[23] “All the insignia of royalty were hastily fashioned by the goldsmiths of Pĕnjum, and whenever To’ Râja or Wan Bong appeared in public they were accompanied by pages bearing betel-boxes, swords, and silken umbrellas, as in the manner of Malay kings.”—Cliff., In Court and Kampong, p. 115. [↑]
[24] Maxw. in Raja Donan, J.R.A.S., S.B., No. 18, p. 253. [↑]
“Ta’ lapok de’ hujan,
Ta’ lĕkang de’ panas,
Pĕsaka di toras (? turis) di-tĕladan,
Pĕsaka di-lintas tumbang.”
[26] It is usually upon a portion of his insignia (as, for instance, his k’ris, which is dipped into water which he drinks) that a Malay sovereign swears his most solemn oath. Sometimes, however, it is upon a lump of iron called bĕsi kawi, which not unfrequently forms part of the regalia as well.—Vide Klink. s.v. Bĕsi. [↑]
[27] The following recital of the titles of a Sumatran Raja will show at least the extraordinary pretensions to sanctity which to this day (with, in some parts, no great diminution) hedge about the person of the Malay king:—