130 . 
140 . 
150 . 
160 . 
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Together declare the custom ! 
Weigh with an equal weight. 
Divide with an equal share — 
If great together great. 
If small together small ! 
Profit with equal gain, 
Forfeit with equal loss, 
Mete to an equal height, 
Span to an equal breadth ! 
Together bear the heavy load, 
Together lay down the light, 
0 ye Chieftains twain ! * 
Homage, 0 Chief ! 
Then made answer the Chieftains twain : 
‘ Pardon we crave, 0 King ! 
The lopped bough, though leaves be shed, 
Will serve to shaft a grinding mill : 
Slay us ! — But if thy slaves be dead 
Thine too the irreparable ill ! ( 1G ) 
One sugar-palm two climbers, ( 17 ) 
One master two familiar spirits. 
One land two Chiefs — 
These things are abhorred by custom and tradition, 
A token of strife to come on the land ! ’ 
How they 
would not 
obey his 
decree. 
Then spake the King, Maharaja Di Raja : 
‘ For the sluggard a task may be set, 
For the laggard we may tarry-, 
For the greedy tfe may divide : 
But what availeth us with the froward ? ’ 
Homage, 0 Chief ! 
And how the 
King divided 
the dominon. 
And thereupon 
The King Maharaja Di Raja went down, 
Down with the Chieftains twain, 
Down to the place of division, 
Down to the sea at Bandar Rokan, 
Where the ships lie moored in criss-cross maze, 
Where the oars creak and groan, 
Where the boat-poles clank and thud : 
There was the place of division 
Of Dato’ Temenggong and Dato’ Perpateh — - 
Down stream to Kampar Kiri, 
Up stream to Kampar Kanan. 
Homage, 0 Chief! 
R. A. Soc., No. 83, 1921. 
