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emperor intended should be enclosed in a vast temporary building of 
inflammable materials, and burnt alive as rebels according to Burmese law. 
The Burmese and the Talaing histories, however, both state that on the 
intercession of the Budhist monks, Burmese, Talaing, and Shan, he pardoned 
all except the leaders, and those who had accepted titles from the rebel 
chiefs. 
The emperor’s eldest son, the crown-prince, had been left in command 
in the Tun country, and found great difficulty in subduing the chiefs, east 
and north-east of Zimme. At length, they were driven to shut themselves 
up in Maing-zan, in which also was the king of Leng-dzeng and his family. 
The town was taken, and all were captured except the king of Leng-dzeng, who 
escaped in the confusion. The crown-prince leaving his sick and wounded 
in the town, followed up the fugitives, but the Burmese army suffered from 
want of food and long marches, and after much loss was forced to return 
to Maing-zan. The crown-prince then sent to Pegu all who were able to 
travel, with a report to the emperor of the difficulties encountered. Orders 
were at once issued for the return of the army, and the crown-prince reach¬ 
ed Hanthawati in October, 1565. The queen of Leng-dzeng, and the whole 
of the prisoners of high rank, were brought and placed in the palace. 
The emperor now occupied himself in building new city walls and other 
public works. The outer wall or rampart was a square of seven thousand 
yards on each face. There were five gates on each face, each gate being 
constructed by a tributary king and called after him. A new palace was 
likewise built, to which the tributary kings contributed materials. The 
whole was finished in March, 1567, when a grand festival was held. # 
The last expedition of the emperor against the king of Zimme appears 
to be referred to in the second volume of the Portuguese history in the 
following words : “ Then he marched with an army of 1,600,000 men 
“ and overran many neighbouring countries. But another rebellion break- 
“ ing out at Pegu, the queen was forced to fly to the castle, chiefly relying 
“ upon thirty-nine Portuguese, who defended her till the king came and 
“ vanquished the rebels. Then the king sent an officer to bring those men 
“ who had defended the queen to his presence. He brought him some Moors 
“ of note. But the king knowing the Portugueses were the men, said in 
“ anger, 4 I sent you for men, and you bring me cowards ; go, bring me men.’ 
* Of this palace the Portuguese historian writes : “ He built a palaco as big as 
(t an ordinary city. The least part of its beauty was rich painting and gilding, for 
li the roofs of some apartments were covered with plates of solid gold. Some rooms 
were set with statues of kings and queens of massive gold, set with rich stones, as 
“ big as the life. Ho was carried on a litter of gold upon many men’s shoulders the 
“ reveronco paid him was more like a God than a prince.” Ho called this palaco, 
which was a vast collection of grand pavilions, Kambauza detha after one of the Bu- 
dhist countries of India. 
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