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Sinbu put order in Sun land, Nippon, in the beginning of all things
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where were DAI till Shogun Joritomo
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These Dai were of heaven descended, so saying.
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Gods were their forebears. Till the Shogun
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or crown general put an end to internal wars
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And DAI were but reges sacrificioli after this time
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in Miaco, with formalities
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wearing gold-flowered robes.
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At each meal was a new clay dish for their service
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‘Descended from Ten Seo DAISIN
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that had reigned for a million years.’
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All these lords say they are of heaven descended
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and they ran into debt to keep up appearance
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they were there busy with sciences, poetry, history
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dancing, in Miaco, and music, playing at jeu de paume and escrime
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with a garrison to keep watch on ’em
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and to keep ’em from interfering with business.
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So came a ‘butler to a person of quality’
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Messire Undertree
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a slave, in Sa Mo a fish-vendor
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a stud-keeper,
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that made war on Corea
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and was called WAR GOD post mortem
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And because of the hauteur of
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Portagoose prelates, they drove the Xtians out of Japan
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till were none of that sect in the Island
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And in the 5th moon of the 20th year of OUAN LI
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with ships new conditioned
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Messire Undertree went against the Lord Lipan
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boozing king of Korea
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and four towns opened their gates to the Nippons
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and he, Undertree, came to Pinyang the chief city
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destroying the royal tombs
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and the Koreans ran yowling to China
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seeking help of the emperor OUAN LI
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At this time were ‘the pirates incorporate’
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Ku ching the imperial tutor said: I was seduced by imposters
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CHIN SONG had come aged 10 to the throne
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And on t’other side was the question of horse fairs, and tartars
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of whom were Nutché or savage,
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these traded at Kaiyuen
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and the other great hordes, Pe and Nan-koan
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that were beyond the great wall fighting each other
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and the Nutché gave refuge to mongols
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when the mongrels were driven from China by MING lords
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and they were so poor they were driven to peddling
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ginseng, beaver pelts horse hair
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and fur of martes zibbeline
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seven such hordes united, and drave MING before them
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But Nutché of Nankoen, first fought the wild Nutché
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in the 4th year of Suen Te
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They stopped paying tribute 1430 or thereabouts
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and a diplomat said to the Tartars:
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You have lost yr/ market for ginseng
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you have lost horse fairs
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by fighting each other.
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And on t’other side, was Undertree making war in Korea
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and Père Ricci brought a clock to the Emperor
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that was set in a tower
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And Ku Tchang wasn’t safe, even buried,
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Court ladies in cabal, gangsters set to defame him.
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till his son hanged himself from the worry.
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And the eunuchs of Tientsin brought Père Mathieu to court
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where the Rites answered:
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Europe has no bonds with our empire
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and never receives our law
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As to these images, pictures of god above and a virgin
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they have little intrinsic worth. Do gods rise boneless to heaven
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that we shd/ believe your bag of their bones?
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The Han Yu tribunal therefore considers it useless
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to bring such novelties into the PALACE,
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we consider it ill advised, and are contrary
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to receiving either these bones or père Mathieu.
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The emperor CHIN TSONG received him.
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ten thousand brave men, ten thousand
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desperate sieges
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like bells or a ghazel
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treacheries, and romances,
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and now the bull tanks didn’t work
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from the beginning of China, great generals, faithful adherents,
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To echo, desperate sieges, sell outs
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bloody resistance, and now the bull tanks didn’t work
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sieges from the beginning of time until now.
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sieges, court treasons and laziness.
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Against order, lao, bhud and lamas,
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night clubs, empresses’ relatives, and hoang miao,
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poisoning life with mirages, ruining order; TO KALON
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And Ti Koen heard cries from the forest
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whence came the bull tanks
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came great cars built like ships fifteen feet high
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by a hundred, three deckers.
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carried on great wheels of stone
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drawn each by an hundred or more hundred oxen
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But Tchu-yé and his men
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made their sortie
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Cast petards that frightened the oxen,
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thereby war cars were turned over.
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and Tchu-yé’s men slaughtered the siegers
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HOAI TSONG fell before tartars, 5 ly from Tsunhoa
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TAI TSONG of Manchu took them the law from China
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forbade manchus marry their sisters
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Yellow belt for the Emperor
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red belt for the princess of blood
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Told all to cut off their pig tails
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and south Ming had to fear more from rottenness inside
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than from the Manchu north and north east.
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Li koen viceroy had spent all this money, not paying the troops
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who turned bandit.
