Hoofdstuk X. — 140 — Aanteekening. 



„In the 9th month of the same year (1370 = Qaka 1292) the king Sri 

 pah-ta-la-pö (d. i. crl bhatdra prabhu) sent envoys with a letter written on a sheet 

 of gold, and products of the country as tribute. The envoys were treated accor- 

 ding to the prescribed forms. 



„In the year 1372 (=Qaka 1294), when the imperial envoy, Ch'ang K'o- 

 ching, came back to China, the king of this country sent an envoy with tribute 

 tribute along with him, bringing back three imperial decrees which they had 

 received trom the Yuan dynasty. 



„In the year 1375 (= Qaka 1297) they sent tribute again. 



„In the year 1377 (= Qaka 1299) the king Pa-ta-na-pa-na-bu (d. i. Bha- 

 tdra prabhu) sent envoys with tribute to the imperial court. 



„In this country there is a western king and an eastern king, the latter 

 is called Bogindo Bong-kit and the former Bu-la-po-bu (d. i. Bhra prabhu); both- 

 of them sent envoys with tribute, but as their politeness was not sincere, the em- 

 peror ordered them to be retained, and it was only after some time that they 

 were allowed to return. 



„In the year 1379 (= Qaka 1301) the king Pa-ta-na-pa-na-bu (d. i. Bhatd- 

 ra prabhu) sent envoys with tribute, and so he did in the following year. Some 

 time before imperial envoys had been sent to carry a seal to the king of eastern 

 Sumatra (San-bo-tsai) *), and those of Java deluded and killed them ; the emperor 

 was highly incensed, and detained their envoys more that a month, with the 

 intention to punish them, but ultimately they were sent back with a letter to their 

 king, in which he was reproved for what he had done 2 ). 



„In the year 1381 (= Qaka 1303) they sent envoys, who brought as tri- i 

 bute 300 black slaves and products of the country. The next year they brought 

 again black slaves, men and women, to the number of a hundred, eight large j 

 pearls and 75.000 catties of pepper". 



Bhatdra prabhu dus ook in de Chineesche teksten, als quasi-naam, voor den 

 vorst, die gedurende die jaren geregeerd moet hebben, belangrijk vooral daarom, 

 omdat men die uitdrukking ook in de Notes niet verder aanwijzen kan, daar de vorst 

 er anders steeds öf met een anderen titel öf met een zijner namen wordt aan- 

 geduid 3 ). 



Te betreuren is dat het Bogmdo Bongkit niet is te identifieeren, daar zonder 

 twijfel, indien dit kon gelukken, de overeenkomst nog wel nader in 't licht kon 

 worden gesteld. 



De alinea over het jaar 1379 (= Qaka 1301) verschaft echter, door hetgeen 

 zij mededeelt, te zamen met nog een andere bericht, weer de gelegenheid de juist- 



1) De oude naam voor Palembang, het Samboja der Javaansche teksten, dat iets anders is dan Kambodja. 



2) Over deze alinea beneden. 



3) Een uitzondering hierop is, het „de koning Pa-la-bu" in „In the year 1452 (:=Caka 1374) the 

 king Prabu sent envoys to court with tribute", van bl. 39 (165). 



