MAE1TIME CODE. 63 



u These are le Laws to be enforced in Ships, Junks, and 

 Prahus." 



" First of all Pati Sturun and Pati Elias assembled Na- 

 klioda Jenal and Nakhoda Dewa and Nakhoda Isahak for the 

 purpose of consulting and advising relative to the usages at 

 Sea, and of compelling in conformity thereto, a code of Undang 

 limiting or Institutes." 



After they had consulted together and collected the Laws, 

 they presented them to Dato' Bendahara Sri Maha-Raja in the 

 kingdom of Malacca, who laid them at the feet of the Illustrious 

 Mahmud Shah— Whereupon that prince said " I grant the 

 request of the Bendahara and establish the Sea Laws and In- 

 stitutes for your Government and that of your posterity. — 

 When you administer these Laws at Sea they shall be carried 

 into effect at Sea in like manner as those of the Land are 

 carried into effect on Land, and let them not interfere wiih 

 each other, for you," adressing himself to the Nakhodas, "are as 

 rajas at Sea, and 1 confer authority on you accordingly." 



The several Nakhodas who had framed the code were then 

 honored with titles, Nakhoda Jenal received the Titles of Sang 

 Utama di Raja, and Nakhoda Isahak that of Sang Setia di 

 Raja ? 



" In such manner were the Laws established and made 

 known during the times when the kingdom of Malacca was 

 tranquil and prosperous during the reign of Sultan Mahmud 

 Shah." 



1 & 2. According to other Copies these Titles are Sang- 

 boya di Raja and Dupati Shah, when Sri Nara di Raja was 

 Bendahara und governed that country. 



Dyer to com 3; as the Laws of the Sea are established, as well 

 "The qualv f the Land, let them be observed in order that 

 about Is. 3; undertaken may be properly regulated — let these 

 he infornie. lowed towards all Countries, in as much as the, 

 1$. for the bt\ w hich relate to the Sea only, and the Laws of 

 .neb relate to the Land only, are defined, because 

 : Sea cannot interfere with those established on shore. 



According to these Institutes let the Law be administered 

 at Sea that no disputes and quarrels may take place — let them 



