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rying his daun;*rtter, all the family of Damang Le- 

 bar Dawn ^tiould submit themselves to hiai ; but 

 thfii S3«igsapurba should engajre. both for himself 

 an4 ^^1^ posterity, that ihey should receive a hbe- 

 fal treatment; and in panicukr, that, when they 

 committed faults, they should never be exposed 

 to shame nor opprobrious language; but. if their 

 faults were great, that they should be put to 

 death according tothe law. Sang^apurba agreed 

 to these conditions, but he requested, in his turn, 

 that the descendants of Damang Lebar Dawn 

 should never move any treasonable practices 

 against his descendants, even though theybhould 

 become tyrannical. ' Very well,' haid Daraang 

 Lebar Dawn, * but ifyour descend ants break your 

 agreements, probably mine will do the ^ame.' 

 These conditions were mutually agreed to, and 

 the parties swore to perform them, imprecating 

 the divine vengeance to turn their authority up- 

 side down, who should infringe these n^ret me nts. 

 From this condition it is that none oAhe Malay 

 rajahs ever expoiie their Malay subjects to dis- 

 grace or shame ; they never bind them, nor hang 

 them, nor give them opprobrious language ; lor, 

 whenever a rajah exposes his subj.^cts to di^^grace. 

 it is the certain token of the destruction of his 

 country ; hence, also it is that none of the Malay 

 race ever engage in rebellion, or turn their faces 

 from their own rajahs, even though their conduct 

 be bad, and their proceedings tyrannical."* 



After this digression, I proceed with the de- 

 tail of the operatioDs. Oa the 25th February, at 



' . pp. 26, 2<t. 2T. 1 flm awiiii; tliflt a ereat 



f" V ' tnand in a fb^t uur,> of Rufflcfi's Java. 



J"* 'V., ' ' " ' ■ ^^"^ * e thai aatbor, iraun. 



