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the mango trick (p. 124). They reach the land of the Klings. 
The port-officer takes them to a merchant Xala Sang Guna who 
regales them with dainties made in Xagapatam fashion (p. 129), 
gives them anchorage at the spot reserved for the Franks, and 
announces their arrival to the king, Kislma Havana (p. 130). The 
king summons his champions from Malabar and Kandi. Hang 
Tuah and his followers go several days’ journey up to the palace. 
The gates of Bijaya Xigara were painted with incidents from 
the stories of Sri Rama and the five Pandavas. And there were 
thousands of idols and a temple. Laksamana gets his interview 
with Kishna Rayana ( ? = Krisnaraja, v. Ronkel) and speaks the 
Nigranra language which, only princes and ministers know : — he 
learnt it from a religious pundit ( lebai ) at Majapahit. Kishna 
Rayana complains that when at Malacca he got interviews only 
with the Bendahara and (?) a fisherman (si-pengail) . Hang Tuah 
gives the wife of Nila Sang Guna ( ? = Narasinggan, v. R.) medi- 
cine to enable her to bear a child. 70,000 Franks, and thousands 
of soldiers from Malabar and Khalilat ( ? = Pulicat v. R.) wait 
on Kishna Rayana. Laksamana. shows his horsemanship. Kishna 
Rayana declares he will visit the house of Xala Sang Guna but 
privately forbids all people to sell him firewood. Hang Tuah 
solves the problem by bidding him pour oil on bales of his cloth 
and so cook fare for royalty. Hang Tuah does the mango trick 
(p. 143). He kills a swashbuckler. They visit a temple ( rumah 
berhala menjadi sendiri). Captains of vessels and merchants who 
may lack capital, borrow gold from the god of the temple, Sang 
Brahma (p. 146) and, on pain of disaster for breach of faith, re- 
pay it with interest. Hence the wealth of the temple. In it, too, 
was a reservoir for oil for its lamps. They visit an alms-house 
( balai derma ) where the poor are fed. 
Kishna Rayana sends Hang Tuah on an embassy to China. 
Trade with China brings tenfold profit ( esa jadi sa-puloh). Hang 
Tuah is to declare one of his ships belongs to Xala Sang Guna, 
so that it may escape the heavy port duties (p. 148). After two 
months Hang Tuah reaches that port of China called Bakang 
Hitam (p. 149) and is ordered to anchor upstream at the place 
reserved for the Franks. 
Hang Tuah presents his credentials to the four viziers, Wang 
Kara Seng, Rang Seng, Lu Ti and Sam Pi Pat. There were seven 
forts of white stone with doors of brass and gold, and all the houses 
of the people were dressed with white stone. The emperor grants 
them an interview. Hang Tuah eating beans contrives to lift his 
head to see the emperor seated in the mouth of a bejewelled golden 
dragon (p. 151). Hang Tuah sees thousands of people collecting 
the tears of a large idol, the father of all China, who weeps to see 
the sins of his children : bathe in his tears and sins are washed 
away. With rich presents and a letter for the Raja of the Klings 
Hang Tuah departs. At the mouth of the estuary 40 Portuguese 
ships attack the Malays. By reading a charm Hang Tuah stops 
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