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more different from the Catholic religion than your’s is: 
that there has been more blood fhed between the Catholics 
and us, on account of the difference of religion, than ever 
was between you and the Catholics in this country; even at 
this day, when men are become wifer and cooler in many 
parts of the world, it would be full as fafe for a Jefuit to 
preach in the market-place of Gondar, as for any prieft of 
my religion to prefent himfelf as a teacher in the moft civi- 
lized of Frank or Catholic countries.”—“ How is it then,” 
fays fhe, “that you don’t believe in miracles ?” 
“T fee, Madam,” faid I, “ Ayto Aylo has informed you of 
a few words that fome time ago dropt from me. _I do cer- 
tainly believe the miracles of Chrift and his apoftles, other- 
wife Iam no Chriftian; but I do not believe thefe miracles | 
of latter times, wrought upon trifling occafions, like fports, 
and jugglers tricks.”—“ And yet,” fays fhe, “ our books are 
full of them.”—*“ I know they are,” faid I, “and fo are thofe 
of the Catholics: but I never can believe that a faint con- 
verted the devil, who lived, forty years after, a holy life as 
a monk; nor the ftory of another faint, who, being fick and 
hungry, caufed a brace of part,dges, ready-roafted, to fly 
upon his plate that he might cat them.”—“ He has been 
reading the Synaxar,” fays Ayto Aylo. “I believe fo,” fays 
fhe, fmiling ; “ but is there any harm in believing too much, 
and is not there great danger in believing too little?” —“ Cer- 
tainly,” continued I; “ but what I meant to fay to Ayto Aylo 
was, that I did not believe laying a picture upon Welled 
Hawaryat would recover him when delirious in a fever.” 
She anfwered, “There was nothing impoffible with God.” 
1 made a bow of affent, wifhing heartily the converfation 
might end there. airy 
I I RETURNED 
