costume for a long time were allowed to wear it at prayers and at weddings.
Festival days, great or small, the bendahari and the grandees assembled at the
palace, and the panghoulou bendahari brought in pomp the palanquin. As soon
as they saw it appear, the persons seated in the balei descended and stood about.
Seven times they beat upon the drum, and each time the trumpet sounded. After
the seventh, the King set out on an elephant and came to the platform erected for
that purpose, which he mounted. At sight of him, all those present bowed to the
earth, except the bendahari, who mounted the platform to receive him. The
palanquin having approached, the King placed himself in it, and they started for
the mosque according to the ceremonial above mentioned.
Such was formerly the etiquette of the Malay kings. Such I learned it, such I tell
it. If I commit any error, I desire to be convicted by anyone who has given
attention to this story, and implore the indulgence of the reader.