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CHAP. XVIII. SHRINE OF ST. THOMAS
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ÇI-1APTER XVIII.
DISCOURSING OF THE PLACE WHERE LIETH THE BODY OF ST. THOMAS 1
THE APOSTLE ; AND OF THE MIRACLES THEREOF.
THE Body of Messer St. Thomas the Apostle lies in
this province of Maabar at a certain little town having
no great population • 'tis a place where few traders go,
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Ancient Cross with Pehleví Inscription on St. Thomas's Mount, near Madras. (From Photograph.)
because there is very little merchandize to be got there,
and it is a place not very accessible.) Both Christians
and Saracens, however, greatly frequent it in pilgrimage.
For the Saracens also do hold the Saint in great
reverence, and saythat he was one of their own Saracens
and a great prophet, giving him the title of Avarian,
which is as much as to say " Holy Man." 2 The
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