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And the Lord of MANCHU wrote to the MING lord saying:
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We took arms against oppression
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and from fear of oppression
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not that we wish to rule over you
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When in Suen fou I met with YR officers
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I sacrificed on this oath, a black bull to earth
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a white horse to the Spirit of Heaven
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although they were quite subordinate officers
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I did this from respect to YR PERSON
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as peace oath
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to show that we wanted peace
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Whereto all my actions have tended
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I offered to extradite criminals
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to give back droves stolen
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And to this offer I had no answer
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I don’t mean no proper answer
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I had no answer whatever
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And Kong Yeou came to join TAI TSONG
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and Tai sent an hetman to greet this Kong, rebel,
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who came with boats arms munitions and furniture,
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an hundred thousand folk came with Kong Yeou
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And TAI TSONG said: No tartars favoured of heaven
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have stayed boxed within their own customs
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Moguls took letters from lamas
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I a free lord without overlord
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will adopt such law as I like, in my right to adopt it
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I take letters from China
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which is not to say that I take orders from any man
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I take laws, but not orders.
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Thereafter he graded his officers
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Aba tchan, Maen tchan, Tihali tchan
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on mandarin system
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and four more islands came to him
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and he TAI set exams in the Chinese manner
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for 16 bachelors, first class
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31 bachelors, seconds, and 181 thirds
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and he made a Berlitz, Manchu, chinese and mongul
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and gave prizes, and camped next year Kourbang tourha
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Here Mongrels came to him, and thence into China southward
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by gorges
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the gorges of Ho-che near Ton,
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and by Tai chen gorge west of Taitong
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naming Chensi as next place of muster
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(TAI TSONG, son of TAI TSOU, ruling from Mougden)
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1625/35
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Chose learning from Yao, Shun and Kungfutseu,
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from Yu leader of waters.
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And in the seventh moon this monarch of Tartary
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coming near unto Suen-hoa-fou wrote to the governor:
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Your sovran treats me as enemy
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without asking what forces my action
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you are, indeed, subjects of a great realm
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but the larger that empire, the more shd/ it strive toward peace
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If children are cut off from parents
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if wives can not see their husbands
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if yr houses are devast and your riches carried away
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this is not of me but of mandarins
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Not I but yr/ emperor slaughters you
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and yr/ overlords who take no care of yr/ people
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and count soldiers as nothing.
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And toward the end of the 8th moon
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Tengyun sent in dispatches: I have beaten the tartars
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I have slaughtered great numbers. Which he had not.
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Whereup TAI TSONG wrote him: I will send a thousand
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to meet any ten thousand
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If you fear to risk that, send a thousand
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I will meet them with an hundred
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Hoping this will teach you not to lie to your Emperor.
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And after the next raid offered peace.
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And after vain waiting an answer
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His tartar folk again asked him to be Emperor
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and he said: If the King of Corea accepts me
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Whereon the Tartars wrote the King of Korea:
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Eight ROYAL PRINCES OF MANCHU
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18 great lords of our banners to the King of Corea
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As heaven appears to desire it
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we accept our King to be Emperor
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having begged him to take this mandate.
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The Mogul princes have joined us
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HONG VOU brought the land under one rule
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Before him the Kin were united
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and after them was YUEN, entirety
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And the Mongols wrote to Corea:
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49 PRINCES MOGUL; to the King of Corea
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200 years under MING
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and now turn against them
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because of the crimes of their mandarins
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we join Manchu to make end of oppression
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The weakness of the Ming troops, the faithlessness of their commanders
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show that their MANDATE is fallen
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we now recognize TAI TSONG of MANCHU
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Our blood in his service
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For two years we have besought him to take IMPERIAL title
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Four hundred thousand Mogul, their quivers and arrows
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are back of this.
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And Corea replied in the negative
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And next year TAI TSONG took throne
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third moon, 1635 anno domini
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Put the three races in office
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as moguls after Ghengis had not done
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and continued the raiding ...
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round Peking, into Shantung (gallice Chantong)
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and into Kiangnan, returning with plunder.
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Thus until Ousan invited them to put down the rebels.
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Rice was at one mark silver the measure
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in Kaï fong
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and human meat sold in market
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Litse’s gangsters over all Honan
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Li Sao: weep, weep over Kaïfong; Kientsong the bloody
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and Litse called himself Emperor
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Ming troops were unpaid
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Eunuchs devoured the taxes; the Prime minister
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could not get hold of them
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And the castrats opened the gates of Pekin to rebels
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till HOEI died hung in his belt
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and there was blood in the palace. Li Sao; Li Sao,
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wrong never ending
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Likoue: faithful to death, and then after
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and in this day Ousan asked in the Manchu
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TAI TSONG was dead these two years;
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his brothers ruling as counsel.
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Atrox MING, atrox finis
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the nine gates were in flame.
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Manchu with Ousan put down many rebels
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Ousan offered to pay off these Manchu
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who replied then with courtesy:
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we came for Peace not for payment.
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came to bring peace to the Empire
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in Pekin they cried OUAN SOUI
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a thousand, ten thousand years, A NOI
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eijen, ouan soui; Ousan, Ousan
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peace maker Ousan, in the river, reeds,
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flutes murmured Ousan
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Brought peace into China; brought in the Manchu
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Litse thought to gain Ousan,
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roused Ousan and Ousan
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remembered his father
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dead by the hand of Litse.
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