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The Arabic Gospel of the Infancy of the Saviour

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Section 33

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33. There was there also a young woman afflicted

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by

Satan

;

for

that

accursed

wretch

repeatedly

appeared

to

her

in

the

form

of

a

huge

dragon

,

and

prepared

to

swallow

her

.

He

also

sucked

out

all

her

blood

,

so

that

she

was

left

like

a

corpse

.

As

often

as

he

came

near

her

,

she

,

with

her

hands

clasped

over

her

head

,

cried

out

,

and

said

:

Woe

,

woe’s

me

,

for

nobody

is

near

to

free

me

from

that

accursed

dragon

.

And

her

father

and

mother

,

and

all

who

were

about

her

or

saw

her

,

bewailed

her

lot

;

and

men

stood

round

her

in

a

crowd

,

and

all

wept

and

lamented

,

especially

when

she

wept

,

and

said

:

Oh

,

my

brethren

and

friends

,

is

there

no

one

to

free

me

from

that

murderer

?

And

the

daughter

of

the

chief

who

had

been

healed

of

her

leprosy

,

hearing

the

girl’s

voice

,

went

up

to

the

roof

of

her

castle

,

and

saw

her

with

her

hands

clasped

over

her

head

weeping

,

and

all

the

crowds

standing

round

her

weeping

as

well

.

She

therefore

asked

the

demoniac’s

husband

whether

his

wife’s

mother

were

alive

.

And

when

he

answered

that

both

her

parents

were

living

,

she

said

:

Send

for

her

mother

to

come

to

me

.

And

when

she

saw

that

he

had

sent

for

her

,

and

she

had

come

,

she

said

:

Is

that

distracted

girl

thy

daughter

?

Yes

,

O

lady

,

said

that

sorrowful

and

weeping

woman

,

she

is

my

daughter

.

The

chief’s

daughter

answered

:

Keep

my

secret

,

for

I

confess

to

thee

that

I

was

formerly

a

leper

;

but

now

the

Lady

Mary

,

the

mother

of

Jesus

Christ

,

has

healed

me

.

But

if

thou

wishest

thy

daughter

to

be

healed

,

take

her

to

Bethlehem

,

and

seek

Mary

the

mother

of

Jesus

,

and

believe

that

thy

daughter

will

be

healed

;

I

indeed

believe

that

thou

wilt

come

back

with

joy

,

with

thy

daughter

healed

.

As

soon

as

the

woman

heard

the

words

of

the

chief’s

daughter

,

she

led

away

her

daughter

in

haste

;

and

going

to

the

place

indicated

,

she

went

to

the

Lady

Mary

,

and

revealed

to

her

the

state

of

her

daughter

.

And

the

Lady

Mary

hearing

her

words

,

gave

her

a

little

of

the

water

in

which

she

had

washed

the

body

of

her

son

Jesus

,

and

ordered

her

to

pour

it

on

the

body

of

her

daughter

.

She

gave

her

also

from

the

clothes

of

the

Lord

Jesus

a

swathing

-

cloth

,

saying

:

Take

this

cloth

,

and

show

it

to

thine

enemy

as

often

as

thou

shalt

see

him

.

And

she

saluted

them

,

and

sent

them

away

.