ON SIAMESE LITERATURE. 



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taam md- || ra khaa lai 

 ken ton || Phufsaa 

 naa chom || phi rom pai 



^/aa lilildat || rfaa< sadaa 

 " Narinthom and his Queen found during tiieir journey an inviting Phutsua tree, (ficus 

 Indicus or rather pipul,) which had shed heaps of its purple fruit on the ground. The King 

 expressed, to his amiable consort, his pleasure at the sight — observing also that he would climb the 

 tree and pluck some of the ripest for his beloved." 



A measure of seven lines to the Yesunta air. 

 Of this measure an example may be taken from the Historical 

 Romance called Wdrache-un. 



1. 



hat nan \\ wd-ra-cMe-un. 



aat rai || phan ra wan cheet choot clidn 



Ma than || the wan trai troon sua 

 2. 



ran reng \{ kheng ha dang pen nuk naa 



ran chit doei dechaa 



heng chaiyaa || chau nuk thung 

 3. 



chung Intha j] chau thau ram-pJmng 

 manoot pko dai khrai nuk thug 

 aat td maa chung hut atsa-chan 

 " Warache-un tired of a long residence in one of the heavenly mansions, was anxious to visit 

 the earth. His couch became hot, hard and comfortless — and his heart burned within him, when 

 he brought to recollection his family, which wandered about on the earth." 



Sepha. 



In the Ru-cing or Cheritra called Khun Chaang and Khun PMn, or 

 a history of these two persons, who were courtiers to Phraphan Wlsi, a 

 King of Siam, about 400 years ago, is described a contest betwixt the two 

 former, who should have Nan Wan thang, a celebrated beauty, to wdfe. 

 After a series of stratagems neither obtained her. — as the King foreseeing that 

 the ruin of his country would be the consequence of these civil broils, directed 



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