“ -to give a blessing to thejourney of the deceased,” the Susünan conceived a
pa§sjen for AyuPetküwati, thé iwfé' of the Adipdti o fMactóra, and a vailed
himself of his ’power ■ »s ir hef .to. ■ gratify it.! §he1 :teWMÉS; slte'lfó'adé her
escape, and' reported the '. particulars to her . husband}. éöh*-
cnrred with'the. Adip&ii of 'Semarang in urging-Thê 'Pangéran Pdgdr’to'M-
SUtne’ithe sovereignty •fdSp‘large aparty,5?:; said "thè'Sê-'chiefs, ga héitig ift
-" 'favoujvof yöur pretensions; you :can hè^hb'fe'Gbiïdfeiöiïèd'fbr'.asSumiTSg thfè
govfcrnment'5" foi*as with men whb- drink a bottle "óf Wihè,Jif thèrè^arte fe’W
ff; of ;thèm.thojrmust nefce^sarify bebotne intoxicated, but dfHhèré •'atëtiïiany,
f1 ■ truly! at is nothing at all.’ra
Being, assured» by‘the Adipdti of Semarang, that the Dutch'iwere;'ifót"'€ori-
dialfriéhds- of tHe present' Susünan, thè Pdrigér'dn'Vf&s S^la^pr^Sdéd üpoü
fó psCape;with his family and a chösén’band to Sgmardng, where 'the Dutch
received him, and i conditionally proclaimed him^sövéiéïgtt’ó'f'-Java.
As soon as.the Susünan Mangk&rat Mas
of thePangéréói, ‘hè'appli'éd' tö the commissioners ét" Séwtériing; to- bavè ïiiül
delivered up b ut received for; fë'pfy-: ari’dntimafibri, th’athë wte'-hhtfélMthe
protection of the DdteH/ahd that i f th e Susfcnan Wa#t'ed-him>'-hé' muSMopiê
for him himself. TSnrhgëd’afe ihfe 6vÖbd^’^®*^S#ili.hsihat' B ü i r i é
Kasüma, the son of \he Pangéran, should immediately-Defpuftb dea®.K' The
young prince ^fe'^e'Goidif^fy'bldiipif 'fil®3tlSs;' -foP lb%:^uT|)|)fe-}
when a greatjgtuption suddenly took place from Merdpi] i the mountainremit--
ting asouind louder.than thuhdèri"andflime^wWht».enli^iten^all-vAMfu;i>dra.
Thé: Susünan tMtiMngtha* hlSTgfftff^s't^pproaching^éntïtEefyo'ü'n^k&g
back in to.’eorifinement# when the kotmd’s immediately ce&tedj -and'the moun-:
tain 'emitted/-lib more flame! Thé <SusdHan 'conceiving all* danger at' an
end, otfcé more ordered the execution of the prince, but a more violent èrupi
tion-.’tbantthe first instantly rent tHe möuntain'‘asü'bdeïtf '''^ë'kiyfnii(jf the
Susünan was Increased, and considering this Was a gffifcgdroj' ot sign; that
ther prince was faVodteffby the Altftigbfy;‘he altered- his-mtëhfions/réfcêivë'8
hiè-intended victim into’ favour, arid appointed him a Pangéran, tinder the
tide a&pittngérdiïAftgfybdiSej^ing ï ^ ^ , ;MthrataeaSéigrïtneiit of èü# v®dns-
sandVcfefeite'pf land/
Ife appointed the Adipdti of Mctdüra, under the name of Panambdhah
Chakra. Ningrai, chief over all the coast districts, from Brébes to "B'dnyHd
wangi, and the Puniüng’gurig of Surabaya, under the name of A'dipdti
Jaéng
Jabfog Porta, to.bmhii^pdteh.^ TaLthe Tuwfcfog’gwwg of Semdrâng he also
gafis the title ïtôoAÆputi'SürâiAdiïïiang’gdia; -
■ Immediately after bis--abceisi on® es. had; written .to. the 'Dutch gödéfttmerit ;
but iit :appëa*S'.:that the detteEiwas net forwardtechfrbm Sèmârarig tb Batavia
until-after the PmgénângoJRûg'an had taken-parti against him. - Acfc^rdifig tö
the Dutch' accounts, ibhqtajmbassadors: of -both parties, arrived';rieâ'rly -at- th'è
same timpatiBafeavia;;'Wefe?ia’dindtted tol.-audieaueei-.the u&exlt 'day, -and were
ffeceived,; pot, like amBassâders,- but. rather^as meâsdflge'rSSBj
- The. objections; iusged- by'tbé.Dutchi tb-fhe acknowledgment>of thé- Sitsuhàh
were the following';=-dlst. Because he was .a great fyrant, and Well known
to have.jinstigatedjus father toa;tupture'wift»theiBuicbv and to have himself
menaced hostilities, against Thom, .às soon, as be should- have mounted
thq throne. gd. .Because his embassy 'did ‘not consist ^of princes '^of his
family} and the prime minister, as.usual,'- biï^idf twó com&ön règents :only,
3d. Because the létter which- communicated his ' fathef’s^dehth, and àh-
ppupced his own.accession,: although it contained a request, for protection
against his eneraids/did >not apply for.: their sanction or confirmation, nôr
declare his-readinesfe to renew thé contracts, tomcknowledgeith e debts, and
to rftdfU the. engagements formerly stipulated, -though >he 'ought to have
known that this was thé. basis .upon which,; alone the* Dutch-could have
recognizeds his title, as sovereign .bf .Javk^.. 4th..Because letters had Been
jnterceptgd,.-in;.whi(i the invitéd thé prince pf Madûrà to]om him against
thé Dutch, calling them his mortal, enemies, whom he •'intended to expel
from the island .of Jàva.
. ' These .combined-circumstances induced the Dutch government not to
acknowledge; him as supcessbr to-.his fetheri'although they, with a view to
gain time until the .arrival of a fleet expected .fr^m. Hofland with a rein-
for.cement^f itijipps, wrote to him, merely declining, to -receive his amhassa-
tjqrs as; such, and requiring him to send others,--whose family - cótinebtións
and rank , might entitle them to morè'cörisideration, aûd with whom they
might treat.
After it was arranged . .that Pangéran Pdgar should become sovereign,
the forpeôçhief :Dutch authbrities theài Senùircmg waiteduipon himv ‘to
inform him therepi^ at the same time requifingthat, in return for the assistance
intended to- be; afforded him, he, should, on assuming the authority, cede tó
the Dutch the -provinces of Demdlc, Japdra, and Tegdl, in compensation
for the expenses they might incur on his: account. Pangéran Pûgar feeling
2 B 2 Ü
KertaSura.
A. J. 1627.
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MangkuratMas.