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was met with until Nak'on Lamp'ang was reached. That
fell after a short held out
city engagement. Lamp'un
for a week. Chiengmai put up a stout resistance, but
was taken after the arrival of King Narai in March 1662.
The Prince and most of the nobles were
captured.
After the fall of Chiengmai a Burmese army appeared
on the scene, but was attacked by the Siamese and driven
back to Burma.

King Narai remained for fifteen days at Chiengmai.
He then returned to Ayut'ia with a vast amount of
booty, including the famous image of Buddha called
the P'rasingh, which had formerly been at Ayut'ia. 1
While the Siamese were a serious
invading Chiengmai,
rebellion broke out in Pegu. The Peguans had shown
evident of disaffection the of Ava
signs during siege by
the Chinese. After the danger was over, the new King
of Burma made to chastise them.
ready They revolted,
seized the Governor of Martaban and sent him to Ayut'ia
with envoys to beg King Narai to take Pegu under his
and to defend them the of Burma.
protection against King
At the same time numbers of
large Peguans emigrated
from their country and settled in Siam.
that these could
King Narai, seeing proceedings only
result in war, assembled forces at all the
strong principal
on the frontier of Burma. Towards the end of
points
1662 the attack was but the Siamese were
expected made,
and drove the Burmese back with losses.
ready, heavy
Encouraged by this victory to pursue a still more ad-
venturous policy, King Narai now advanced into Pegu.
The whole population, wearied of Burmese oppression,
rose in his favour. Martaban, Rangoon and other strong-
holds were and the Siamese then
quickly occupied, army
marched northwards. How far they got is a matter as
1
See note to p. 74.
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