1873.] 
Sir Arthur P. Phayre —The History of Pegu. 
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Princess, the Portuguese historian relates—“ Brama, king of Pegu, being told 
“ by astrologers that he was to marry a daughter of the king of Colombo, sent 
“ to demand her, and he had never a one ; hut his chamberlain had one the 
“ king esteemed as his own.” He agreed also to give the tooth in dowry 
with the bride. They were received “ with the greatest pomp that ever has 
yet been heard of. Many gallies were fitted out, but that which was for 
the queen, was covered with plates of gold, and rowed by beautiful young 
“ women, richly clad, and brought up to this exercise. The king of Candea 
“ understanding the deceit of this marriage, and envying that great fortune, 
“ acquainted Brama* therewith, offering him a true daughter and tooth, 
“ and affirming both that of Columbo, and the other of Don Constantin 
“were counterfeit, and the true one was in his hands.” Nothing of this is 
to be found in the Burmese or in the Taiaing history ; the relic, though 
received with much pomp, disappears from history, and from the memories 
of the Budhist nations, where, if believed in, it would have been enshrined 
for ever. It was deposited in the relic chamber of a Zedi built to receive 
it, and in which gold and jewels of such immense value were placed, that 
the Zedi was probably broken into, and the relic chamber plundered, in the 
time of the Portuguese adventurer, Philip de Brito, about twenty-five years 
later. 
After the acquisition of this relic and, it is inferred, from its good 
influence, the Tsaubwa of Mogaung was surrendered by his chiefs to one of 
the emperor’s sons, styled Tha-ya-wati Meng, who had been sent with a 
detachment into that country. The young chief was brought to Hantlia- 
wati, and the emperor reproached him with his ingratitude, after the kindness 
with which he had formerly been treated. His life wss spared, but he was 
exhibited at one of the city gates in fetters for seven days, after which he 
was released. About one hundred of his followers who had supported him 
in his gallant resistance, were sold as slaves to Kula merchants, and being 
put on boardship were sent beyond sea. The emperor had thus rid himself 
of his most troublesome enemy, but affairs in Leng-dzeng were not satis- 
factory. To strengthen his position in that quarter, he now appointed his 
son, the Tha-ya-wati Meng, who had shown great energy and ability, 
tributary king of Zimme. He left for his kingdom in March, 1578, and 
the emperor enjoined him to remember that he owed allegiance to his elder 
brother the Upa Itadza. He received the title of Naurahta Dzau. But the 
emperor, from the anxious care he took to bind the two brothers together, 
seems to have foreseen the danger of future struggles among the tributary 
* Brama was the usual Taiaing pronunciation of the national name for what 
wo now stylo Burma, or as now written by the Burmese, Mramma and Bama, but 
originally Brahma. Bureng Naung, as already explained, claimed to represent the 
ancient Burma race, and is thus correctly designated by the Portuguese historian. 
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