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mahomet_n delusive_a paradise_n yet_o with_o these_o foolery_n be_v half_a the_o world_n bewitch_v the_o impostor_n cunning_o debel_a and_o forbid_v all_o learning_n lest_o the_o light_n thereof_o shall_v discover_v the_o grosseness_n of_o his_o absurdity_n as_o it_o sure_o do_v in_o those_o few_o that_o can_v attain_v it_o under_z so_o strict_a a_o restraint_n as_o avicen_n that_o great_a philosopher_n and_o physician_n who_o flourish_v about_o 500_o year_n since_o when_o mahometism_n have_v not_o yet_o utter_o extinguish_v all_o good_a literature_n who_o be_v by_o lineage_n a_o arabian_a of_o a_o royal_a house_n in_o religion_n a_o mahometan_a but_o by_o country_n and_o habitation_n a_o spaniard_n and_o prince_n as_o some_o write_v of_o corduba_n he_o foâ—ced_v by_o the_o strength_n of_o his_o reason_n in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr anima_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr almahad_n strive_v to_o vindicate_v the_o most_o intelligent_a of_o his_o sect_n from_o the_o literal_a belief_n of_o this_o elysium_n and_o excuse_n his_o prophet_n for_o propose_v it_o so_o fraught_v with_o sensual_a delight_n as_o mere_o allegorical_a and_o necessary_o fit_v to_o â—ude_v and_o vulgar_a capacity_n for_o say_v he_o if_o the_o point_n of_o religion_n be_v teach_v in_o their_o true_a form_n to_o the_o ignorant_a dull_a jew_n or_o to_o the_o wild_a arabian_n employ_v together_o about_o their_o camel_n they_o will_v utter_o fall_v off_o from_o all_o belief_n in_o god_n but_o its_o like_a he_o here_o make_v his_o prophet_n as_o some_o commentator_n do_v their_o author_n speak_v more_o than_o he_o ever_o mean_v be_v ashamed_a of_o he_o in_o gross_a as_o appear_v tract_n 9_o cap._n 7._o &_o seâ—_n where_o lay_v down_o for_o a_o while_o his_o outward_a person_n of_o a_o mahometan_a and_o put_v the_o habit_n of_o a_o philosopher_n in_o his_o metaphysic_n seem_v to_o make_v a_o flat_a opposition_n between_o the_o truth_n of_o their_o faith_n receive_v from_o their_o prophet_n and_o the_o truth_n of_o 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cowes_n eye_v mahomet_n promise_v that_o the_o virgin_n in_o his_o imaginary_a paradise_n shall_v have_v great_a cow_n eye_n as_o big_a as_o egg_n which_o they_o have_v in_o principal_a repute_n affect_v both_o by_o the_o persian_n turk_n and_o grecian_n as_o it_o shall_v seem_v from_o the_o beginning_n homer_n attribute_n it_o as_o a_o especial_a excellency_n unto_o juno_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d than_o juno_n with_o the_o cow_n fair_a eye_n reply_v so_o master_n sandys_n the_o exact_a of_o all_o translator_n and_o mr._n chapman_n render_v it_o and_o the_o latin_a heroic_a translation_n â—eads_v juno_n oculis_fw-la veneranda_fw-la bovinis_fw-la though_o in_o the_o vulgar_a version_n it_o be_v but_o magnis_fw-la oculis_fw-la praedita_fw-la juno_n we_o meet_v with_o the_o same_o verse_n again_o in_o homer_n il._n 4._o as_o if_o the_o best_a of_o poet_n know_v not_o