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“ ment. This and more was granted easily, because the conqueror designed 
“ to perform no part of the promise. From the city gate to the king of 
“ Brama’s tent was a league distance, all which way was a lane of many 
“ thousand musketiers of sundry nations, and next the gate were posted the 
“ Portugueses. The first came out was the Queen in a chair with her two 
“ daughters, and two sons in two others. About them forty beautiful ladies 
“ led by as many ancient ones, encompassed by Talegrepos (a sort of reli- 
“ gious men among them, habited like our Capuchins), who prayed and com- 
“ forted them. Then came the king guarded by his enemies, seated on a 
“ small slie-elephant, cloathed in black velvet ; his head, beard, and eyebrows 
“ shaved, and a rope about his neck, which moved even the enemy to com- 
“ passion. The unfortunate king seeing the Portugueses, would not stir 
“ one foot till they were removed from that post, and that done went on. 
“ Being come before the king of Brama, he cast himself at his feet, but not 
“ being able to speak for grief, the Baolim of Mounay Talaypor, Chief Priest 
“ of those Gentiles, and esteemed a saint, made an harangue in his behalf, 
“ of force to have moved to compassion any other but that obdurate king. 
“ The miserable king, his queen, children, and ladies were secured. The two 
“ following days were spent in removing the treasure, at which a thousand 
“ men laboured, and it amounted to 100 millions of gold. The third day, the 
“ army had liberty to plunder, which lasted four days, and was valued 12 
“ millions. Next, the city was burnt, wherein perished by tire and sword 
u above 60,000 souls, besides as many made slaves ; 2000 temples, and 
“ 40,000 houses were laid even with the ground, There were in the town 
“ 6000 pieces of cannon, 100,000 quintals of pepper, and as much of other 
“ spices. The morning that followed this destruction, there appeared on a 
“ hill, called Beydoo, 21 gibbets, with a strong guard of horse. Thither was 
“ led the queen with her children and ladies, in all making 140, and were all 
“ hanged up by the feet. The king and fifty men of great quality were 
“ cast into the sea with stones about their necks. The army seeing this 
“ barbarity mutinied, and the king was in great danger. He leaving peo- 
“ pie to rebuild the ruined city, returned to Pegu with the rest of his army, 
“ and among them John Cayero and his 700 Portugueses. Of these four 
“ stayed at Martavam.” 
King Tabeng Shwe hti, before his departure for Pegu city, received the 
submission of the governor of Maulamyaing, and took the precaution to 
guard the frontier towards Zimme. At the ancient capital he was con¬ 
secrated king. He put the fortifications in repair, and with great solemnity 
placed a new hti on the summit of the Shwe mau dau pagoda, and after¬ 
wards one on that of the Shwe Dagun. He thus proclaimed his sovereignty 
of the ancient Talaing kingdom. But he determined to push his conquests 
without delay. As a first step towards asserting his right to the throne of Ava, 
