m 
INTROBITTORY OHAFTER, 
it purports having’ been compiled in 1591 of the Siamese era Saha* 
rat or A. D. 1048.* 
“ Bot P,hra Ayakaan nee k,hat wai k.ha-weetehau t,hahaan- 
“ chad P,hraya Eent,ha-wongsa miia krang ak maa ken t,ha paip 
“ Mareet Tannau pee ma meea 1596.” 
“ Given to Chau P,hraya Eent,lia~wongsa, when he went in 1596 
“ [Anno Dom: 1055] as General of the Army sent against Tenas- 
“ seriin.” *' 
It is further stated that about this period much ignorance prevail¬ 
ed respecting the Laws of Siam; aud that in the year of the Sakka- 
raat Soopphanratsadoo sangwachara chatt,hamasd Sookk,ha pak,he 
oka deet t,heeyang At,beet raware 1591, [Anno Domini 1048] the 
Digest was compiled by order of a King, [his proper name is award¬ 
ing] entitled P,hra karunna, P,hra baat Somdet Eka t,hatsarot Eeso- 
un haromma bap,hit P,hra P,hut,-t,hi-Chau yd hoa k,brh-ong somdet- 
clia P,hra Narai, song Meekk,haraatcha-tham an malm prasut.f 
This Digest agrees in all essential points with the Kot PJira Aya- 
kami, but is not so comprehensive. Its principal chapters are, 
Tat faung.—On the distribution of justice divided into 22 Heads. 
Tat samno-un.—On the distribution of justice, 11 Heads. 
Tat P,hriyan.—On evidence, 22 Heads. 
3d. The third Digest examined is entitled, 
Kot mai PJira Ayakaan and contains the following dates of Ses- 
ions held in Siamese Courts, independent of a list of the cases de¬ 
cided agreeably to the Laws of the Kingdom at these periods. The 
first date is 1095 of the Choonla Sakkaraat era [638 A. D-] The 
second Session described happened in 1146 of the same era. And 
the third quoted refers to the 1557th year of the Soopp,hanratsa- 
doo, or A. D. 1014. 
4th. Bot P,hra Ayakaan [Lak chai P,hra Thammasaat Int,ha- 
paat] is another work. 
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* It is afterward stated by order of r,hra see maat a Prince of the Royal 
blood. 
j The translation of these and other Titles has been given under the head 
« Government ” in the vii paper of the 20th. yob of the Transactions of the 
P\, A. Society. 
