HIKAYAT HANG TTTAH. 
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Giri. Hang Tuah and his four friends retaliate, wrecking the 
pleasaunce of the Betara of Majapahit and defeating 1,000 men. 
Pateh Gajah Mada commissions Rangga, Pateh Serangka Doll an 
and lviu Temindera, to escort the Raja of Malacca home. 
(P. 215) Hang Tuah was slandered by Pateh Kerma W ijaya, 
as having an intrigue with a girl in the Raja s Palace. The Raja 
condemns him to death but the Bendahara sends him away. He 
determines to go to Tnderapura to get the hand of Tun Teja, 
daughter of Bendahara Seri Buana, for his master the Raja of 
Malacca. Arriving there lie makes friends with her duenna, Dang 
Rakna, who tells him the princess wants to poison herself as she 
does not wish to marry Panji ‘Alain, a Megat of Trengganu to 
whom her father has betrothed her. Hang Tuah plays sepak raga 
with Tun Jenal, a son of Bendahara Seri Buana, and the Temeng- 
gong called Tun Megat. He tells them who he is but adds he will 
serve no master who is not descended from the royal house of 
Bukit Si -G untang ( p. 223). Hang Tuah asks to hear singing. The 
five singers say, “ Our tunes are not Malayan; for we are half-caste 
Malays ( Melayu, kachokan) and not true Malays like the people of 
Malacca.” Hang Tuah replies, “ Malacca Malays are also half- 
castes. mixed with Javanese from Majapahit” (p. 225). One of 
the tunes is called “ Seri Kama menambak tasek, Tasek di-tambak 
Langkapuri,” composed by the Da to’ Bendahara Paduka Raja. 
The Bendahara takes Hang Tuah before the Raja, who offers to- 
give him a court office. 
Hang Tuah afraid that he will be sent back a prisoner to 
Malacca, pretends he is on his way to Trengganu. He tells how 
the Raja of Malacca has sent two emissaries to Siam to get ele- 
phants from the Phra Chau. The Raja of Tnderapura promises 
him protection. He dresses entirely in white and goes to the 
market and buys civet, and makes a love-charm to win Tun Teja. 
Dang Rakna smears it on Tun Teja’s bed and she falls in love with 
Hang Tuah. He refuses to eat with her, saying that it is tabu 
( pantang ) for him to feed with any woman, even his own daughter 
(p. 252). For three nights she visits him but he discourages her 
advances, meaning to take her to Malacca for his Raja. The two- 
emissaries of the Raja of Malacca call at Inderapura on their re- 
turn. Hang Tuah puts Tun Teja and her maids on board their 
boat and they sail to Pulau Tiuggi (p. 258). By order of the 
Raja of Inderapura they are pursued by the Laksamana, the Seri 
Maharaja Lela, Tun Jinal and Tun Pikrama. Laksamana lets fly 
his 990 arrows at them and finally a storm divides the combatants. 
The Tnderapura chiefs return and their Raja decides to inform 
Panji ‘Alam of Trengganu. Hang Tuah arrives at Malacca and 
with bound hands falls before the Raja, and asks for pardon, say- 
ing he has brought the ‘ arrow of love ’ which transfixed his high- 
ness ’ breast of yore and ‘ the glass of form ’ he has longed for. 
Tun Teja still wants to marry Hang Tuah, till he reads charms 
( pustaka ), blows into her cabin and makes her loathe him. Tun 
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