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H1KAYAT HANG TUAH. 
finally breaks into the Raja’s palace and carries off eight chests of 
treasure. He learns all the robbers’ magic arts, then drugs and 
kills them. 
All the officers of the court hate Hang Tuah and tells Pateh 
Iverma Wijaya he is a “ a fence eating the crop,” an officer of the 
court who seduces the Raja’s concubines. Hang Tuah went to the 
ulu of Malacca and was fishing with a cast-net, when Hang Jebat 
and Hang Kasturi arrived to recall him. The raja orders the 
Bendahara to slay him and confers his creese of office on Hang 
Jebait. The Bendahara hides Hang Tuah in an orchard seven days’ 
journey up-country, where a religious teacher Shaikh Mansur 
prophesies that in 20 days he will return to Malacca. 
The Raja spoils Hang Jebat who takes liberties in the palace. 
The Raja styles him 1 Paduka Raja, the title of the Bendahara’s house. 
He is rude to courtiers and runs loose among the Raja’s women. 
At last the Raja detects Tun Jebat'' s madness and removes to the 
Bendahara’s house. Hang Jebat sits on the ruler’s mat, bathes in 
his jar, wears the royal raiment and sleeps on the royal couch 
(p. 75). Pateh Kerma Wijaya leads an assault upon the traitor 
in the deserted palace but fails. Hang Kasturi, Hang Lekir and 
Hang Lekiwa then attack but fail. The Temenggong attacks. 
Hang Jebat leaps down like a tiger, his blade flashing like a vol- 
cano in eruption (p. 80). The Raja, sends for the Laksamana’s 
son Tun Kadim and adopts him, repenting of killing his father. “ If 
Hang Tuah were alive, I should feel as though my revered ances- 
tor on Mt. Si-Guntang were restored to life.” The Bendahara 
hints ( di-kilat-kilatkan) he is alive. Tun Pikrama and Tun 
Kasturi go and fetch Hang Tuah. He gives a knife to Shaikh 
Mansur and the shaikh gives him a shabby praying mat (musalla ) . 
Hang Tuah is welcomed by the Raja. Stiff for lack of practice of 
fencing, he is massaged for five days. He cannot find a creese that 
suits him. Hang Kasturi enters the palace and is allowed by 
Hang Jebat to get ( boleh p. 91) a creese, an heirloom from Mt. 
Si-Guntang. For three days the two weapons selected by Hang 
Tuah are sharpened. At midday when the low sound of a single 
drum shows that Hang Jebat sleeps, Hang Tuah enters the palace. 
Hang Jebat stabs the 700 girls in the palace and their blood runs 
through the floor of the palace like rain. Hang Tuah protests. 
The traitor replies, “ Cracked by a pounding or a sweeping blow, 
crockery still becomes a shard ( di-titeh belah, di-palu pun bclah, 
tembekar juga akan sudah^nija) . I’ll sin thoroughly ( sa-pala-pala 
narna jahat : jangan kepalang) .” Hang Tuah leaps up into the palace. 
They fight, eyeing one another “ like hawks,” “ spinning round 
like wheels,” “ the lunges as swift as a boomerang” (baling-baling ) . 
The crowds gets under the palace and stab at Hang Jebat’s feet but 
endanger Hang Tuah too. The two fighters stop and get four 
large brass travs and lay them down. Standing on the trays they 
renew the fight. They talk. The traitor says his behaviour was 
due to the injustice done to Hang Tuah. Kow he has fallen from 
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