounded the kettle drums (Nagara, Naqarah,) in the fort, and [coming] with those captains whom he relied on as trustworthy, he caused the fort gate to be opened and came out : he attacked the approaches, and fought. While he was so engaged, the troops from Peddapalem who had come from (Santa topu) Market-grove, entered the Fair-town-gate with drums and trumpets.

15. Thus the leaders, with the troops engaged in the approaches Within the suburbs, being between the two hosts fell into [Ramapa's] hands. He wished to seize [Coneti Rao of Raya Durgam]. Then, as with both troops [A. P. Ramapa] was going to the place where [Coneli Rao] now was, Coneti Rao heard of this affair from the survivors. He saw that his own troops were flying in confusion, with their hair loose: he said, If I halt here I have no chance. He quitted his tents and made a flying march to Kanumuccala in his own country : there he remained ten days : and then went to (his home at) Raidurgam.

When [A. P.] Ramapa Nayu heard these tidings, he in four days marched to [Hande] Anantapuram.

16. Afterwards Coneti Rao of Raidurgam, grieved to the hear tat his defeat, (again) summoned all his troops, arid marched with all his force and besieged the village, named Muctapuram, Six coss (about 13 miles) from Anantapuram. After five or six days, Condi Reddif and the clerks and all the people in this Muctapuram, wrote a letter to Ra-