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told to the king his father. Prince Pau-lau-kyan-dau trans- 

 migrating, was conceived in the womb of Sheng-mi-nouk, the consort 

 of Meng-Tshwe, son of king Meng-kyi Tswa. When she became 

 pregnant, the princess desired to eat a mango from a tree at the city 

 of Da-la, in the Talaing country, and to have other dainties therefrom. 

 Her husband, the Pyin-tsing Prince Meng Tshwe sent a messenger 

 with a letter and presents to the king of Pegu, asking for his request 

 to be complied with. The king of Pegu returned presents of fruit, 

 which the princess ate of, and in due time, in the year 752, gave 

 birth to a son who was named Meng-rai-kyau-tswa. 



No event of great consequence occurred during the rest of the 

 reign of Meng-kyi -tswa-Tsaukai. He reigned thirty-three years. 



His son Tsheng-phyu-Sheng succeeded him, but reigned only seven 

 months, when he was murdered by Nga-nouk-tsan, the governor of 

 Tagoung. The next brother, Pyin-tsing-Meng-Tshwe, was then placed 

 on the throne in the year 763 (A. D. 1401). He is also called 

 Meng Khoung. In the year 765, the king of 'Arakan, named Htau- 

 ra-gyi made an incursion into the provinces of Yau and Loung-She. 

 The king determined to send an army into Arakan, in order to punish 

 the perpetrator of this insult. His son Meng-rai-kyau-tswa, though 

 only thirteen years of age, was sent with the force. The army of 

 the king of Arakan was defeated, and he himself was slain. The 

 Burmese then occupied Arakan, and the governor of Ka-le, a son-in- 

 law to king Meng Khoung, was made king of that country with the 

 title of A-nau-ra-hta. Prince Meng-rai-kyau-tswa then returned home. 

 In the year 766, the king of Han-tha-wa-ti, Ra-ma-ngya or Pegu, 

 styled Ra-dza-di-rit, collected a great fleet of boats and a large army, 

 and advanced up the river Ira-wa-ti. King Meng Khoung collected a 

 force to oppose him. But the Talaing king was ail powerful on the 

 river. He reached Prome, but did not dare to land and attack it, as 

 it was defended with cannons and muskets.* His fleet then went on 

 to Mye-dai, which also could not be taken. But he captured all boats 

 upon the river, and steadily proceeded up the stream. He reached 

 Ava, but not entering that city, remained at Tsagaing on the opposite 



* As the year 766 of the Burmese Era would correspond to A. D. 1404, the 

 allusion to guns and muskets in Burtnah, is rather remarkable. The earliest, 

 though doubtful, allusion in Indian History to guns and gun-carriages refers 

 to the year 1368. Vide Elliott's Historians, p. 353. The Editor. 



