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“ different colour, one the black, the other the white. He was content to 
“ leave that king in possession of the crown as his vassal, having himself 
“ been till then his subject,* carrying away his two sons as hostages. 
“ Branginoco returning victorious to Pegu, entered the city in triumph, 
“ many waggons going before loaded with idols and inestimable booty. He 
“ came at last in a chariot with the conquered queens, loaded with jewels, at 
“ his feet, and drawn by the captive princes and lords. Before him marched 
“ two thousand elephants richly adorned, and after him his victorious 
“ troops.” 
The emperor, notwithstanding this victory, was dissatisfied that nothing 
had been done to punish the king of Zimme for his defection. He had 
retreated eastward, and was sheltered by the king of Leng-dzeng. Another 
large army was collected, and among the imperial guard and artillery one 
thousand Muhammadans and four hundred Portuguese are mentioned in the 
Burmese history. The emperor himself left the capital in November 1564, 
and proceeded to Labong, near Zimme. A column under Binya Dala, an 
officer high in repute, took a southern route by Yaiming. All the Tsaubwas 
of the Yun tribe were anxious to support the independence of the king of 
Zimme, but he himself came to the emperor and voluntarily submitted, 
saying that he did not wish to reign longer. He with his queen and their 
attendants then followed the emperor’s camp. Troops were sent into the 
country east of Zimme, to subdue the several petty chiefs. 
While the emperor was thus engaged, a rebellion broke out in Pegu, 
headed by a Shan captive named Binya Kyan, with numerous Shan 
prisoners, and in which thousands of Talaings joined. They marched 
towards the capital, and the officers in command there were so alarmed, that 
they were on the point of sending off the empress and the whole of the royal 
family to Taungu for safety. They, however, took the advice of the deposed 
king of Ava, Narapati Tsitliu, who pointed out that most of the rebel force 
were mere unarmed rabble, and might be easily checked. The ex-king was 
intrusted with a force, and went out and defeated the rebels close to the 
city. The leader was killed, and the rest fled into the thick woods of the 
delta. As soon as the emperor heard of this outbreak, he hastened back 
from Zimme with a small force, and reached the vicinity of the city in June, 
1565. Seeing that all the magnificent kyaungs and other buildings outside the 
city walls, which he had erected at vast expense, had been burnt by the rebels, 
lie was so enraged, that without entering the city, he proceeded on to Dala 
to hunt them down. The king of Prome who had accompanied the emperor 
from Zimme, was employed on this service ; the rebels were utterly defeated, 
and several thousands of them taken prisoners. The whole of these the 
* This apparently refers to the erroneous idea before mentioned, that Taungti 
had been tributary to Siam. 
