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REMBAU HISTORY, ETC. 
SAYING. 
IV 
Beraja ka-Johor, 
Bertali ka-Siak, 
Bertuan ka-Ménangkabau. 
V 
Salilit pulau percha, 
Sa limbong tanah malaiu 
Sa lengkon: alam Ménangka- 
bau. 
VI 
Sélasilah ka hutan, téromba ka 
luak. 
Vil 
képak salap. 
Vill 
Di anjak laiu, di chabut mati. 
Ix | 
Adapun raja itu tiada mempu- 
nial négri dan tiada men- 
chukai kharajat, mélainkan 
berkaadilan séhaja, serta per- 
makanan duit sasuku, bras sa 
gantang, nior satali. 
Sultan berdaulat bergalenggang 
berkhalipah, ménitah deripada 
_astana-nia : pésaka Undang ber- 
khalipah, bertéromba, berlem- 
baga, bersabda di balei. 
Gagak itam, gagak sémui turun) 
di-bukit berkaki ampat, ban- | 
gau puteh datang di laut bér- | 
TRANSLATION. 
Subject to Johore, allied tw 
vassal of Menangkahau. 
Siak, 
'The round isle of Sumatra, and the 
stretch of the Malay lands, are in- 
cluded in the expanse of the Me- 
nangkabau empire. 
|The pedigree lies with the hill folk, 
| but the records with the Undang. 
The black crows and the grey crows 
came on foot from the hills, but 
the white cranes flew over on flap- 
ping wings from the sea. 
Transplanted it withers: uprooted it 
dies. 
Now the raja is not the owner of the 
land, nor can he raise a war levy, 
but justice is with him, and to him 
is due for his sustenance a tribute’ 
of money, a measure of rice, and a 
cluster of coconuts. 
The Sultan is sacrosanct, he com- 
mands high festival, he is para- 
mount, and issues his commands 
from his palace: the Undang is 
paramount, holder of the records, 
