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be avoided by him, nor ought he to visit slight offences with severity of 

 punishment. Every animated thing will claim his tender solicitude and 

 compassion, and his enmity ought to be as open as his friendship. 



The ParoJiita djiamma (') are instructions which were given to 

 Malintha, a renowned king of old. 



Soottjia bjia-chane iveesoo tjmiya. 



Soodt jta hjiachane ma-Keeleeng. 



K, ha iang jJiapetee-D, Jiammany . 



Anoosa sattee-SatsamedJiany. 



Pareesame dJiang-Summa pasang. (') 



Under these heads it is enjoined that a king must strenuously persevere 



in the duties imposed upon him by his exalted station — and in those enjoined 



by the precepts of Booddjia. He ought to strive to subdue his passions — 

 seeing that temperance and impartiality are required from a prince. 



He must constantly study the religious and moral codes, and the law 

 code of the Empire, and regulate his mind and his behaviour by what these 

 contain. If he desires knowledge let him gain a thorough acquaintance 

 with the P,hra DJiamma or Bali ( Dharma, moral code.) 



A sovereign ought to be indulgent to the husbandman, and lend him 

 money, or make advances to him of grain, receiving in return one-tenth part 

 of the produce of the harvest. He should regularly issue pay to the officers 

 and servants of the State, with every class of dependents, yearly by two 

 equal instalments. [Siamese officers it is notorious do not receive regular 

 pay — hence oppressions.] 



It is incumbent on a king to visit the sacred pagodas and the Wat or 

 temples. His Siamese Majesty goes once a year in tJiatkatheen or holy 

 procession to the chief of these. On entering one he takes off his shoes. 



(') P. Parohita dhamma. (°) P. Suddha bhojane wesodhiya suddha bhdjane makilan 



khdldan jahdpeti dhamman anusd sati sassa medhan Puri samedhan sammdpdsan, 



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