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first to the floating bridge of Modjopait (*) and then to rejoin the army on 

 its way to the sniall river Pa-tsieh. 



The officers of the Office of Pacification soon reported that the son- 

 in-la w of the prinee of Java, called Tuhan Pidjaya ( 2 ), wished to make his 

 country submit, but as he could not leave his army, order was given to 

 three officers to go and bring his prime minister Sih-la-nan-da-ch'a-ya ( 3 ) and 

 fourteen others, who wanted to come and receive the army of the emperor. 



On the lst day of the 3rd month, the troops were assembled at the 

 sniall river Pa-tsieh. 



This river has at its upper course the palace of the king of Tumapan 

 (Tumapel) ( k ) and discharges itself into the sea called Pou-pên (the sea south 

 of Madura) ( 5 ); it is the entrance to Java and a place for which they were 

 determined to fight. Accordingly the first minister of the Javanese, Hi-ning- 

 kuan ( 6 ), remained in a boat to see how the chances of the fight went; he 

 was summoned repeatedly, but would not surrender. 



The commanders of the imperial army made a camp in the form of 

 a crescent on the bank of the river and left the ferry in charge of a Com- 

 mander of Ten Thousand ; the neet in the river and the cavalry and infantry 

 on shore then advanced together and Hi-ning-kuan , seeing this, left his boat 

 and fled overnight, whereupon more than a hundred large ships, withdevil" 

 heads on the stem, were captured. 



Order was now given to a strong force to guard the mouth of the 

 river Pa-tsieh and the body of the army then advanced. 



Messengers came from Tuhan Pidjaya, telling that the king of Kalang ( 7 ) 

 had pursued him as far as Modjopait and asking for troops to protect him. Ike 

 Mese and one of his lieutenants hastened to him, in order to encourage him 

 and another officer folio wed with a body of troops to Chang-ku ( 8 ), for the 



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