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The envoy Ya-lie Lai-zhe from the country of Java, memorialized: "During the Yong-le reign (1403-24), I came to Court as interpreter and received great grace by having a silver belt conferred upon me. Now the king of the country has promoted me to Ya-lie (Arya) and I beg that a gold belt be conferred upon me." He also requested that his interpreter Huang Jing and so on be given silver belts. It was ordered that these be provided in accordance with the precedents.