"Another" resurection

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Apuleius, by Voltaire
THE SECOND BOOKE
THE EIGHTH CHAPTER

And therewithall he brought forth a certaine young man cloathed in 
linnen rayment, having on his feet a paire of pantofiles and his crowne 
shaven, who kissed his hands and knees, saying, O priest have 
mercy, have mercy I pray thee by the Celestiall Planets, by the 
Powers infernall, by the vertue of the naturall elements, by the
silences of the night, by the buildings of the Swallows nigh unto the 
towne Copton, by the increase of the floud Nilus,by the secret 
mysteries of Memphis, and by the instruments and trumpets of the 
Isle Pharos, have mercy I say, and call againe to life this dead body, 
and make that his eyes which he closed and shut, may be open and 
see. Howbeit we meane not to strive against the law of death, neither 
intend wee to deprive the earth of his right, but to the end this fact may 
be knowne, we crave but a small time and space of life.Where at this 
Prophet was mooved, and tooke a certaine herbe and layd it three 
times upon the mouth of the dead, and he took another and laid it 
upon his breast in likesort. Thus when hee had done this hee 
turned himselfe into the East, and made certaine Orisons unto the 
Sunne, which caused all the people to marvell greatly, and to looke for 
this strange miracle that should happen. Then I pressed in amongst 
them nigh unto the biere, and got upon a stone to see this mysterie, 
and behold incontinently the dead body began to receive spirit, his 
principall veines did moove,his life came again, and he held up his 
head and spake in this sort:

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