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 I have seen some of them elsewhere. They were just compiled into the same work, with headings composed to link them together, when King Phutthaloetla Naphalai ordered Phra Wichianpricha to compile them. The manner of their compilation was quite confusing. Sometimes, the same stories were told twice. His Majesty King Chunlachomklao had this Chronicle of the North printed for the first time in the Year of the Snake, Year 1, 1231 LE, 2412 BE, with a history of the Emerald Buddha annexed to it. In this reprint, for the sake of readers' convenience, I have assigned a title to every account in the Chronicle of the North and removed the duplicate accounts, but I beg readers to understand this Chronicle of the North is printed in accordance with the original manuscript without containing my research or ruling on the veracity of its contents.

The Royal Chronicle: Luang Prasoet's Version is a chronicle of the Old Kingdom which was compiled at the behest of King Narai the Great in the Year of the Monkey, Year 2, 1042 LE, 2223 BE. It is called Luang Prasoet's Version for the reason that its manuscript was retrieved to the Wachirayan Royal Library by Phra Pariyattithammathada (Phae Parian) when he was still Luang Prasoet-aksonnit. Being a royal chronicle with unique contents, it needed a name that would distinguish it from the other versions. The Board then entitled it Luang Prasoet's Version to honour the person who discovered it.