1839] Specimen of (he Burmese Drama. 545 



ACT. 



Scene 1st The Prince's camp. 



Prince. By the strength of this arm have I made my father's glory 

 great. Cause my elephant Yauoung to be caparisoned, for the princess 

 Dwaynow's lord will return to the city of Pyentsa. 



Noble. My lord ! 



Prince. Let the golden spearsmen, swordsmen, and the golden 

 shield-bearers and armour-bearers be set in order, and the four 

 grand divisions of the imperial army. 



Noble. They are so, my lord. 



Prince. Good general, the princess Manan, who keeps her court 

 in the north palace, will bend her head in watching for my return like 

 the golden lily shaken by the wind — she will droop with fatigue, let 

 us therefore make long marches. 



Scene 2nd. — Camp near Pyentsa. The army returning. 



Prince. Oh, my lord, I cannot sleep ; — when the army reaches 

 the garden near the city, let the artillery discharge a salute. 



Scene 3rd. — The Prince's palace. Matrons, waiting women. 



1st Lady. Our royal mistress upon hearing of the plot against 

 her life, fled to the city of the silver mountain — we shall all without 

 exception undergo the royal punishment. — Hear you not the voice of 

 the great guns ? Let us go forth and meet the returning army. 



Camp. 



Prince. Oh, sweet ladies Mala, Maensa ! the princess Manan, where 

 is she? The charming mother of our infant son — where is she gone ? 



Matron. I will explain, my lord, about the princess, to whom I 

 gave the same care, as to this hair I daily dress — she who was the 

 celestial spirit of the palace, oh king of the city of the sun. 



The royal father having had a dream sent for the astrologer, who 

 cherishing resentment and malice towards your highness, purposed to 

 offer up the mother of Shory Gyew as a sacrifice to the Yeet Nat, 

 upon hearing of which she forsook the palace and returned to her 

 own country. 



Prince. Ah ! The love that is felt for the father should be ex- 

 tended to the child. I was absent; would that I had been present ! 

 My little son Moung Shory Gyew has not even quitted his mother's 

 breast ! — I have had no regard paid to me in my absence — Manan and 

 myself are one. I am the head of this royal line, my son Shory Gyew 



