Xerta Sura, .« for keeping him under-due restraint.” To this Danii Rdja replied, “ If
AJ>.’ i73i" « such is, the wish of the General, I : cannot follow it,' because I fear that
Pakaboana 2d. “ hereafter the Susdnan would.object.tqsuchau'arrangement, and, repent-
** ing of having followed;the .General’s advjce,'‘would herjustlyi epraged
“ against me and my .successors,- for..haying in any way consented! that
n Chdlcra Njngrat, or, these lands, should be placed under the. immediate
« authority.of the .Dutch.” A pause then,ensued.. At length .the General
resumed, and in a peremptorjr and angry manner demanded of the; minister;
why he had not preyented the Susdnan from applyingfor the banishment'
of his brother, JRia Mdngku Nagdra, observing 'that it had not .yet been
proved, that he was guilty, of any offence .against the Susunan. ■ Ddnu Reja
replied, « The offence of the Pangeran is clear and decided-; it is J known
to many'that be had. an attachment for the Susdnan's concubine.” Hfe
therefore requested he might be banished the island; .adding, that he would
request the Susdnan to make a proper provision, for his maintenance'.!?' Ttiq
General conceiving that Ddnu Reja was not; inclined to. follow his. wishes,>
became enraged, and desired - him not to trouble hhps_elf. furtherI.about.the
Pangeran, saying that, whether he was banished oh,;mot,~;wasinotihis,busi-:
ness ; it depended entirely on the government. He them dismissed him tq
f e j^ ^ fcw h e r e the. minister was allowed - to remainjupwards qf-ia-.year;:
until the death of the-General, when,: on "the, elevation pf^hisys'upeiesspr; he
was directed to return to Kerta-sdra, While .thus detained -at Batavia;,
he was repeatedly visited by some of^the -counsellors,-.urging him to- ac4
cqde to the wish .of the General respecting the lands;'.butihe .eontinued to
use to them the same arguments-he had.bfefqreiusied'jto^the General.”
. After the return of-Ddnu Reja to Kerta^sura, he ip represented as having;
had an interview with Wangsardna, a. celebrated devotjee; Who resided5 in
the first Kalangbrit, and who foretold the misfortunes fWhich were to .ensue.'i.
' demanding of this tdipa what would be the future fate,of Kerta-sdra,
he replied, ,c that. it . was destined to misfortune, 1 destruction,, and sorrow,:
Rdden Mas Sigana-.and Rdden Mas^Sdyed will however profit by^-itt” This
Rdden Sujdna was a younger- brother pf. the Susdnan by A concubine,' and-
afterwards took - the name of PangSran Mmgkubdmi. ■ Rdden dfizs Rayed
was a.cousin, to the Susunan, son- of his, elder. brother, .Pangdran Mang-
ku^nagdra, who had been sent-to Batavia with a. request that he might be
banished.; .They were both at this time youngest children
This
; Kerta Sura.,
A. J. 1657.
A. D., 1731k
Pakubuana 2d
ThiS'prophé'oy'fnade’aMeep ihiprépsion®^ the mind of the- minister^ and>
his un easing'J became -Htill gre%t'ep$, wbetwhoneJ da^ - a woman, named
Nidi 'Sdlta Wdti, carne to>, him ftöïöSher- nhktress', <Rdtu Jgong,-the. mother,
ót;jtWSusunan, saying tha.ii*ho-.Rdtu had-ijii-sVdreamt that> sh^beheld^he'.-
mb*5n descend from th’e'he’avéns add1 rest on •th'eHtóp» df.,the-large dulcu tree,
in .the kn&ton ; and that-ithis hadJ n | 1 occurft^^thaii ■ tha,tRddenrtMds
Sujdna immediately camep'ftndlisejzi'ngi hold- of the! moon»» swallowed, onej
haDKof^ the1 other* half slipping.'# cfk* hispgrappï;-rand resumiïigfifsuglace-
on ^® top ó'f‘thè tree'; th&Rdtu thenfawokfe anA-*f|ötó^d'iylight'. These
were tftkfirsd signs, df what was soon to befal ;Kerta-'supfa-i
v-The fateipft'the1 minister1 was, dmwqWjrf-to- be^ first! decided ;cfbB,J>n I the
occasion o f ^ t # Susunan ïaising’.^ öh lèf^ named SérayBinïngrat, tof be
Bopdti of Pdhalungan, -with a, thousand without J;the.-; knowledge,
of the minister, the’ latter-réfüsed1 to Acknowledge him an that capacity;
inconsequence of whickthe. Susdnan- requested Ahe {I>ütqjh- ^^arrest^ him;
and banish ’him frhnW thefslands -As! igpomas* the^Dutcl^had consented^ to^
So' soi'ïSnurifol'tu'nate minister was-'-dispatehedr to. Semarang.on..a^pegia}
ImbS^sy'frbin1 his • master,"-wlterd. he was dfecoyediintqj.the hDpchsfqijt; and
cö’nfineil.,y ^HeWas' .-s'óOn after emb^kedifförh^Gieylphynri'rutilh-h^isame^yes^sel^^
whicl^%ivëyetl''Pangerah R id Mdrigku, N h g dw ? ^ .whosgj fee^he^féll;^
acknowledgingfth^qisti-ce ■ qfiiis f,own ipünishmenVT^haying .assisted.in.
t^iÖahishment o f that’hhief, who had- k-fact-roommitted noi faulty-The
Susdnan then 'appointed Ndta Kasüma to be his minister.) u-<
‘■ f'^ccqunts -cwere now -received from-1 Ceyloiï’-öf ethe dea£|i; * ,ex-
Siisunan MangMraP Mas, .and at the- request,of -the Susurianjlfjhpfamily
of the öeèeaseff’were*J permitted to -return fto K'dr-taiswa- - On ,.thesg;,were4
c^&ferred distihguisheU*■ titles* and'- c o i f s i d b r a b l e . j J a n d . ^
To Mdngku Nagdra the Susunan g«mr
hui$hÖüsand chdchas of land-fFo Mdngku Niftg^adhe-gaYeAheq^n^pf
%caigéran Tépa Sdna\ with1-nine tóndred'cMo$i% .and- to-Rad&n
sfima 'he gave the title o f Pangeran, withibreehnindredl chdchps*; i Pmg&si^
Purbaya, who had assuflfejl-'^e/title* oj^anèmbdhaniSénaptö Jjigala^a^
‘s h S l/if t e r died at- Batavia^aöd^his body ^Was ; conveyed.' Megm,.
The eidek'Adn of this'cfti'éf married- a yadnger)sisten-'óf thh Sném n, and.
received the- title tóf Pangéran Purb&ya,- with..an^assighmen^öf^«
Tire SusdnOn -became much attached, to him, and a|vl^g%^bllpwed his
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