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Updated: May 23, 2025
The Cadi asking what they came for, the Jew said, 'This man took from me so many altoons and now he denies having done so. The Cadi looked in the Cogia's face, whereupon the Cogia said, 'My Lord, I asked in prayer of the Most High a thousand altoons, which He gave.
On counting them, however, I found that one was wanting, whereupon I said, "He who gives so many altoons will doubtless give one more," and I accepted them; but, my Lord, this Jew says that the pelisse which you see on my back, and the mule on which I am mounted, are also his. 'Yes, assuredly, my Lord, said the Jew, 'for mine they are both. No sooner had he said these words than every one cried out, 'Upon you, you Jew rascal, and, rushing upon him, they broke his head and kicked him out of the tribunal, and the Cogia was sent home to his house in triumph, not only with the altoons but the pelisse and the mule beside.
The Cogia sees a purse full of money before him, up he gets, and saying, 'Our prayer has been accepted, he opens the purse, and, counting the altoons, finds that one is wanting. 'Never mind, says he, 'He who gives these can give one more, and takes possession of the money. The Jew now began to be in a fidget, and, getting up, knocked at the Cogia's door.
Once as Nasr Eddin Efendi was walking in Belgrade he cried out, 'O Lord! give me a thousand altoons, but if one be wanting I will not take the rest. Now these words of the Cogia were heard by a neighbour of his, a Jew, who, in order to try the Cogia, put nine hundred and ninety-nine altoons into a purse and flung it down the Cogia's chimney.
'Good day, Cogia Efendi, said he, 'please to give me back my altoons. Quoth the Cogia to the Jew, 'You are a merchant, and not a fool; I made a request to God on high, He gave me what I asked; what business had you to fling altoons to me? The Jew said, 'O Cogia of my soul, I said I will have a jest with you.
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