and they remained there for two months, during which they were faced with an extreme dearth of victuals and a great many of their members died of starvation. Once came Wednesday, the sixth waning-moon day of the sixth month,[1] the royal hosts proceeded back to the City of Glorious Ayutthaya.
In the year 963, the Year of the Ox (2144 BE),[2] in the sole seventh month, a solar eclipse occurred. In that year, Phra Isuan and Phra Narai[3] the Lords were brought in four palanquins to benediction[4] at the same time and on the same day.
In the year 964, the Year of the Tiger (2145 BE),[5] [?][6] went on a trip to Lop Buri.
In the year 965, the Year of the Rabbit (2146 BE),[7] the host of the Lord of the Front Quarters[8] went to take the Khom Empire,[9] which it conquired.
In the year 966, the Year of the Dragon (2147 BE),[10] on Thursday, the third waning-moon day of the second month,[11] [the royal fleet] moved in formation from Pa Mok by way of river and [performed the rite of] fan mai khom nam[12] in Ekkarat District. The host of triumph[13] was mustered in Phra Lo District. That day was a leap day[14] and there took place a stellar passage: Saturn moved one degree to the Archer. On that occasion, as [the King's Highness] arrived in the town of Luang, the district of Don Kaeo Field. . .
- ↑ Fine Arts Department (1999, p. 233): Wednesday, 3 May 2143 BE (1600 CE?).
- ↑ 1601/02 CE.
- ↑ Generally, Phra Isuan refers to the Hindu god Śiva and Phra Narai refers to the Hindu god Viṣṇu. But the terms here may respectively refer to Prince Ekathotsarot and his older brother, King Naresuan, since Naresuan is often herein referred to as Narai (as in the paragraphs of the years 933, 946, and 954) and Ekathotsarot is referred to by contemporary documents as Isuan (Damrongrachanuphap, 1925, p. 21).
- ↑ Literally, "presentation of blessings".
- ↑ 1602/03 CE.
- ↑ In the Thai text, the subject of the sentence was omitted. Other chronicles do not mention this event but contain similar events around this year, saying Prince Ekathotsarot toured the town of Phitsanulok before taking a trip with his older brother, King Naresuan, to the sea towns of Sam Roi Yot and Tanot Luang (Damrongrachanuphap, 1991, pp. 175–176; Phakdikham, 2015, p. 163).
- ↑ 1603/04 CE.
- ↑ The Fine Arts Department (1999, p. 233) expressed an opinion that this title refers to King Naresuan's younger brother, Prince Ekathotsarot, who then held the position of viceroy. However, other royal chronicles say it was Prince Mahathammaracha, son of King Naresuan (Damrongrachanuphap, 1991, p. 175; Phakdikham, 2015, p. 162). The Palace Law of Ayutthaya (Kotmai Tra Sam Duang Lem Nueng, 2005, p. 115) also mentioned a similar title for a king's son, stating "a divine royal son shall become the Divine Scion, the Divine Lord Over All Heads in the Front Quarters" ("พระราชกุมารได้เปนพระหน่อพระเจ้าอยู่หัวฝ่ายหน้า").
- ↑ The term mueang khom (Thai: เมืองขอม) consists of mueang, which refers to any polity (as town, city, state, country, etc), and khom, which the Royal Institute (n.d.) defines as "ancient Khmer". The Royal Society (2020, p. 256) says mueang khom here refers to Cambodia.
- ↑ 1604/05 CE.
- ↑ Fine Arts Department (1999, p. 233): Thursday, 6 January 2147 BE (1605 CE).
- ↑ x
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedthapchai - ↑ Referring to the fourteenth waning-moon day of an odd-numbered month, after which the first waxing-moon day of the following month comes immediately (the fifteen waning-moon day of the previous month being skipped) (Royal Society, 2020, p. 295).
