1878.] G. A. Grierson —The Song of Manila Chandra. 227 
The Gowalini spake. 
501. “I perceive that he is of beautiful form and accustomed to eat 
royal food. # Can such as he eat in the house of a Gowalini ? 502. Fill 
up my milk-pail with money, and fill up thy wallet again. Leave my quar¬ 
ter of the town, and go thou elsewhere.” 503. He seized the king by the 
hand, and wandered about amongst the shop lanes. 501. “ A man for 
pawn, a man for pawn, O mother, thou seller of crushed rice” and as soon 
as the crushed rice-seller saw the king, she upset her stall of crushed rice. 
505. She clasped him round the waist, saying, “ I die (of love for thee)” ; 
and with great difficulty the king separated himself from her. 506. 11 A 
man for pawn, a man for pawn, O mother, thou seller of turmeric. A man 
for pawn, a man for pawn, O mother, thou seller of sag. 507. A man 
for pawn, a man for pawn, O mother, thou seller of vetch. A man for 
pawn, a man for pawn, O mother, thou seller of pease.” 508. And as 
soon as the seller of pease saw the king, she immediately called her own 
husband her father. 509. She upset her stall; she caught the king by the 
waist exclaiming “ I die.” 510. The crushed rice-seller arose and said to 
the pease-seller “ You get away. Let go the waist of the king. I first 
caught hold of him.” 511. They both caught him by the waist and began 
to pull; and of a sudden the king began to weep. 512. The Hadi felt 
pity at the tears of the king, and called on Indra with a loud cry. 513. 
With great noise, hail began to fall in the bazar. And they let go the 
king’s waist, and every one went to her house. 514. “ Don’t stop up the 
door, don’t stop up the door, O sister, seller of pease. Don’t you see that 
I’ll catch my death out here in the wet” ? 515. And when the seller of 
pease heard that word, she made a great fuss, and left the door free for 
passengers. 516. The Hadi took the pestle for pounding pease, and with 
it began to pound the king. 517. He cut the king’s nose, and his hair, 
and made proclamation by beat of drum. He put his hand upon the king’s 
neck, and pushed him out from that bazar. 518. He left that locality, 
and went to Vijaya the ploughman, and stopped before him. 519. “ A 
man for pawn, a man for pawn, O house of a halwa.” 520. “ Out- 
wardlyf he is of comely form. How can he eat in the house of a plough¬ 
man P 521. Fit for him is the house of Hira, the harlot; but how wilt 
thou go within her house ? 522. She hath hung a pair of drums by her 
door, and if the king of any quarter come to her abode, 523. And if 
he strike the drum one blow, she will demand a thousand rupees at the 
door.” 524. Vijaya went away with them, and showed them the harlot’s 
house. 525. He took down the stick and smote the drum, and by its 
sound his arrival was made known in the house of the harlot. 526. She 
* Lit. “ a king over his bliat.” t Lit. over the vessel. 
