Thereupon these two persons said, "If you, Sir, will swim we also
will come."
Then the Prince asked, "When you have gone to the ship how many men
can you cut down?"
The dried areka-nut dealer said, "I can cut until the time when the
blood mounts to the height of a knee." The arrow maker also said, "I
can cut until the time when the blood mounts to the height of a hip."
Thereupon the Prince having said, "If you two will cut until the blood
is at the height of a knee, and until the blood is at the height of
a hip, I will cut until the blood is at the height of a shoulder,"
the whole three persons sprang into the river. Having gone swimming
and mounted upon the ship, the areka-nut dealer, taking the [Prince's]
sword and having cut the dead bodies until the blood is a knee [deep],
gave the sword to the arrow maker. The arrow maker taking the sword
and having cut dead bodies until the blood is a hip [deep], gave the
sword to the Prince. The Prince having cut the men until the blood
is shoulder deep, and having cast the dead trunks into the river,
causing the ship to turn arrived with the Princess at his village.
Having come there, the Prince [and Princess] resided there in
health. Those two persons having gone to the cities at which each of
them (tamu tamun) stayed, passed the time in health.
Western Province.