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The Arabic Gospel of the Infancy of the Saviour

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Section 8

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8. And their kings and chief men came together

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to

them

,

asking

what

they

had

seen

or

done

,

how

they

had

gone

and

come

back

,

what

they

had

brought

with

them

.

And

they

showed

them

that

swathing

-

cloth

which

the

Lady

Mary

had

given

them

.

Wherefore

they

celebrated

a

feast

,

and

,

according

to

their

custom

,

lighted

a

fire

and

worshipped

it

,

and

threw

that

swathing

-

cloth

into

it

;

and

the

fire

laid

hold

of

it

,

and

enveloped

it

.

And

when

the

fire

had

gone

out

,

they

took

out

the

swathing

-

cloth

exactly

as

it

had

been

before

,

just

as

if

the

fire

had

not

touched

it

.

Wherefore

they

began

to

kiss

it

,

and

to

put

it

on

their

heads

and

their

eyes

,

saying

:

This

verily

is

the

truth

without

doubt

.

Assuredly

it

is

a

great

thing

that

the

fire

was

not

able

to

burn

or

destroy

it

.

Then

they

took

it

,

and

with

the

greatest

honour

laid

it

up

among

their

treasures

.