[1] He gave new meaning to the Ceylon policy that the VOC was forced to formulate after the King of Kandy in 1670 a number of areas had recaptured.
King Rajasinghe II showed a number of Europeans who have been years in captivity were free.
After the accession of Vimaladharmasurya II in December 1687 two envoys visited the governor stating all slaves who kept chained Company released him.
Arrow tried with an ordinance against the pursuit and dissemination of Roman Catholicism (1 July 1682) the influence of these "valsse and false doctrine" to contain.
There were "Veele creatures of Portugeesen" within the colony and their meetings and were now "miss off other exercitiën of the Romish ceremonies pauselijcke off" forbidden.