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them to be the phrases of adulation. Again we have in another place the 

 following addition to the quotation just made : — 



Somdetcha PJira Eka t,hats-ong Eeso-an harommanarot PJira Chaau 

 na-yoohoa,(^) which means " he who is in possession of all that mankind 

 covet and desire, and who is famed for virtue and dignity." 



And PJira malm Krasaat Chaau faa, Chaau p,hm deem Chaau pjieep, hop 

 Chaau Cheeweet.i^) 



" The greatest of princes ; firmly established in justice and virtue ; 

 lord of earth and sky, of life and death, whose sway is unbounded." 



"And Chakkrapjiat somdet PJira Chaau Kroongsee Ayoottjiaiya theppa 

 " maha uakjion song pjiranam PJira TJteenang .(^) The wielder of the 

 " mighty discus of the Gods, the great Lord and King of Kroong see Ayoot- 

 " thaiya{*) (the old capital — the name being officially applied to the nevi^ one,) 

 " which in brilliancy and splendor vies with the bright abodes of the 

 " Gods. He who is privileged to sit on the exalted P,hra TJieenang 

 " (throne.)" 



PJira PJioottJiee Chau yohoa settanahaan 7icea Racha Aat PJira Cheen 

 At,heet,{^) P,hra tjieenang sooveeraam reenthan, PJira KJioon lo-ang (or 

 Khong or KJioang Lo-ang.) 



" He who like Booddjia is exalted above the heads of mortals ; who 

 " reclines on the regal chair, fixed in the west. He is the mighty ruler of 

 " nations and resembles Rama f 

 He is also termed — 



Chaau kroong PJira nakjioon. 



Kroong Krasattra. Lord of the country. 



P,hraMaha Krasat. The mighty and the just. 



(') P. Pra eka chhatta artga Issara parama narotama pra, . . . 

 (■) P. Pra mnhd khattiya .... vihhava jivita. 



(^) P. Chakkavatti .... Pra .... Sri Ayudhya deva mahd nagar .... prandma . . . . 

 C) Ayodiya, or Oudh. 



(^) P. Pra chanda ddichcha ; Sansc, Chandradditya, 



