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 ; 老爺戴頂就出來在堂
 * Lãu-tia tì-téng chiũ tshut--lâi tsõ-tn̂g
 * The mandarin put on his button, and came out and sat on the bench.


 * 秀才就跪落去
 * Sìu-tsâi chiũ kũi--lóh-khṳ̀
 * The graduate knelt down.


 * 老爺審到甚久了. 人𤍠在
 * Lãu-tia sím kàu hoh-kú--lō, nâng zuáh-tsãi
 * The mandarin after a long trial found it rather warm.


 * 粒頂就脫丢放在床頂
 * Liáp-téng chiũ thut-tiòu pàng tõ tshn̂g-téng
 * And he took off his hat to which the button was attached and put it on the table.


 * 秀才在跪隨時就起來
 * Siù-tsâi tõ-kũi sûi-sî chiû khí--lâi
 * The graduate who was kneeling down at once got up.


 * 老爺問伊呾. 爾爲何起來也
 * Lãu-tia mn̄g i tàⁿ, "lṳ́ tsò-nîⁿ khí--lâi nē?"
 * The mandarin asked him and said, "Why do you get up"?


 * 秀才就呾. 曰. 我是跪皇帝. 非是跪爾
 * Siù-tsâi chiũ tàⁿ-tàⁿ, "uá sĩ kũi Huâng-tì, m̄-sĩ kũi-lṳ́"
 * The graduate said, "I kneel down to the Emperor, not to you."


 * 秀才就出去
 * Siû-tsâi chiũ tshut--khṳ̀
 * And the graduate walked out.


 * 明天伊個案再審
 * Màⁿ-khí i kâi uàⁿ tsài-sím
 * The next day his case was tried again.

 Notes&mdash;Hostilities.


 * 中國與荷蘭西相刣
 * Tong-kok kah Hô-lan-se sie-thâi
 * War between China and France.


 * 何人刣羸贏 [sic]
 * Tî-tiâng thâi-iâⁿ?
 * Who has won the victory?


 * 還了未知
 * Huân-lióu būe-tsai
 * We don't know yet.


 * 荷蘭西個兵來未齊
 * Hô-lan-se kâi-piaⁿ lâi būe-tsôi
 * The French troops have not all arrived yet.