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daughters in marriage to King Jai Jett'a. When the
time came for the Princess to leave for Wiengchan, she
was unwell, so King Chakrap'at sent another of his
daughters, by a different wife, in her stead. The King
of Wiengchan, whose taste in collecting Princesses seems
to have been equal to his discrimination in amassing other
of was As soon
people's images Buddha, very annoyed.
as the Burmese had retired, and communication with
was
Ayut'ia possible, he sent back the unwanted Princess,
with a his intention to Princess
message asserting accept
T'ep Krasatri, and no other.
In Princess Krasatri set out for
April 1564 T'ep finally
Maha of P'itsanulok
Wiengchan. T'ammaraja had,
however, not been reckoned with. He had informed the
King of Burma about the business which was on foot.
Burmese we available in
troops were, may assume, easily
various of Siam. The Princess was
parts intercepted by
a Burmese force near P'etchabun, and carried off to Burma.
From this time onwards the King of Wiengchan and
the Governor of P'itsanulok lost no of
opportunity
one another.
injuring
Later in the same year (1564) Bhureng Noung dis-
covered that Maharaja Mekut'i of Chiengmai was
to his The Burmese
plotting regain independence.
therefore reoccupied Chiengmai and took the Maharaja
back to Burma, leaving Princess Maha T'ewi as Regent
of Chiengmai. As has been seen, this lady had already
been Regent once before, at the time of the invasions by
King P'rajai. (1546-7.)
Bhureng Noung was accompanied on this expedition
to Chiengmai by Prince Ramesuen of Siam, The young
Prince fell ill and died on the
journey.
1
Prince Damrong places these events a little later, namely about 1565, after
the Burmese invasion of Wiengchan. The author has followed the two oldest
versions of Siamese history.