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Sir Arthur P. Phayre —The History of Pegu. 
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The empire enjoyed rest for nearly three years. The chief of Kathe 
(Manipur) indeed made an encroachment on the territory of the Kale 
Tsaubwa, hut this was soon settled. About the middle of the year 924 
(A. D. 1562), a more serious attack occurred. The Tsaubwa of Mo-mit 
reported that some of his frontier villages had been attacked by the Tsaubwas 
from Ho-tha, Tsanda, and other states eastward of Bamau. The emperor 
called a council, and observed he had no doubt but that these Tsaubwas 
depended on the assistance of the emperor of China, but, as before the 
destruction of Pugan, all that country was a part of the territory of that 
kingdom, he should punish this aggression. He sent an army under the 
three tributary kings of Ava, Prome, and Taungu, and his son, the crown- 
prince. The Tsaubwas then all appeared at Bamau and swore fealty to the 
emperor. The religious reforms were introduced ; pagodas and kyoungs 
were built, and orthodox phungyis sent, in order that the four monthly 
worship days and other religious duties might be carefully observed. Times 
of payment for the royal revenue were fixed, and once in three years the 
Tsaubwas themselves were to come to the royal feet. Later in the same 
year, it was discovered that the Tsaubwa of Tanenthari had been sending 
presents to the king of Siam, and a small force was sent to supersede 
the Tsaubwa. But the commander was wounded and the expedition was 
a failure. 
The emperor still had his designs against both Siam and Leng-dzeng, 
but was willing to forego them if the king of Siam would be reasonable. 
In open court he observed that in the time of the younger brother, (so he 
now designated Tabeng-Shwe-hti), Siam was a tributary country ; that he 
neither wished for war, nor did he wish to worry his officers and the army; 
but the king of Siam had four white elephants and ought to present one. 
This appeared to his ministers and courtiers only reasonable. Messengers 
were, therefore, sent and the king of Siam was reminded that, in ancient 
times, his ancestor had presented a white elephant to Wareru, the king of 
Pegu, to whose rights the emperor had succeeded. The reply of the king 
of Siam, veiled in ambiguous terms, was interpreted as a refusal, and the 
emperor determined to march on the capital of his enemy. According to the 
Burmese history, the army consisted of four great corps, each under one of 
the three northern tributary kings and the crown-prince. Each corps con¬ 
sisted of 140,000 men, 400 fighting elephants, and 5,000 horses. The 
emperor’s own guards under his immediate command consisted of 40,000 
men, 400 fighting elephants, and 4,000 horses.* The army was composed 
measures for attaining the object in view were probably not so mild as is represented 
in the history. 
# The Portuguese historian gives no details of the march of the invading army, 
and, it is probable, did not clearly distinguish the two sieges of the capital of Siam by 
