12 HISTORY OP THE SFLTAXS OP BRTTBT, 



the Bendahara saw that his son was killed without any just cause, 

 he went -up to the palace and presented himself before the Yang di 

 Pertuan, with forty of his people, all fully equipped, and having 

 reached the audience chamber, the son of the King who killed his 

 son was also presenting himself before his father, the Sultan. 



The Bendahara in detailing his case said : " Oh, my Lord, 

 " King of the World, what is the reason that my son has been kill- 

 " ed by the Prince ? If this matter is not enquired into by your 

 " Majesty, it will fall out that your Majesty will be left alone in 

 " the country, for the subjects of your Majesty will say that, if your 

 " Majesty's son does such things, what may not be expected of those 

 " who are of inferior rank ? A_nd the end of it will be that Bruni 

 " will become desolate." 



When His Majesty heard the statement of the Pangiran Ben- 

 dahara he said : " Oh. Pangiran, as to the killing of a person with- 

 " out cause, if my son be guilty he must be killed for it." 



When the Prince heard these words of his father, lie got up 

 and went into the interior of the palace of his father, and the Pan- 

 giran Bendahara said : "Oh, my Lord, if such be the decision of 

 " the Lord of the World, let me ask of your Majesty to disown the 

 " Prince altogether, " and His Majesty said : " Oh, Pangiran Ben- 

 " dahara, how can I give you my son now that he has brought the 

 " blood of death into the palace ? " When the Pangiran heard this, 

 he got up with his forty people and followed the Prince into the 

 palace. [ There is here a hiatus in the manuscript, two or three 



words only visible : — Mel /'hot Bendahara deri piniu 



seblah tiada helihatan di mata ] . When 



the Bendahara could not seethe Prince, he fell to killing the people 

 in the palace. The Sultan, on seeing the Bendahara go into the palace 

 and kill the people belonging to it, said : " Oh, Pangiran, what is 

 " this you are doing ? One person has committed a crime and you 

 " are killing others." The Bendahara replied : " The eyes of your 

 " slave were obscured." His Majesty then said: "Kill me also," 

 and. the Bendahara said : " Very well, my Lord," and caught hold 

 of the Sultan and lifted him up and carried him on to the grass and 



