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cloths Hang Tuah rescues the animal and then bathes 7 times and 
■is bathed by the Raja from 7 jars of scented water (p. 299). 
Hang Tuah remonstrates with the Raja for neglecting Radin 
Mas Ayu in favour of Tun Teja. The Betara hearing his daughter 
is neglected sends Rangga and Barat Ketika to Malacca to en- 
quire why his son-in-law never sends embassies to Majapahit. Hang 
Tuah with Hang Jebat and Hang Kasturi are sent. The Betara 
and Pateh Cfajah Mada trv in vain to slay him. The letter from 
the Raja of Malacca is escorted on an elephant to the pcseban. 
where Radin Aria reads it. Various champions Perwira Jafra, 
Samirang, Sangga Xingsun and bands of 40 and 7,000 warriors 
are set to steal Hang Tuah’s weapons and to kill him but all fail. 
He returns to Malacca with a letter from the Betara to his Raja 
inviting him to go to Majapahit. Three vessels, the Siru’l- alamin , 
Mendam Berahi, and Maratu’s-safa are prepared. Temenggong, 
Maharaja Setia, Tun Utama, Sang Raja, Tun Raja ’diraja are 
left to guard the harbour; Sang Raja and Tun Bija Sura to guard 
Bukit China; Tun Utama in charge of the palace. The Raja takes 
leave of his wives. Radin Bahar runs up to his father, holds his 
hand and begs him to bring him a prancing white pony (p. 35). 
They sail, stay three days with the Adipati of Palembang and 
thence go to Java Katra, and then sail on to stay with the Sang 
Agong of Toban. Radin Aria is sent to escort the Raja from 
Toban. As he passes through the street of Majapahit, the people 
whisper in pity that he is going to be killed for having another 
wife besides the Betara’s daughter. On an elephant called Indera 
Chita he goes to the palace, Karang Daru’s-Salam, prepared for 
him. The next day 40 warriors are sent to create a disturbance 
in the town, which Hang Tuah is asked to quell. He quells it. 
Then a warrior Petala Bumi is sent to slay him. Petala Bumi 
transforms himself into a eat and his comrade Barat Ketika into 
a rat and so they enter Hang Tuah’s room; then Petala Bumi be- 
comes in turn a stump, a dog and a tiger (whereupon Hang Tuah 
becomes a bigger tiger), and finally a raksasa, in which shape he is 
sorely wounded. Commending his son, Ivertala Sari, who is away 
in Dalia, to the care of the Betara, he prepares to slay every one 
in the conpound, but is himself killed by Hang Tuah. 
The Bendahara Paduka Raja despatches Tun Utama to Maja- 
pahit to say that Radin Bahar is sick from longing for his father. 
The Raja of Malacca returns home. Merga Paksi and six warriors, 
are sent from Majapahit to capture Malacca and kill Hang Tuah : 
they hide on Bukit China outside the town, slaughter a stray 
buffalo and steal a jar of spirit from the town ; nightly they rob 
and ravish. Hang Tuah promises to kill them within seven days. 
Dressed in black and pretending to be a liberated gaol-bird he 
carries a sack of rice and two [rang of spirit on his shoulder, way- 
lays them and and becomes an accomplice of the gang. He helps 
them to rob the houses of the Bendahara and Temenggong and 
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