Oskar Frankfurter

“ This is especially the case with Constance Faulcon himself, who by nature clever, but uneducated and unscrupulous, became vain-glorious and overbearing in dealing with affairs of state which were beyond his grasp and control, and he brought upon himself the contempt and hatred of most Siamese without gaining the love or esteem of the foreigners. ”

“ As a touch of nature makes all people kin, we may mention that the worst feature of school boys' language, the back slang, is also met with in Siam. The syllable ซ่อ is added to the sentence and thus we may hear
ไปหนอไซ่ อยู่บ้อซ่าน ตื่นนอแล้วซ่อน ไปไหนซ่อ อยู่บ้านซ่อ ตื่นนอนแล้วซ่อ for ไปไหน for อยู่บ้าน for ตื่นนอนแล้ว It is known that in some instances we find in Indian Mss. ”

“ With the exception of Faulcon none of the French who took part in the Revolution are mentioned in the Phongsavadan, naturally so as the Phongsavadan is what its name Vararája Vaṁsávatára implies chronicles of the Royal Race. ”

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“ I have given as an appendix a translation of a letter said to have been written by an officer of the French garrison to one of his friends regarding the state of religion in Siam. The letter is a proof that even at that day persons drew largely on their imagination when a political purpose had to be served. ”

“ He was then arrested by order of Hluang Sarasakdi, who held the position of Maha-uparaj, and was killed with sandalwood clubs at the temple of Wat Sak.
3.Phaulkon is described in the annals as a French merchant, who came with his ship to Ayuddhya. He gained the favour of the King first by teaching the getting out of the dock of a ship. By the reports he made about France, it is said that he induced the King to send an Embassy to France.
All episodes concerning him as related in the Phongsavadan must be considered in the light of fables. ”

“ A similar secret method of indicating numbers we find also in some instances in old Siamese Mss. The method goes by the name of aksara saṅkhyā, the numeral letters. By its name its Indian origin is shown. ”

“ We find then first the numerals 1–9 employed to designate vowels in the following way.
๑ เปน สระ ุ ๒ " " ๓ " " เ ๔ " " ะ ๕ " " ั ๖ " " ไ ใ ๗ " " ิ ๘ " " โ ๙ " " า The following memorial verse shows how this system is to be employed.
๑. ๒. ทั้งคู่ใช้ต่าง อุ. อู. ให้ดูจงดี ๓. ต่าง เอ. ได้ ๔. ใช้เล่ห์ทีวิสัญชนีถี่ถ้วนควรถวิล ๕. ต่างผัดไซร้ ๖. ต่าง ไอ. ใอ. ๗. ใช้ต่างพิน ๘. บัญญัติอ้างต่าง โอ. จงยิน ๙. อัตราสินเสร็จสิ้นสารา. — It will be seen that none of the specific Siamese vowels find a place in this system. ”