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'' forg-ive this offence/ When my father heard that, wrath arose 

 " in him, and he ordered the wife of Mokeh Segama to be arrested. 

 " So they went out and searched for her, and brought the woman 

 " before my father, and my father ordered her to be cut open. And 

 " they had her cut open according* to my father's order, and they 

 " found the child in her womb holding the nangka with both hands. 

 •' It was also dead, and they buried them with the usual rites. 

 " Now when this happened Mokeh Segama was away, and on his 

 " return my father summoned him to his presence. Mokeh Segama 

 " presented himself before my father who said to him ' I have 

 " sent for you, Mokeh Segama, to announce to you that I have 

 " caused your wife to be cut open because she took a piece out 

 " of my nangka.' Mokeh Segama bowed low and said '0 my 

 " lord, I am beneath your feet, and whatever the justice of my 

 " lord has ordered, to that do I bow my head.' Then the Mokeh 

 " Segama asked leave to withdraw himself. 



" It fell on a day after this that my father was going to bathe 

 " in state accompanied by his chiefs and Mokeh Segama and a 

 " retinue suited to his dignity, and while he was on the way Mo- 

 " keh Segama attacked and stabbed him on the leg. The white 

 " ( royal ) blood was shed, and thus he died, and returned to the 

 " Mercy of God. Then Mokeh Segama ran amok and threw 

 '' himself upon our people. Many perished and many were wound- 

 " ed in the fighting that followed. I myself was nearly overcome, 

 " and sent for assistance to the Raja of the Buggis and the Raja 

 " of Menangkabau. Both of them came, bringing their people 

 " and munitions of war, and made war against Mokeh Segama 

 " who was at lengh captured and put to death, and his followers 

 " sc attered. Now after the capture of Mokeh Segama, the men 

 " of the Raja Buggis and the Raja of Menangkaban's men fell out 

 " over the division of the spoil. The Buggis men said they had 

 " captured Mokeh Segama and the Menangkabau men said they 

 " had. And becoming enraged in the dispute, they ran amok, 

 " and many men were slain and wounded. I, therefore, sent word 

 '' to both the Rajas to withdraw their people, as they were violat- 

 " ing the laws of my country ; so the two Rajas withdrew their 

 *' people, and put an end to the disturbance. For this reason I 

 " made concessions to the two Rajas. To the Raja Buggis Igrant- 

 '' ed the sovereignty of Rhio, because his rule is over the sea. 

 " To the Raja of Menangkabau I granted the four countries of 



