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 !^QUEL OF JAVANESE HISTORY. S49 the benignity and kindness of the native charac- ter, when not goaded by the spirit of revenge, or debauched by the exercise of despotic povs^er. Truna Jaya, after being defeated by the Dutch and the Susunan, fled to the mountains of Antangy where he lay concealed with a few followers, until, aban- doned by most of these, and reduced by want, he was glad to make overtures of surrender. These were accepted, and his own uncle, the chief of Madura, with a Dutch officer, sent to beguile hira by fresh assurances. He appeared before the Susunan bound in cords, with his wives the prince's own sisters, and the rest of his family. They threw themselves at the Susunan's feet im- ploring pardon, which he feigned to give them, going the length of promising the captive prefer- ment. He directed Truna Jaya to retire and clothe himself in a decent garment. W]ien this was done the prisoner returned into the presence. The Susunan now upbraided him with his treachery and rebellion, and directed one of the women in wait- ing to bring him an unsheathed kris, which he particularized by name. The tragedy which en- sued is related by the Javanese annalist in the fol- lowing words : ** My brother Truna Jaya, (said the Susunan,) when I was at Tagal I made a vow that this my kris, Blaber,^ should never be sheath-
 * Spears; cannon, and krisc?, are j'requentiy particularized