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The Journal of the Siam Society Vol. LXXXIX, Part 1-2 ... - Khamkoo

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it (Schwcisguth 195 1; Pluang 1967; FAD 1987: 299-317). <strong>The</strong> two n:p rod~c~d in <strong>the</strong> Fine Arts<br />

Depam11ent's col.lection arc bot.h in khloug plrarit fonn, with 512 syllable.~ per line and four lines<br />

per verse, wi th I \VO cxtnl syllables 011 lh(· fourth line <strong>of</strong> each \·erse.s<br />

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<strong>The</strong> "Prophecy" lo..:XI is dirfcn::ntly Mructurcd. Verse <strong>of</strong>ten would hovl! btl:'f) written dirtercntly<br />

in old IOiding kh.?i~pap er manuscripls: but wc might conceive it here ilS having been \VI'illcn in prurs<br />

<strong>of</strong> nine->yllabk lines, with a complicated fot'lll that might be rq>rescnted ns follows (with "o''<br />

represeming syllables and <strong>the</strong> lines linking rhymes):<br />

A I A2 A3 A 4 AS i\6 A7 AS Bl 132 B3 84 R< 136 137 138<br />

2 C l C2 C3 C4 cs C6 C7 C8 Dl 02 D3 D4 D5 D6 07 D8<br />

3 al ar a3 a4 aS a6 37 a8 bl b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 b7 b~<br />

4 d c2 c3 c4 c5 c6 c7 cS dl d2 dJ d-1 d5 d6 d7 d~<br />

(This diagram over-s-implifies Lhc uctual structure. fOr a full and dctajJcd rtn

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