The Army Then Entered The City,
And Put All To The Sword, Men, Women, And Children, And Every Living
Thing, Sparing Those Only Who Took Refuge In The House Of Suarez, Which
The King Had Ordered To Be Exempted From This Military Execution, And In
Which Above 12,000 Saved Themselves.
The plunder on this occasion was
immense, of which three millions fell to the share of Suarez, who was so
much in favour with the king, that he pardoned a Portuguese at his
intercession who had supplied the rebels with ammunition.
The king of Pegu was soon afterwards murdered in the beautiful city of
Zatan by the Ximi or governor of that place, who immediately had
himself proclaimed king; but was in his turn taken and beheaded by the
former rebel Xemindoo, who usurped the crown. One Mandaragri, who
had married a sister of the former king, raised an army and claimed the
crown in right of his wife; and having defeated that first rebel in
battle, he fled to the mountains, where he married the daughter of a
peasant, to whom he revealed his name and rank. She communicated this
intelligence to her father, who delivered him up to the new king by whom
he was beheaded. Being much displeased with the people of Pegu,
Mandaragri built a new city near that place. He soon afterwards raised
an immense army, with which he reduced many of the neighbouring
provinces. But a new rebellion broke out at Pegu in his absence, by
which the queen was forced to take refuge in the castle, where she
chiefly owed her safety to about forty Portuguese, who defended her till
the king came up and vanquished the rebels; after which he rewarded the
brave Portuguese with riches and honour.
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