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ii ROYAL PREROGATIVES 33
"Sultan Muhammed Shah again established in
order the throne of his sovereignty. He was the
first who prohibited the wearing of yellow clothes in
public, not even a handkerchief of that colour, nor
curtains, nor hangings, nor large pillow-cases, nor
coverlets, nor any envelope of any bundle, nor the
cloth lining of a house, excepting only the waist cloth,
the coat, and the turban. He also prohibited the con-
structing of houses with abutments, or smaller houses
connected with them also ; suspended pillars or timbers
nor timbers the tops of which project
(tiang gantong] ;
above the roofs, and also summer houses. 1 He also
prohibited the ornamenting of creeses with gold, and
the wearing anklets of gold, and the wearing the koron-
chong, or hollow bracelets (anklets ?) of gold, ornamented
with silver. None of these prohibited articles did he
permit to be worn by a person, however rich he might
be, unless by his particular licence, a privilege which
the raja has ever since possessed. He also forbade
any one to enter the palace unless wearing
a cloth
petticoat 2 of decent length, with his creese in front ;
and a shoulder-cloth ; and no person was permitted
to enter unless in this array, and if any one wore his
creese behind him, it was incumbent on the porter of
the gate to seize it. Such is the order of former time
and what-
respecting prohibition by the Malayu rajas,
ever is contrary to this is a transgression against the
raja, and ought to incur a fine of five cati. The white
1
In house -
building it is further that of the main building (kelek
forbidden to dovetail or make the ends anak),
of the timbers (e.g. of the roof) fit
2
I.e. the sarong or Malay national
accurately together, and also to build garment ; for the custom, vide Cliff.,
two verandahs, one on each side of In Court and Kampong, p. 158, and
the house, with their floors on a level for an exception, ib. 2"j.
with the floor of the main build- 3 The hilt of the creese (frt's) must,
ing ; if two verandahs are used, the however, be hidden by a fold of the
floor of one must be lower than cloth about the wearer's waist.
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