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Updated: June 16, 2025
I appear to give true evidence against her, who is the anointed Baaltis, against the Israelitish stranger named Aziel, and the priest of the Lord of the Jews." "Lay your hand upon the altar and speak, but beware what you speak," said the Shadid. Mesa bowed her head, took the oath of truth by touching the altar with her fingers, and began:
Elissa, holder of the spirit of Baaltis upon earth, if it be your pleasure to name this man husband before us all, then as the spouse of Baaltis he goes free, for he whom the Baaltis chooses cannot refuse her gift of love, but for so long as she shall live must rule with her as Shadid of El. But if you name him not, then as I have said, he must die, and now. Speak."
Therefore, as Mother of the priestesses and Advocate of Baaltis, I demand that Elissa, daughter of Sakon, be put to death, and the throne of Baaltis be purged of one who has defiled it, lest the swift and terrible vengeance of the goddess should fall upon this city." The Shadid motioned to her to be silent, and addressed Aziel:
The reason of this severity was that she was supposed to represent the goddess; and her husband, the Shadid, a god, so that any questionable behaviour on her part became an insult to the most powerful divinities of Heaven, which could only be atoned by the death of their unworthy incarnations.
If so, it must be brief, for the sun sinks." "Nay," answered the spokesman, "for with you we took the three of them together in the chamber of the prince Aziel. Set out the law of this matter, O Judge, and let justice be done according to the strict letter of the law justice without fear or favour." "Hearken," said the Shadid.
Carrying her to the edge of the precipice, they thrust her back till she hung over it, her long hair streaming downwards, and the red light of the sunset shining upon her upturned ghastly face. Then they paused, waiting for the signal to let her go. The Shadid raised his wand and said: "Is it your pleasure that this woman should die or live, prince Aziel?
Again the Shadid raised his wand and they were silent. "Brother you have, indeed, done well and wisely," he said, addressing Aziel. "Now take to wife the divine lady who has chosen you," and he pointed to Elissa, who lay prostrated on the rock.
He died, it is said, in battle against the pagans, and at the wonderful age of 107. Of his five sons, whom he left behind him, one, Michael, was cut off prematurely in battle against the infidels also, and has obtained the name of Shadid or the Martyr; for in a religion where the soldier is the missionary, the soldier is the martyr also.
"From the time that she was appointed I have been suspicious of the lady Baaltis." "Why were you suspicious?" asked the Shadid. The witness let her eyes wander towards Metem, then hesitated. Evidently for some reason of her own she did not wish to implicate him.
At the same moment the woman Mesa stepped from behind the effigy of the goddess on the shrine. "Who are you and what do you here?" asked the Shadid, as though he did not know her. "I am Mesa, the daughter of her who was the lady Baaltis," she answered, "and my rank is that of Mother of the priestesses of Baaltis.
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