Phillip Parker King – document of safe conduct to Java
Translation
Attend ye to this pronouncement inscribed by the Right Honourable Thomas Stamford Raffles, lieutenant governor of Java, who has just returned to England with his kin. Heed ye also the directives of the Regents of Java, his friends, in heart dedicated to devotion and self-abnegation that their ordinances may serve the weal of all mankind.
The burthen of this, my exhortation, is to sponsor to you a gentleman, Captain King, my emissary, and English soldier endowed with great wisdom and steadfast in judgment and knowledge. The aim of his voyage, indeed the motive for his leaving England, was a quest to discover a country, perchance an island, unknown and unoccupied by any man from the Island of the East. And moreover, should the aforesaid gentleman, Captain King, set foot on Java seeking anything of which he stands in need – in that arisement, this is a request to all my friends: I exhort you to furnish him liberally with whatever he may lack. Indeed I shall be grateful if Captain King receive the utmost succour from one and all. This verily because of your heartfelt determination to maintain your affectionate regard for the English race to whom you shall be as brethren forever. THOS. RAFFLES Written in England, dated: London, 4th February, 1817.
The burthen of this, my exhortation, is to sponsor to you a gentleman, Captain King, my emissary, and English soldier endowed with great wisdom and steadfast in judgment and knowledge. The aim of his voyage, indeed the motive for his leaving England, was a quest to discover a country, perchance an island, unknown and unoccupied by any man from the Island of the East. And moreover, should the aforesaid gentleman, Captain King, set foot on Java seeking anything of which he stands in need – in that arisement, this is a request to all my friends: I exhort you to furnish him liberally with whatever he may lack. Indeed I shall be grateful if Captain King receive the utmost succour from one and all. This verily because of your heartfelt determination to maintain your affectionate regard for the English race to whom you shall be as brethren forever. THOS. RAFFLES Written in England, dated: London, 4th February, 1817.
| Date |
1817 |
| Person |
King, Philip Parker |
| Subject | |
| Category | |
| Author |
Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles and anonymous Javanese translator |
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| Period of reference |
1817-02-04 |
| Description from source |
Phillip Parker King – document of safe conduct to Java, written in Ugi [sic, Jawi? but it’s in huruf Jawa], received from and issued by Sir Stamford Raffles, 4 Feb. 1817, with English translation by F. H. van Naerssen, date unknown. The document is accompanied by a translation into English by Dr F. H. van Naerssen, Head of the Department of Indonesian Studies at the University of Sydney, [ca. 1940s? should be 1960s] A photoprint of the above document is located at Aj 42/1 and a Malay version of the above document is located at DLMSQ 303. Digital order no:Album ID : 824004 Presented by the Powerhouse Museum in 1992 Administrative / Biographical history Rear-Admiral Phillip Parker King, R.N., M.C., F.R.L.S., Member of the Royal Asiatic Society of London and of the Philosophical Society of Sydney, was the first Australian to attain Flag Rank in the Royal Navy. His friend, Sir Stamford Raffles, F.R.S., had been Governor of Java until 1816. |
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