no inclination to tcojBBp|psf^.thesVc®adi(iioHS,„though -laniious’ to avoid a
A/D. 1704. rupture with th,e Dutch, proposed1;' instead of,'a* cessipo&ofi’ territory; .that
• het,should,djeu^jaef§;enerallj5iE.esporfe|biei»rfon allarkhe'.expenses'of,the war;
#ai^rhe,p«*tf^atjasj through1. the assistance: of the Dutch:that I am
“ placed, upQU theithrone^^ofeepurseylifswould hotybej becoming inunfeito
“ refuse; them/any feingjihey requite bdt with;-resp!efet 'sicc-this requesl^ssit
■ present,..we,Attend- to what.is. necessary to secure the
“ throne, and afterwards,talk of, minor matters I-;-Tram fillin g tojipayall
Iti^the,.exp.ens.es - which it^mayioqcasaom toatbeiDutohi’lbe pWith :this>jthe'-ebm>-
missjoners .weift satisfied ;cand tthu'^troups; having .arrived.*; from FEnr&peyit
was.yeiQly^J, on ,the,1,8th pf; March, 17Q4*lrtoiplacfe^h^toj^rtig'arfupor>
the throne, and) to-'maintain him .ondt. - .
c fTh.e Dutch ships;and„tro;ops-havieg;reached ;S'e™araM^-.in Aprils-and. the
part ;the^iptendedjto. take,b,£ing>riow for.the first .time manifest to -Snsdntm
Mangleurqt:;Mas,- he dispatched ithree. messengers' toi^Hafe ‘Dutch-nrepies^f--
tytive :at'Semdrang, withi<the. sum- of sexenty-lfiousand dollars. ini specie/
and authority;tojene w former contracts, and. Pemplyteifehj'eKery-Teq'^^^S-
w,hichj the Dutch might*make,' provided jthqywould &acknowlfedg'e®his-t'sue'-'
cession to, the throne'; but these .-messengers. had onlyueAe'he'b. PiBlc&r’fyb.en
they fell -inhwith, the.Dutch troops, andwe®e%s©bligedLto!sec«estfifeirfs^^;^
by flight, leaving the money behind. .
3».rTH PMig6rm;Pugar was publicly installed by the .Dyteh-'at Semdrant?* installed
»faan by the o n tne,,19th oi; June.) A;
The districts Dema/c; GroMgah,
mduqng as far as Pn'gdrdng, .were imnictHatel\Haken>posse‘.bio‘n-aii;-b'ylthf
Dutch, and the troops ;4fi the. SusummMmgMmqt^M^ Whicfe^Il'a:‘d«tfe%#d
towards Semarxmg, were forced-:to retreat bn Kdrta^rd-.
- : “^Before the.departure of: the Pangerani the Dofehrhad*-again-'- pressed
him» to-cede the.i-proyinces of Semdxang, . Pegdl;'• and Ja/para, <but by^fee
advice, of :the Pdmmbdhan of iMadura and. his -principal JchrefSp h'effi#jfee-
fused-compliance, and they were notable to obtain any decided pfefffluse'from
him, .beyond reimbursement for ;the .expenses of-the war. When 'they^wtere
^mved; ihapeyer„.at ^ r ig ’dr&rig',- the’.prince happening ^ ’b'e^flobh/'fiildp
tended by any of. the .Bsypdti, :_the Dutclr^omnitinder. seized; The opportunity
whiohohe .had been so long watchfegiifor/uiai assute him how truly and
' *: sinoerfely
- * F rom th e ckcumstapGe ;o f this installation havihg: taken place, a t S ib tuning««
trees are allowed to distinguish the dlun aluii crfjthe regent.
sitfcerèlyfrtlmlDutéb WerV.ihclïnëdlI^asMkt^hi'm', 'ufo#only »oh the present KeijaSarS".
