Storia do Mogor 353.4.4

353.4.4

The tipsy Chuliã then remarked to them : ' Do not be cast down. By the power of God the Messiah died and was brought to life, and I, too, will resuscitate your mistress by ordering her to arise.' He shouted at once for lights to be brought, and [92] he started for the cemetery, stumbling about first here and then there. When they reached the spot he caused the tomb to be opened, and the coffin containing the dead body was exhumed. The coffin was opened, and the grave-clothes loosened. He approached with the light ; he beheld his late wife with her tongue projecting from her mouth and quite black, her face horrible, and the whole emitting a strong, foetid odour. He fell into a swoon, from which he was unable to recover himself, and they were forced to carry him home in that condition. Then they returned to re-inter the deceased. Two days afterwards the Chulia opened his eyes ; he was in a state of terror, trembling all over, and unable to eat. After five days he died. This case was told to me by some Armenian merchants who were on the spot, and had several times dealt with the said Chuliã.