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de was sent from Manila 1 to Siam on a
Aguirrc diplo-
matic mission. He succeeded in concluding a Treaty
of Amity and Commerce between Spain and Siam.
This was the second Treaty between Siam and a European
the with was
power. As we have seen, first, Portugal,
concluded in the of Rama T'ibodi II.
reign King
In the year 1599 King Naresuen again invaded Burma.
In order to understand the circumstances which brought
about this invasion, we must briefly survey the tangled
of Burma. In Nanda
politics 1593 Bhureng appointed
his son, the Prince of Ava, to be Crown Prince in the
of Min Chit Swa, slain and
place by King Naresuen,
sent his half-brother, Nyaung Yan Min, to be Prince
of Ava. This arrangement offended the Prince of
Prome, who had hoped to become Crown Prince.
the Prince of was
Believing that his cousin, Taungu,
for the the Prince of
responsible slight put upon him,
Prome invaded Taungu. He was repulsed, but on
home and declared Prome an inde-
returning rebelled,
pendent State. In this emergency, the Prince of Ava
did to assist Nanda As for the Prince
nothing Bhureng.
of he also was in a state of
Chiengmai, rebellion, having
declined to send one of his sons to Burma, nominally
to be educated, but in reality to be held as a hostage for
his
fidelity.
In The of Arakan a fleet and
1596 King equipped
seized the of and other coast towns in
port Syriam
Burma. He then entered into with the
negotiations
Prince of Taungu, which resulted in these two potentates
agreeing to divide Burma between themselves, and to
invoke the aid of Siam to their
accomplish purpose.
With this end in view, they despatched envoys to King

1
Manila was founded in 1571. The Spaniards first gained a foothold in the
Philippines in 1565.