the troops of'the -empire, under the little of Kiai Gide Agiirig Senapdti
Ingalaga, .commonly distinguished-hy the single titlfemf Senapdti, 'enjoining
hint annually to present himself at»his"court off the feast of Mdlut. •
< It is noticed; that at this .period-the island was ffeqtrented~by -Po’rtuguese
and otter European navigators, who had established ‘factories at-’Baiitanrh
< Tbeuatnbilion of'the «court of Matdretn being kept'aH^tty'various predictions,
dreams, and enchantments, by which Senapdti was; promised' the
assistance of Kiai Gede Laut Kidul (the goddess of the great South Sea)j
vho declared herself'wedded to him, he was’instigated to build ah 'extensive
Jfrdton on. the spot where his dalam then stood» ’
He now placed guards at the limits" of“his territories, burnt some of the
adjacent villages, and assumed an attitude1, df ‘■ ■ complete'" iridependeffee,
subjecting by degrees many of the neighbouring districts'. Ambassadors'
were immediately sent fromPqjang to demand an explanation.. They->\\fer‘e>
in-the first instance duped by the flattering manner'' in which’ they Were
received;- but afterwards discovering the real state of affairs, and'rep'orting'
it to the Sultan their master, he is represented as havingTBalled < his-' son' before
him, and having” said, “ the will of Bmvidence rules all events;.. Senapdti
“ will not, during my life,- commence hostilities againSfgrnevhut afte'r' Jhy
death he will render" you Subject to him. ■ .Yield t o h i s : powj e r - which
tf* depends your happiness and that of your" descendant^;”' At deitgthj'’
however, the, chiefs of Tdban and Denidk, "apprehensive of the1‘growing
power ;»of Matdrenii prevailed--upon -hinr first'tO’banish 'the'TTUmung’gung
Pdjang, as" the fnstigator of this'fetid', and’ afterwards-' tb’-lfeird’a considerable
force against- Matarent. i The Tumuiigf-gung, however; ~ WaSr§sctied.'by-
forty chosen men dispatched by Senapdti; and a stratagem induced1 tfie forces
of Pdfangto retreat. The P^aag forces, consisted oft five^th’o'flrandi'ine'n,
commanded, by the Sultan’s.son: those ofiSenap'dti did not exfeefed eight'
hundred. The latter seeing that- it Was rash to‘ risk an engagement against
such a superiority of numbers, particularly as the few troopsihe had raisTed
on the emergency, were altogether unexperienced and undisciplined; while
those of.Pdyang were in the highest orders halted at. a short distance from
Brambdnan, where.the. enemy’s forces were encamped. During the night
he burned all- the villagesrin the vicinity,, and. set fire' to the reeds and long
grass at some distance from Brambdnan, and to the rear of the enemy’s1
camp, by which means he persuaded' them.that fheMatdrem forces had taken
their departure, in order to-obtain Pdjja/ng by surprize.
During
n.nrlngithe^sacfcleeding- mght^fejjWas .att^l^-'ttuf^storm, and on the y $ g f l |
fnlTryp«‘p mn^tbfgtem 01 m tai n. -Mt^MbU. ibdfst- with- dreadful ^explosion?1,
inundated gie^ ^^ip p vtan d destru-ftion iu
the E.4/®wg<mai%^and’ inducing, phe command«^. % refteatiwith! hisxarmy
forthwith Haltirigiafc, ttewifege iPumpdit, actuated' hepij Kdrbu
Suru fewMted the tomb of the'P^g^m. 'o£ that1 name,,, «whopwas .'descended
from Abddlah.&ha'itel&estsisp'iiiof RM^P^tah..p<r:Heftegpfe^ultani «is Lsaid to
have been.informed otts^rg.ph'eeymh^ht.ttretel.dsjfietimmediate’dowijfall of
Bqjang,tamd. tq have faintedtand fallen ffrom hieielephah'ttjn^enseqdehra.1^®
‘i Senapdti impiediatglyttprit this ,^^sgfl(stt);t^h%,:J ^eieottcv^tah was
again willing fo Tege^V&him aSjhisdadpptedf^ond and «to pacdonihiS pist-gon»1
duct .;-butea ypifth.iff ftic.ruUnuejof ^Senapati^ after!lfir.st|.p'iEqphsi|ig5Ao'-assas-
sihaterthje sultan, a proposition dof.wbifcb.’[Senapdti;.refused'.to./listen,', at,-last
e^fhis owma^qffiKdHSgeceeded ’t t administerihg.ifpqig;Qnfc to him-;'» of -whlch^Hte
died!, .This4i«ppftnod.. howeyeE.-jaftefathe?rettrnmf|i^fOT4^o Matdrexrf.?V
uBeing’ summoned hy„Rdden Be%dwaft3Q&o%^bt&eee&§PA%lS@napdtkimine-
diately&repdiredwto }Pdj.ang, "where'‘he fduhds/SLheadyihsm^leMKmgdran
Kucluso^dd^P^e -wHcSfei^R^^feHfaneEal;p‘r,6'd' ■ ,
, cegdeddh th«efj,el^ttoin«Q£Ta new sultan.;. i ‘ Senap'ati was f©hl3®He^ng, )the’ son
of'the'-«.deceased with the iffthority enjoyed, i by^fafeher/«bnt< )the'Supdh'
Kwdub,’ who though tt®' had ibe^tt^rqause.of! his son’sIdeathy;stilhrhreathed
vengeance against the,Pdj'azig fa’mily^fhj'r-the ignominious manner“ iff which ’•
the punishment was carried, «effect vbpposed ’ this'- nomination; i,arid’ -
favouring the p'retepsions, of Sultan Demak, c h i e f was duly proclaimed
Sultan of'P'djarig, Rddm-Bendwa.;hemg*,aipj)omtefcvhief b&Mpdngt Ero'm
this period theqdiffereht states whichjVHad^acknowledged fette feu^rdm^ey?/of
Pqjang successively broketqflhfrom their.»aDegi^nee,.iiSi ,
; ;Tbe new ;Sultan'jof: Pajang. commenced .''hi§^|s^%^|)y repi&ving from
office most oftthe Pdjcmg chiefs, and replacing «them by his adherents from
Denidk, which - occasioned a .general ’pdiscofifeehtv, At last tRdden Beruk/oa,
who "was not inclined quietly to submittto-thedbss"ofthis;;kifigd0to,rsuc’<&'edect
ih; inducing Senapdti ppenly to" adopt Ms^cahsejsand»jdih the -forces-« which ’
he could'himself sepd from Jtpang and ,±he -'discontents
Senapdtii accordingly^ marched11 against - Pdjang, .apd an ' engagement
taking place,, most.ofi4the,..’trdopss..deseirted'hh.dnsdh:ah’ps,'‘cause,(.'!.-and^hej
remainder, Whoicbntinued faithful, were ’soohpubto flignt; - Rdden Bendwa,
•. vot. ii. U alarmed