272 Mr. Kwox on the Ceremonial of the 
matters of religion, as he had associated a good deal with the American mis- 
sionaries who visited the Burman country. 
I have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your most obedient servant, 
G. Knox. 
The writing which treats of the ordination of a Priest.) 
The offering @ of the just king [titles], in whose hand are the lives 
(of his subjects), and at whose expense was constructed the pagoda of 
“ Pacified Anger.” () 
(This, like many other of the Burman writings, begins with the following 
prayer) : 
“ Oh Lorn, filled with glory and power unspeakable, who art infinitely 
« more excellent than all creatures, whose words are by far more valuable 
« than the words of all other beings ; who art wise far beyond the wisdom 
« of man, and whom men nor angels ©) cannot equal ; who art not subject 
«« to misery or trouble of mind, and to whom. all secrets are laid open; who 
canst confer happiness on all beings, and knowledge on the ignorant: 
“ therefore art thou called the Lorp. What is now said is but a little ; 
‘¢ the whole lite would not suffice to speak it all.. Tur, therefore, do I 
worship. The laws uttered by thee, are eighty and four thousand: these 
« also do I worship ; and I worship the people who abide by these com- 
“ mandnmients. 
«“ Therefore, on account of worshipping these three, keep me free from 
“the ninety-and-six diseases“ that assail the body; from the thirty- 
and-two accidents and misfortunes that happen to man, and from 
the twenty-and-five unlucky circumstances that befall him; from the 
‘“* sixteen sources of trouble; from, the ten crimes, and their corres- 
ponding punishments ; from the eight calamitous conditions, and from 
the five enemies :(@) from all these deliver me ; and grant unto me gold,\*) 
silver, precious stones, sons and daughters, relations and friends, ser- 
