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A HISTORT OF SUM
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         of           and a       number of cannon.    After an
            prisoners       large
         interval of three months Maha   T'ammaraja  was set  up
         as a
              puppet King.
           King  Mahin died of fever on the  way  to Burma. We
         are told that                           the doctors who
                     Bhureng Noung encouraged
         attended the                                 them with
                      Royal prisoner by threatening
         death if     failed to cure     and      when he
                 they               him,     that,         died,
         eleven doctors were executed. A severe              for
                                                 punishment
                to save the life of a   worthless man.
         failing                   very
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