578 - AX A LYSIS OF THE ANCIENT ANNALS OF SIAM. 
The name of Chao Suthasana Kuman was given to liim, five 
hundred Sethi formed his retinue. The virtue of his merits made 
itself known even to the abode of Phra: in; who created for him a 
palace of gold, with inclosures ornamented with all kinds of precious 
objects, with delicious gardens and tanks in which grew the five 
kinds of lotus. The god also created a city surrounded by seven 
inclosing walls of gold, which was named Muang inthapatnakhon. 
The Sethi with one accord established Chao Suthasana king of 
this city. At this epoc the Buddha Somanakhodom still lived, 
and one day, having come to gather alms in this capital, a poor 
beggar covered with leprosy took in his cocoanut with his leprous 
hand a little rice which he offered to Buddha; but his little finger 
being detached from his hand remained with the rice in the dish 
of Somanakhodom, -who having stopped to take his meal, contented 
himself with removing the rotten finger of the beggar, and fed 
himself which the alms which he had given him. After his repast 
the Buddha prophesied that this mendicant in recompense for the 
good alms which he had given, would one day reign in this city, 
abolishing the ancient era and establishing a new one. 
The king Suthasana then reigned in the city of Inthapatnakhon. 
He died at the age of 150 years on the 21 of the sixth month of 
the 1,600 year of Buddha. His descendants reigned in his place, 
during many generations. But the merits of this family dwindled 
away, the city lost all its original splendour, and all the precious 
objects with which Phrain had ornamented it disappeared. At last 
under the reign of Phaya Kliotama thevaraxa the last descendant 
of Sutha Sana there was a rumour throughout all the country that 
the man of merit was born, and the capital was about to recover 
its pristine lustre. 
There was at that time a poor beggar crippled and deformed, who 
had been born so, because formerly lie had not kept the Buddhic 
commandment, nor made alms. This poor wretch having learned 
that the man of merit was about to come, crawled to the road to 
have the pleasure of seeing him. Phra: in under the form a man 
and mounted upon a splendid horse, pursuing the same road en¬ 
countered the beggar and asked him why he was thus crawling. 
The man answered that he was going to see the man of merit, Phra: 
in then requested him to take care of his horse and effects, while 
he went away for an instant. The beggar told him not to be long. 
Phra: in replied that if he was tardy in returning, the horse and 
effects should be his, and went away. The mendicant wishing to 
know what the bundle of effects which had been entrusted to him 
contained, opened it, and found in it a vial of oil of a divine virtue. 
He immediately rubbed the deformed part of his leg with it, winch 
straightened, at once. Charmed by this marvellous effect he rubbed 
all His body with it, and became on the instant the most beautiful 
of men. Not at all doubting his good fortune, he immediately 
said to himself “most surely it is 1, myself, who are the man of 
