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3 U M A T R A. 
Probably no records upon earth, can funiifli an e^cample of more 
uninttlligible jargon : yet tbefe attributes arc believed to be indifpu- 
tably 
God's divine Will may be fuIlilliiJ up&n earth. He U eudowed with the highdl abiiitics, and 
the m 'ft profoiiml v-ifdom and circumfpeQion in the gioverBing the many tributary kings and 
fubjtfls. He is nghtcoiis aiid charitable, and prefcrvcih the honor &nd glory of hit anceflors. 
iHis juftice anti clemency arc felt in diftant rcgians, and hit name will be revered until tlie laft 
day. When he 0|>t:ncth hi* mouth lie is full tjf goodnefsi and bis words are as gtatcful rii, rofc 
watfr to ilie thiifty. His breath i* like the fufc wind of rhc heflT^ens {Jamtecool ftrdf/ffrsJr and 
his lips are tKt Ii\ftrumeiits of truth j fending forth perfumes more delightful than ben jam jn or 
■myrrh. His noflnh breathe ambergreafe and muJk j and his countenance "has the luflte of dia- 
.monds. He i» dreadful in battl^t and nut to be conquered, bis courage and Talor being match'* 
Jef*. He, the fultan Mahfl Rajah D&orja, wa& crowtit^ with a CacvcA crown from God; and I'jof" 
fc^e& the wood calkd Kamat, in conjunftton wjth the emperors of Heme and Chma. He h the 
fultan that keeps the doth called Sar0J}a Kaftabf which weaves Itfclf, and adJs one thread yearly 
-of fine pcsrlFj and when that cloth fljall be finiflied, the world will be no more. He alio pn/Tcffc* 
,ihe tree NtgatarMa&f and a kind of gold calJed Jatta Jattu, which h fo heavy thai a fmall lutnp 
wll fiiap the Datte vcood. This is the fultan that enjoys the fword Sg Mandang Gerry t which 
hai one hundred and ninety wide notcbei in the £e2d of battlej and is the weapon that kilkd the 
fpirit t»f Eaim Moom\ ihe dagger knovvn by the name of Hajngin SUga is alfo his, and will, at 
hts command, fight of itfcif, with which be has vanquifiicd many nations. He alfo pofleHres the 
lance t.amhing Lam&aarat the blade of which, called Sfgar^ was given htm by an inhabitant of 
the Tea. He likcwifL has horfes of irRnlf* ftwi^L jsiiJ ^ And muuntaiTis of ^ontiineous 
fire. This ie the fultan who keeps the flower Ch&mpaka that is blue, and (o be found in no other 
coi3ntry hot his (beinif yellow clfewhere). He poffcffes the fhrub Sera Maxgersft and the reed 
jfryfr Prinidii£t to which birds of all countries come at the time of their iJcath. He has alfo 
drums made of the tree Stiageoretj and another inllrumenc of the like oature of the wood called 
Pp&!set-jf>^jcloGit wliich fend iheir found through his whole domiitions whenever they are beat- 
He has a Beehar houfe built of the haJiowed wood Jjidtarig^ and aach beam in it, though Arong 
and large, is yet as light as bmnboQ* He aifo pofTtlTes a carpet made of grals^ and a lump 
of gold in the (ha^ of a manj given him by a God of the woods. 
*' After this falutation, and the information I have given of my greatnefs and power, which I 
attribute to the good and holy projihet Mahomet, I am to acquaint you with the commands of 
the fultan whofe prefencc bringeth death to alt who attempt to approach him wiiiwut pcrmiflion i 
and alft» thofe of the fukan of ladraporg w1k> has four brcafts. This friendly flxeet of paper is 
brought from the two fultans above named, by their bird 0««tfj, unto their Ion, fultan Goitdam 
Shabt to acquaint him with their intention^ under this gre^t Ital, which is, that they order their 
fon fultan Gondam Shah to oblige the EngUfii Company to fettle in. the tUAri^ called Biei^noWf 
at a place caMcd The ** field of fheep," ihst they may not have occafion to be aOiameJ at their 
frequent refufal of our goodnefs, in permitting tbem to trade v^ith us and with our fubjefts | and 
that in cafe he cannot fucceed m liiis aifiiir^ we hereby advife iilm^ that the ties of frieodOiip 
fubiifting 
