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Ch. 11: The Koh-I-Nur, The Great Diamond of History & Romance

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128 THE GREAT DIAMONDS OF THE WORLD.
has vanquished his foes.' And he might have added with equal truth, ' At bad luck, for sorrow and suf­ferings have ever followed in its wake ! ' But by his answer he betrayed the true secret of the mysterious reverence akin to worship, with which choice gems of this sort have ever been regarded in the East, and till recently in the West." Much in the same way Marbceuf, bishop of Rennes, in the nth century, described in barbarous Latin verse, the virtues of the Agate, thus translated by King :—
" The Agate on the wearer strength bestows. With ruddy health his fresh complexion glows ; Both eloquence and grace by it are given, He gains the favour both of earth and heaven."
According to the account of a trustworthy eye­witness, Shah Shuja's bearing throughout this inter­view was such as to command the deepest respect, and produced a marked effect on the audience. He received from Runjìt a sum of 125,000 rupees, and soon after this occurrence he withdrew with his brother, Shah Zäman, to Ludianah, in British terri­tory, where they resided for some time on an annual pension of 60,000 rupees each, and 6,000 to each of their eldest sons. Here Whittaker tells us that he saw them in 1821, and he adds that Runjit at that time had the diamond at Lahore, capital of the Sikh States. "A Bengali shroff, or banker, named Silchurd, resident at Ludianah, having occasion to visit Lahore on the Rajah's business, asked his highness for per­mission to see the jewel, which being granted, Silchurd fell on his face and worshipped the stone."
The further adventures of this splendid gem are soon told. Runjit caused it to be set in a bracelet
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