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A HISTORT OF SIAM 1 1 1

to assume the crown if all went well, the four conspirators
next for a omen. went at
sought supernatural They
dead of to a and there two
night temple, lighted candles,
one the and the other Prince T'ien.
representing usurper
They made a vow that if Prince T'ien's candle went
out first, they would abandon their enterprise. It so
that K'un candle was
happened Worawongsa's mysteri-
when This
ously extinguished burning its brightest.
was taken as a sign of Divine approval, and the
determined to with their
conspirators proceed
design.
Early in January, 1519, a very large elephant was
observed near K'un ordered
Lopburi. Worawongsa
that it should be driven into a corral, and announced his
intention of proceeding by boat to Lopburi on January
1 3th to see the animal caught.
K'un P'iren went on ahead, and initiated the Governors
of Sawank'alok 1 and into his One of the
P'ijai plans.
Miin was told off to deal with
conspirators, Rajasenha,
the Nai Chan. The other five
pseudo-Uparat, waited,
each in a separate boat, to intercept the barge of K'un
Worawongsa and the Princess in a narrow creek leading
to the corral. When the in the
royal barge appeared
creek, the conspirators surrounded it. "Who bars
"
my way ? cried K'un Worawongsa. K'un P'iren stood
up in his boat, holding a drawn sword, and replied in a
" "
terrible voice : I do ; prepare to die ! The trembling
usurper and his guilty partner were dragged ashore and
with their infant Their
beheaded, together daughter.
bodies were and left as a meal for the
impaled
vultures.
The little Prince Sri Sin, son of King P'rajai, had

1
This Governor of Sawank'alok was a Cambodian Prince who had been adopted
by King Prajai. P'mto speaks of him as King of Cambaye.