Storia do Mogor 238.8.10

238.8.10

Then came Victory, and after using the same argument as Wealth, took her leave, the king still remaining constant to the same opinion. Finally, as they tell the story, Faith appeared to him, and, making complaint, prepared to depart like the rest. To this the king would not agree, but embraced her firmly, nor would he on any account permit her to go. Thus the Hindus say that, after many combats with Faith, she was overcome by the king's insistence and remained. With her came Wealth, Victory, and all other good things. This is a fine apologue to teach us that everything may be abandoned — Wealth and Prosperity—but Faith never; for where she is, everything else is naturally attracted also. From this the reader can recognise that these Hindus, granting their blindness in their errors, are not devoid of some of the principles and foundations of morality. [Pp. 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, and 89 are blank. On p. 90 the text is continued in French.] END OF VOL. II.