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“ the soldiers until she died. The young king was tied to her dead body 
“ and cast into the river. The same was done with 300 gentlemen, after 
“stakes were drove through their bodies.” 
Tabeng Shwe hti appointed one of the brothers of Bureng Naung 
tributary king of Prome, with the title of Tha-dodhamma B-adza. He 
then returned to Hantliawati, where he endeavoured by works of religious 
merit to atone for the guilt of bloodshed. He cast a pure gold image of 
Budha, and next built a new palace. But he was not left long in repose. 
In Ava on the death of Tho-hanbwa, the chief of Unbaung named Khun- 
mhanm-no'e had been elected to the throne. He determined to retake Prome. 
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He marched down at the head of an army formed of the troops of seven Shan 
chiefs. Tabeng Sliwe hti quickly came to the rescue of his tributary king. 
The Shans once more were defeated near Prome, and Bureng Naung 
followed them up the Erawati, capturing all the cities as far as Pugan. 
He also appeared before Ava, but apparently thinking it too strong to be 
safely attacked, the army returned to Pugan, and there he established his 
frontier post.* The king having taken measures for the safety of his army, 
returned to Pegu, where he arrived in the year 906, or August, 1544- 
In the following year, he was again solemnly consecrated, assuming the 
title of King of Kings, which may be translated ‘ Emperor.’ The tributary 
kings of Prome, Taungu, and Martaban were present to do homage ; and 
Bureng Naung was formally declared Ein-She-meng, or crown prince. 
About this time, the king of Arakan died, and Tabeng Shwe hti made 
an expedition to that country, to place his brother on the throne. The 
emperor appears to have failed to take the capital, but eventually the son 
of the late king, styled Maha Dhammarit, on agreeing to present gold and 
silver flowers, was confirmed on the throne, and the emperor then returned to 
Pegu. This expedition occurred in the year 908, or A. D., 1546-47. The 
return of the emperor seems to have been hastened by news of a movement, 
which this time was really made by the king of Siam. That monarch had 
lately taken possession of Tavoy, a town which for many years had been a dis¬ 
puted possession between the two countries. The emperor determined to punish 
this aggression, not by seizing the town in question, but by marching on 
the capital of his enemy. All the arrangements were as usual entrusted to 
Bureng Naung. The emperor left his capital in the year 910 (November, 
1548] and proceeded to ALuttama (AEartaban], where the aimy had already 
* This expedition up the Erawati, called the ‘Queytor’ by the Portuguese historian, 
has by him been mixed up with the siege of Prome two years earlier. It is said that the 
invader returned from Ava, because he heard the king of Siam was coming to its relief. 
This can only refer to the northern Shans. In the native histories, no reason is given 
for the retreat from Ava on this occasion The Portuguese historian then refers to 
the Empire of Calaminam, and to affairs which occurred many years later, but of 
which the writer evidently had a very confused .notion. 
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