[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Travellers (1500–1858)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel) › [Storia do Mogor](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci) › [Storia do Mogor (Irvine)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine) › 211.4.5 # Storia do Mogor 211.4.5 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 211.4.5 - **Language:** English ### [211.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.211.4.5) If the prince intended in this interview to show his esteem for me, it may be added from the way of it that he also meant to put me to the test. It is also the custom to probe the physicians by such trickeries, in order to be assured of their ability and of their recognition of diseases. Another adventure took place with the princess which led to the same result. She made out she was ill, and caused to be sent to me a vessel full of urine with an inquiry whether I could recognise from it the disease she was suffering from. Seeing that the liquid was green, and seemed to have some drug mixed with it, I set my imagination to work, and answered with a smile that the urine came from a person who had eaten largely of green stuff the preceding night. As soon as I pronounced these words there was a great outburst of laughter behind the curtains of the bed, and they said I was a great doctor. In the end they informed me it was the urine of a cow. Wishing to retain me and gain me over entirely to his interest, the prince thought that women would be a good vehicle to secure his object ; for it is very common for men to be destroyed by this snare. Here is how he set to work. He asked me if I knew there was a European in his palace. I said I did not. Instantly, while we were speaking, there came out of a room a very pretty girl, dressed as a man in European style, with a gold-mounted sword at her side. As soon as she saw me she lifted her hat and saluted me. - [Previous: 211.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.211.4.4) - [Next: 211.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.211.4.6) - [Up: 211.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.211.4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.211.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.211.4.5) · Pramāṇa