[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) › 265.7.3 # Storia do Mogor 265.7.3 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 265.7.3 - **Language:** English ### [265.7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.265.7.3) I will recount an extraordinary case which happened in the town of Bassaim (Bassein), when the rector in office was Father da Costa, of the Society of Jesus, a virtuous priest, who was himself my informant. \[Story of a child brought up as a girl, who on marriage turned out to be a boy. On the author's passing through Bassein, the priest pointed out the supposed girl to him, and told him the story.\] It seems to me also desirable that I should praise certain ladies who gave evidence of their good conduct and patience. It happened in the same town of Bassein that a young and well-born man was desirous of marrying a lady of equal rank. The more efforts he made the less inclined she showed herself, and in the end he sent to say that if she did not marry him, he would not all his life long marry anyone else. This woman married a young man whom she loved, and with him she lived happily for twelve years. The night of the wedding the young man whom she had refused came beneath her window with his friends carrying a number of instruments, and began to sing a doleful ditty which at last came to an end, when he drew a profound sigh, and exclaimed, 'Ah, tyrant! thou knowest not the laws of love.' At the end of the music the instruments were flung on the ground and smashed to bits. The serenaded pair were much put out, and took it as an affront. - [Previous: 265.7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.265.7.2) - [Next: 265.7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.265.7.4) - [Up: 265.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.265.7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.265.7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.265.7.3) · Pramāṇa