It is impossible to doubt that it was the example thus set by Prince Naresuen, and nothing else, which inspired the Siamese to offer so stern a resistance against what must have seemed overwhelming odds. In the end, the King Burma disheartened by the heavy losses sustained by his armies, confronted by the specters of famine and disease, and fearing worse troubles when the rainy season started, retired to Burma.
From this time onwards the independence of Siam seemed assured.