This circumstance, becoming known, rendered him so
odious that he had to leave the community in which he practiced,
and it is believed that he never entirely recovered from the
shock it gave him. The Abbe Prevost, so well known by his works
and the singularities of his life, was seized by apoplexy in the
Forest of Chantilly on October 23, 1763. His body was carried to
the nearest village, and the officers of justice proceeded to
open it, when a cry he sent forth frightened all the assistants
and convinced the surgeon in charge that the Abbe was not dead;
but it was too late to save him, as he had already received a
mortal wound.
Massien speaks of a woman living in Cologne in 1571 who was
interred living, but was not awakened from her lethargy until a
grave-digger opened her grave to steal a valuable ring which she
wore. This instance has been cited in nearly every language.
There is another more recent instance, coming from Poitiers, of
the wife of a goldsmith named Mernache who was buried with all
her jewels. During the night a beggar attempted to steal her
jewelry, and made such exertion in extracting one ring that the
woman recovered and was saved. After this resurrection she is
said to have had several children.
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