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His Majesty King Nangklāo Čhāoyūhūa ascended the seat of royalty in the year of the Monkey, 2367 BE, and peacefully remained thereon for twenty-five years until the Year of the Dog, 1212 LE (2393 BE), when he began to fall ill and feel uneasy in the tenth month. Yet, in the concluding month of the Rains Retreat Season, he made efforts to attend the ceremony for offering of kathin robes as he did every year. From then on, his illness worsened continuously, whilst his physique deteriorated gradually. Physicians were convened to concoct medicine for him, but his illness improved not. Knowing for certain that the illness he was undergoing on this occasion would end his life, he maintained himself in prudence and then expressed wills and wishes on various matters as found in the record herein printed.