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 S4fS SEQUEL OF JAVANESE HISTORY. insolence. The SiKsuhunan hardly daring to re- fuse compliance with the demands of the Dutch, but at the same time heartily inclined in secret to thwart them, sent word to Martopuro privately, that if he would resist the Dutch as Surapati had done, his life should not only be spared, but he should in secret have his assistance. The first mi- nister, with other chiefs of rank, were accordingly dispatched to Japara to see this project carried into effect. Martopuro at first entered into the views of the prince, but his courage failing him, the emis- saries of the Susuhunan determined upon giving him up. Being invited into the fort, a Dutch officer, under pretext of presenting him with a glass of wine, snatched his kris from the scabbard. Martopuro perceiving this, attempted to make his escape, but was seized and krised on the spot, and his body, at the instigation of the Javanese chiefs, torn to pieces and thrown to the dogs ! They made an offer of the disposal of his wives and pro- perty to the Dutch chief, and the Susuhunan, in- dignant at his cowardice, issued a peremptory or- der, forbidding all to give shelter or protection to his children and relations. In point of atrocity this acts yields to the story of the fate of Truna Jaya, which has, indeed, I am happy to say, no parallel in Javanese history, and few, it is to be hoped, in that of any people who have made such progress in the useful arts of life. It affords, indeed, an incredible contrast to