Momien, destine A to b e a wretched todUimthe han^SstffJffhqrs,, was n o t
lomg:-suSeretd top enjoy hismnexpeeted.elevatiooj At thehipstigatipn, it is
befievej^tcif the partizans of the present« king, hg..c.aus.edvthe Attawop&jvhb
had- slainChenguza to besapprelmndedpiand;Ott. the aiSWrflI^lbi|;<Jtasipg
shed royal .blood, contrary “ta the express, letter p f the pfvil and religious
law, wheniit was his duty only to have .seized-the person,of Chenguza, and
brought him a prisoner* to the'king, this ill-fafed' nobleman;was., w ithout
remofee*deliveredAveErtQfhepabhcexecutioiier.
" Shembuan Mia Shean Minderagee Praw, the fourth soiiofistfie deceased
Alompra, had iyfever I carefully concealed !t«jdei: an h um b le )f# ^ iflrf if|d
apparent lave.of retirement,, ambition that aspired tetthe possession of the
throne; his influence, though.less, prominent thari' that o f the,tothero.cpn-r
federates* yet ' contributed; above all. to thp^successfufliaGebniplishmeja^^sf
the late rendition,, «Anideot youths who had passed'hisjiifesiniipc^i|^^
retirement, could have but few attached to him from persctfialagflegtiop^
and.the use he made of his:early power, did not encourages
state would derive -much benefit from his future' ^m iw s tra tio n s /? |^ ^ f e
ragee, therefore* found no difficulty in forming a party sufSciently ppwerful
to crush in its first stage* the government of the-young? ecclesiastic. It is,
however, surmised, and apparently on good grounds* that th f <whcfeBb|ft|L
of events had. been preconcerted; and that Momien, when urged to take
on him the imperial dignity, after he had fulfilled the views of others, was
himself marked for destruction.: be this as it may, Minderagee met with
little to obstruct the execution of his plans. On the first notice that Cha-
gaing was abandoned by Chenguza, he left Monchaboo, and, -at-the head
of.4000 men, took possession of the evacuated fortress: the partizans of
Menderagee profess, that it was not his intention to proceed farther, but
tbfdo;'the dmy^tffi af'good subject^byb^fesefving^&e’fopdforliis^f^al so vet
\ feigtiff Sff^adai;lth a f« ^% lieM 6iFfr6ta ^ ^ r ih c i^ l^ b llfb f la g e ^ n ''A v a v
intreafiirg’ 'him to« cOirier'and f' a s Sum e -■ ;the t r bin s'* Bf; governmerft;1 which1
Momien wks found uhW<5r thy toflidd^atone;inducedffiiMto fake'fee-sttb1-
siequerit steps.’ In cbtepiiafice'iwithtbis#eator-pretehded *sbiicifattbtf,t'hd
crossed thefffrfcawaddy,- ind''seized!bh; th’e-iensigbst'of “tiftiperial *' au’thdfi tyl
Momien was o f' course1 madd prisoner.’«"^Depositidn-'and imprisohraent;
howevei, did not satisfy the* usniper: without assigning!an^oau^-Mo"f’
gtel,ti®g*even the’fform '©f ,tri^th§Af®f,ttmtate'.hephe^ waisf by his Ancle's
d|deFS,'cbn^ySdto^the?'riVer^ndwberefplunge‘dimtd»the streanty bfftWeeii
two jars,’ to'flfoMiMSyNd «th^Birman 'dode-rof^&dgiitlifgfmembers1 of" the-
royal tfam’ilyl n
yn Theffreign ofoMomien, fromthe. dateofebis accession to.'tflarof hisfdfeathj
iidfrdfed' ohlyseleverr’days. These ■'evMts happened-in’? the Birman year
H44.*4dl'lferpresent-King'was. then‘fd^y-,threetyea¥*fei§ag'e»'*»^ie''had'<fv^6'
sons^already. grown'up toymans* estate,'and a thijri.?hy.,atdifferent mother,
yet^an ^ant-.f'i Minderagee*Praw: baviiigf no wrpastt'the.-impetnous -season'
of^oUth’, 'ascended? tfleithrone| with*' ail' the- advantages- derivable from
bxperienceiandrpkadpfe- -:i;
> TheSffiiomcation th a t sbffrequently^att'eftds on snddenprbsp&riffy, seems
not to have affected thpyjip^monarch: jh^<fidt'pqtpforgep or nrbyVun-
gratefulrfd: those whose fidelity screened- him im In's^day's^of.dangei^ iand'
afterwards’raised him to the summit of his wishes.' Although'hetobtaiued
the Sfc'epfre by ’an act of’ dggraVcitted inur'der, ^et,''afte¥
seated; he punished'with 'moderaltira,’ a’ridrl ra v ^T e fFw th Jibciahtj^«
wisely extending clemency to the servants, qf his predecessors. .'Maha-s^e-
* Anno Domini, 1782.
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