Storia do Mogor 211.6.1

211.6.1

After a time it came to pass that Mirza Muhammad Muqim, brother of the deceased, of whom I have just spoken, went out of his mind. In an access of his madness he slew his father-in-law and some servants, and committed many other crimes. On hearing this the prince made him over to his physicians. Their report was that such a man could never recover the senses that he had lost. To demonstrate the force of their opinion, they cited as proof a passage in the Quran which says that for madness there is no cure. Shah 'Alam heard this sad decision pronounced, and at once ordered the patient to be placed in my care, as he believed I should find a remedy. I know not whether this was actually because he thought me cleverer than the others, or because I was a Christian. For I had often noticed that many patients were made over to me when their health was in a desperate state, because they had taken it into their heads that the Saviour had invested me with some virtue or other. With the permission of God I cured this lord in a few days. To reward me for my trouble and for any expense I had incurred, he sent me a horse with very good paces, but made no other payment. The reason of such a meagre present was his miserliness. On my side I was much put out at getting so little for all the trouble I had taken.