[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) › 265.29.4 # Storia do Mogor 265.29.4 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 265.29.4 - **Language:** English ### [265.29.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.265.29.4) In Sao Thome there was a lady who asked an old woman of a confraternity to inform her on some questions she wanted answered. In the depth of night, when the old woman was performing her ritual in the lady's house, there appeared an awe-inspiring monster, who seized the old woman by the hair and forced her out of the house, leaving her in the street half dead from the blows it applied. At the same time a ball of fire fell upon the house and all it contained was burnt, the inhabitants escaping with the greatest difficulty. The old woman found herself in the street, and on recovering her senses she repented herself, and decided never again to perform such rites. It took her a considerable time to recover health, and for the few years she lived she seemed to be in a state of fright, and trembled at the recollection of what had happened to her. It was a merited punishment for meddling in things that did not concern her. Not even by this example have they mended their ways, for they continue to act as before without any compunction and many of these old women have I seen die in misery. - [Previous: 265.29.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.265.29.3) - [Next: 265.29.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.265.29.5) - [Up: 265.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.265.29) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.265.29.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.265.29.4) · Pramāṇa