occa-sionhbut hereafter, whenevh^,eT^igh'tir^quire,i-théW®3'? *^ |h e D u tch /’ a d 17Ö4-J
added he,!?*1 are i€lgrëaï want offcB%^^n'd'’rëqa^Sy8^mighn®Sll^rill havé -'r
‘f^He-kindnes^ tbigrant them a thousandl*$óyw (fiwo'thousand'thnsf^year
“ without payment.” i
Ll 'ff'PhëPaMgéran' made no reply gheiWished for time fefthink upon -ihjjjbut
tfeemhifefsiof the Dutch Came? up BOTnita^aod returned- him1 many thanks and
complïrrièrits^fö^istfhavingli*th’US,ias?th’eyirsaid',---agrëödttbHli‘ëir’requesÉ.'r '-'The
prince1,hthoügfiV-hlPwished'1 to1 f£ay he hadi'nèfi^iyêwffis^prömise,' yéf felt
-ashamed/ after.';{-¥$?- thanks and’- complimentshfrd ha'd1 Wi^meulj^^expre®^
SWlfafefiie1 thqpghti> 'HëïtherSfóre -bowed hisb-heSd atfd'wasisilént. »They"theft
entreated-' hi-fnl *to* draw out* hi^ ass’eht "in writirjgy and' to -affix hii, shah tom/ as
aspïóbf' of hisivóluntary' Surrender of-'the ' presents With -this’ -h'ey'cbnqflied.
Bjpp^h&tbhnepwasn'dl soorteh obtained,fthaiPflïfe)®iftoh5<>fi8êèrs.'again hè'turn-
edithci'^tthanks.“4 They then withdrew,' and the troopsblfêing 1^'nucr*rh&fst: a
Calfttel waS fired on the occasion» Wjfhen. this/ardunrstance;' pame^lmtHe5 ears
ofjhe ’Adipati b^Sêmdrèrngj he^hast’etted1 td^tK&Pdngeran, and tKóV^ddrèsspMsnm
®=’f#^'0®' ..
^•dbeipÈb'ceeéings’rbf-tbé§e Hollanders, who!are-si? Tap^fiïóuPijnP'HtneiPfile-
m'ands.M^Bfe'éy-' 'had’ alxeadyS-' Bbn^&ll!‘ed<3Wi®' me^ofi^tnm'•sSbjecF w 'tBis*f v
^‘.’iriGey and -tlïejpkrièifr' the1 opinfd&!'ofly«db'fad,i'isers’ tb^be' againlt* ifea'they
^^feVëförëJ-watchfed'"■ förtJthéir ^opportunity "to find %oti ' alone. ,j I lit® 1
?*■ thSughfclyö'U'Wbuld- have taken/ upofi':yfitSselfi'tol'aCt Thusfcwifhöut Sdn-l
“ '®51iiia,g--yo"uf' chiefs. 1 I imagined the Dutch were satisfied with the answer
“ T^Tad given,' them and*Would not’ have thought efJ goingöt© you about®:”
THe-Susünêai gaVé^ him in - return '.the' history óf itS® grant, and ’pfo*mised
faithfully/fet, if-eVer tlïe/*uriade'another 'Wque^' o fThé” ®iMrJmfefe-Would
fend' fb'r his adviseréirri'mediatéiy'.'”
^B e fo re the Dutch 'movfed- towards the "intëribf;1} they*’ ëóntri^éd ’ to" bribe
■ Jdga ’Dimingrat, the cl5i'efr‘iwho comrharided' ulfc Kérta ^S&rd','tfoops, ^ and
wMi’fois »assistance possessed-itheifiseive's-iwithout difficulty of'theTortififid
stations • öPPedakpdyarigi Png’drang,' and* fifehttigti. - - The-rhaih force "of the
Kérta-sii^a tfoops/ cohsiking'of aböiit forty* thousand men/wasFèncamped1 ifi
a strbfig^pos'ition, riëfi/far frOÖïJ' fee? lattër place. -'"Affer mafeibg^’ëöriSid'er-
able resitfahéW-they were obliged. W ’fetre^tfiifi'feonfrfsioh/and •" thé ‘cbm-
bibe'd artby%rosë'cuting its march towards the capital,' carried: Asem' by aS-
sault/ and reached*; ATërta Süra fedrtly after 'Sztsénan‘Mangkérat'Mas'.had '