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that in coming to the port he had no other intention than that 

 of visiting the Princess, but that he could not leave his vessel 

 and his sisters and the BANDAHARA in the river and go up 

 alone. Within three years, three months and ten days, he 

 would present himself before the Princess, and if he should 

 break this engagement he wished that he might die a violent 

 death 



mati di timpa sarong pedang 



dan mati di-timpa sarong kris 



dan mati di-timpa daulat segala raja-raja yang dahulu 

 kala 



dan mati di-timpa uleh tuan putri GANDA Iran sendiri. 



Then the kite craved leave to depart and repeated these ver- 

 ses :— 



Pergi ka bendang men-chabut kumboh 



Di-chabut budak chepat ber-lari 



Mohun-lah patek kain di tuboh 



Kain di-pakei sa-hari-hari 



Teta/c sa bantu n larek-kan kelang 

 Batang chempedak mari di-rapat 

 Mohun-kan ampun patek nen pulang 

 Barang di-kahandak sudah-lah dapat. 



The kumboh grass is pulled up in the ricefields 

 The children run off with it quickly 

 I ask but for a garment of your own 

 One that you wear every day. 



The sabantuji log is cut for the sugar-mill 

 The roller next to it is of champedak 

 Your servant now craves leave to depart 

 Having obtained all that was asked for. 

 When the bird returned with the bundle to the Princess she 

 was deceived by the exact similarity of its appearance to the 

 one she had despatched and she went crying to her own apart- 

 ment making sure that her present had never been opened. 

 But the kite induced her to open it and she found the rings 

 and shawl. The former she put on at once and the latter she 

 put on and took off, kissing it and examining the pattern and 



