520 TRACES OF THE ORIGIN OF THE MALAY KINGDOM 
other places, it may be inferred that 13rune had nearly its present 
extent to the south west, while to the north it included the territory 
long afterwards ceded to the Solus as the price of their aid in sup¬ 
pressing an insurrection of the Maruts and Chinese,* and transferred 
by them to the English in 1763, At one time indeed, by the accession 
of a large Chinese colony under a chief, Brun^ appears to have 
gained so great a preponderance as to conquer the Philipines and 
reduce the Sulu dominions to dependence. As the annals of Sulu 
record this fact there appears to be no reason for doubting its truth.f 
The only passage in Johore literature where Brune is introduced 
at: any length, occurs in the historical romance of Hang Tud, the well 
known Laksimana.J This accomplished and heroic man tvas re¬ 
turning from Majapahifc to Malacca when he was waylaid by the 
son of the king of Brune. The assailant was captured himself and 
carried to Malacca where he was treated honorably and afterwards 
conducted back to his country by the Laksimana. The king gave the 
generous captor a hearty reception and on his return made him pre¬ 
sents of camphor, kandagas, sumpitans inlaid with gold, mats and 
slaves. § 
It does not appear that at this time (about a, p. 1300) Brand was 
subject to Majapahit, but in the succeeding century the Javanese 
* ITjnL’s Sketch of Borneo. But this writer gives a different account in 
his paper on Sulu. 
•f Hunt’s Sulu p. 5 
t Of celebrated native characters of the Archipelago “ the most distin¬ 
guished beyond all compare” says Mr. Crawfurd, “ was the Laksimana or 
Admiral of Mahomed king of Malacca, a chief endowed with a courage, 
prudence and resources, which enabled him for years, to make head a- 
gainst the conquering arms of the Portuguese who had the generosity to do 
justice to his great qualities.” Tlist. Ind. Arch. vol. ii. p. 288. 
^ “Adip&ti Sulok a son of the king of Brand had heard of the Laksi¬ 
mana and of his visit to Majapahat. He proposed to his followers to 
waylay him on his return. Pretending to his father that he wished to 
go on a pleasure excursion amongst the islands, he got his permission, 
and sailed with 15 prahus. After some days he arrived at TAnjong Ja- 
ya kirta orkrong where they came to anchor and waited for the Laksima- 
na. The latter having embarked to return to Malaka directed all his pra¬ 
hus to keep together as he had a presentiment that they would meet 
with enemies. On the third day they armed at Krong. As soon as 
Adhipati Sulok saw the Laksimanas prahus he ordered his flag to be 
hoisted. The Adhipati distinguishing the Laksimana’s prau made his peo¬ 
ple ask from whence it came and who was the Panglima ? the crew 
replied “ we are from Majapahit and bound for Malacca ; our Panglimas 
names arc Laksimana and Maha raja Siti, Where are you from and 
