256 CO CHIN CHINA. 
of the revolt, saw that the only hope of safety for himself 
and his flock was in flight. The King was already in the 
power of the rel^els ; but tlie Queen, the young Prince, with 
his wife and infant son, and one sister, by the ready assist- 
ance of Adran, effected their escape. Under favour of the 
night they fled to a considerable distance from the capital, 
and took refuge in a forest. Here, for several months, the 
young King of Cochinchina, like another Charles, concealed 
himself and the remnant of his unfortunate family in the 
shady branches, not of an oak, but of a banyan or fig tree, 
whose sacred character rendered it, perhaps, in their estima- 
tion the more secure. In this situation they received their 
daily sustenance from the hands of a Christian priest, of the 
name of Paul, who carried them supplies at the hazard of his 
own life, till all further search was discontinued, and the 
parties of troops sent out for the purpose recalled. 
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As soon as the enemy had retired, the unfortunate fugitives 
made the best of their way to Sai-go7ig, where the people 
flocked to the standard of their legitimate sovereign, whom 
they crowned as King of Cochinchina under the name of his 
late father Caung-shung. There happened, at this time, to be 
lying at Sai-goiig an armed vessel commanded by one Manuel, 
a Frenchman, seven Portugueze merchantmen and a con- 
siderable number of junks and row-boats. By the advice of 
Adran, this fleet Avas purchased, manned and equipped at 
the shortest notice, for the purpose of making an unexpected 
attack on the usurper's fleet, unprepared for such an event, 
in the harbour of Qidn-nong. The monsoon was favourable 
for the project. They entered the bay where tlie enemy's 
