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master_n of_o the_o wardrobe_n be_v ocya_a out_o haya_n tan_v which_o sufficient_o evince_v that_o the_o title_n of_o pa-ya_a do_v not_o signify_v prince_n see_v that_o this_o prince_n wear_v it_o not_o under_o he_o oc-pra_a rayja_n vounsa_n have_v the_o charge_n of_o the_o clothes_n rayja_n or_o raja_n or_o ragi_n or_o ratcha_n be_v only_o a_o indian_a term_n various_o pronounce_v which_o signify_v king_n or_o royal_a and_o which_o enter_v into_o the_o composition_n of_o several_a name_n among_o the_o indian_n chap._n fourteen_o of_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o court_n of_o siam_n and_o of_o the_o policy_n of_o its_o king_n council_n the_o hour_n of_o council_n the_o common_a usage_n of_o the_o court_n of_o siam_n be_v to_o hold_v a_o council_n twice_o a_o day_n about_o ten_o a_o clock_n in_o the_o morning_n and_o about_o ten_o in_o the_o evening_n reckon_v the_o hour_n after_o our_o fashion_n siamese_n the_o division_n of_o the_o day_n and_o night_n according_a to_o the_o siamese_n 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the_o siamese_n which_o embrace_v the_o religion_n of_o the_o moor_n have_v the_o privilege_n of_o be_v exempt_v from_o the_o personal_a service_n but_o the_o barcalon_n moor_n soon_o experience_v the_o inconstancy_n of_o the_o fortune_n of_o siam_n he_o fall_v into_o disgrace_n and_o the_o credit_n of_o those_o of_o his_o nation_n fall_v afterward_o into_o decay_n the_o considerable_a office_n and_o employment_n be_v take_v away_o from_o they_o and_o the_o siamese_n which_o be_v turn_v mahumetan_n be_v force_v to_o pay_v in_o ready_a money_n for_o the_o six_o month_n service_n from_o which_o they_o have_v be_v exempt_v nevertheless_o their_o mosque_n be_v remain_v to_o they_o as_o well_o as_o the_o public_a protection_n which_o the_o king_n of_o siam_n give_v to_o their_o religion_n as_o to_o all_o foreign_a religion_n there_o be_v therefore_o three_o or_o four_o thousand_o moor_n at_o siam_n as_o many_o portuguese_n bear_v in_o india_n and_o as_o many_o chineses_n and_o perhaps_o as_o many_o malays_n beside_o what_o there_o be_v of_o other_o nation_n thence_o the_o foreign_a commerce_n cease_v at_o siam_n have_v cause_v the_o rich_a stranger_n and_o especial_o the_o moor_n to_o depart_v thence_o but_o the_o rich_a foreigner_n and_o especial_o the_o moor_n be_v retire_v elsewhere_o since_o the_o king_n of_o siam_n have_v reserve_v to_o himself_o alone_o almost_o all_o the_o foreign_a commerce_n the_o king_n his_o father_n have_v heretofore_o do_v the_o same_o thing_n and_o perhaps_o it_o be_v the_o policy_n of_o siam_n to_o do_v it_o thus_o from_o time_n to_o time_n otherwise_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o they_o have_v almost_o always_o leave_v the_o trade_n free_a and_o that_o it_o have_v frequent_o flourish_v at_o siam_n ferdinand_n mendez_n pinto_n report_v that_o in_o his_o time_n there_o be_v annual_o above_o a_o thousand_o foreign_a ship_n whereas_o at_o present_a there_o go_v no_o more_o than_o two_o or_o three_o dutch_a bark_n siam_n why_o the_o foreign_a 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the_o prince_n coffer_n so_o that_o it_o must_v needs_o be_v that_o all_o the_o small_a trade_n do_v cease_v for_o want_v of_o money_n which_o can_v be_v but_o the_o general_a commerce_n of_o a_o state_n do_v great_o suffer_v but_o this_o be_v yet_o much_o true_a at_o siam_n where_o the_o prince_n annual_o accumulate_v his_o revenue_n instead_o of_o expend_v they_o have_v thus_o explain_v what_o respect_v the_o king_n the_o officer_n and_o the_o people_n of_o siam_n it_o remain_v to_o speak_v of_o their_o talapoin_n or_o priest_n chap._n xvii_o of_o the_o talapoin_n and_o their_o convent_v they_o live_v in_o convent_v which_o the_o siamese_n do_v call_v vat_n pagod_o the_o origine_fw-la of_o the_o word_n pagod_o and_o they_o make_v use_v of_o the_o temple_n which_o the_o siamese_n do_v call_v pihan_n and_o the_o portuguese_n pagode_v from_o the_o persian_a word_n poutgheda_n which_o signify_v a_o temple_n of_o idol_n but_o the_o portuguese_n do_v use_v the_o word_n pagode_v to_o 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