ON SIAMESE LITERATURE. 865 



Phat Chad. 



Laudator!/. — Tlie singers proceed : 

 Like diadems of inestimable value — are your noble persons. The pinnacles of the State-— 

 the rulers of men, props of the Empire — and the massive towering pillars amongst Princes. 



Lono- Sons'. 

 " Descending to the Bath." 

 The Stanza from which we are now to quote consists of 16 verses 

 in couplets, in all 118 syllables. The order of the last is varied, being 

 alternately 9+7 or ,9-f8, or 8-f 6, or 7-f 7, 7 + 8, 9+7, 7+9, 8+8, 8+9. 



Pra ilium thang || proi la-ang \\ waa ri rin 

 Lop lai mon thin \\ khat si 

 mua mang phang sin (| thangin si 

 su khon thaan maall || tra lopong (kha) 

 " The pure water fell in gentle showers from the golden lotus bath — respecting his mEgesty— 

 rich perfumes were then sprinkled over him — and he came forth beaming like the sun." 



Sala huvong. 



This air is coupled with the following verse descriptive of the ceremo- 

 ny of consulting a soothsayer previous to Thotsamok receiving the crown 

 which his father wore. 



— _ \j ^ \j ^ 



\_dai u-e'\ dai ruk honthau hai huk || hai si khivan 

 Parohitta ka chut thl-an || so-wan (na) 

 teet wen Mo |1 an-o-laa 



— v> \> ' ^ 



yak hhun kham rap |] chop si-an 

 o \j _ ^ — 

 Siii/ij we-cm te sai pai hhwaa 



" The Parohita soon appears ; and now, he exclaims, is the time propitious — haste to bring 

 forth the offerings,* and let us light the oblationary candles and diamond tapers.f These were 

 speedily brought and carried in procession around the King." 



* Fruits and other eatables. 



f These tapers are stuck around the edge of a large glass or gold plate. 



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