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of Adji Katang, which was attacked and captured on the 19 th day of the same month; 

 the king was made a prisoner and seems to have been ultimately killed. 



All resistance being now at an end , it became Raden Widjaya's turn to pay 

 for the services , which the Mongol army had rendered him ; as , however, his opponent 

 was dead and the force of his country broken , he did not recpiire these services auy 

 more and sought to avoid his obligations. He therefore pretexted tliat he liad to go 

 back to his capital in order to prepare adequate presents for the Emperor and was 

 allowed to depart for this purpose, escórted by a few Chinese troops. On his way 

 he threw of the mask, the Chinese escort was treacheroasly massacred and he at once 

 began hostilities against his former allies. By this time the Mongol generals had 

 found out liow difficult it was to carry on war in these parts; they did not think 

 it advisable to begin a new struggle and, taking with them the more important pris- 

 oners from l)aha and whatever treasure they could collect, they returned to their ships 

 and left the island after a stay of about four montlis. 



History of the Ming dynasty (1368—1643). Book 324. 



Java (*) is situated at the southwest of Champa. In the time of the 

 emperor Kublai of the Yuan dynasty (1260 — 1249), Meng Ch'i was sent 

 there as an envoy and had his face ent , on which Kublai sent a large army 

 which subdued the country and then came back. 



In the year 1369 the Emperor T'ai-tsu sent an envoy to this country, 

 to communicate his accession to the throne ; at that time an envoy from this 

 country , who had brought tribute to the house of 'Yuan , was in the province 

 of Fukien on his voyage back, when the house of Yuan feil; he therefore 

 returned to the capital of the new dynasty, where the Emperor appointed an 

 envoy to escort him back to his native country and presented him with 

 an almanac. 



In the year 1370 the Emperor issued an edict, informing the world 

 that he had subjugated Sha-moh ( 2 ) (the country of the Yuan) and of the* 

 follovving contents : //In all past times the ruler of the world had his atten- 

 //tion fixed on all who live in it , he continually watched over them , the far 

 //and the near were equal to his mind and it was his constant wish that 

 //all mankind should enjoy tranquillity and happiness. Now tbr this purpose 

 //it is necessary that China should be in a state of tranquillity first and then 

 //the countries outside can rely on it. Of late the prince of the house of Yuan 



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