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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04940	Here begynneth a lytell treatyse of the turkes lawe called Alcaron. And also it speketh of Machamet the nygromancer; Koran.		1519 (1519)	STC 15084; ESTC S120689	5,722	14

¶ Here begynneth a lytell treatyse of the turkes lawe called Alcaron And also it speketh of Machamet the Nygromancer FOr to knowe and to here some newe tydynges for to refresshe the mēnes wyttes and vnderstandynge So wyll I somwhat wryte of the turkes lawes / whiche lawe in many poyntes accordeth with our lawe is the lawe of Machomet / the whiche in his lawe vsed a worde oteidite That is to saye kylle So all them that wyll not byleue in theyr lawe they flee them And that is agaynst the lawe of oure lorde Ihesu cryst / for he byddeth that we shall loue them that loue not vs and praye for oure enemys And the turkes ben charged to theyr byleue But the crysten people be not soo / but amyably lerned teched And whan that the predycante or prechour shal go to preche theyr fals byleue he hath a naked swerde in his hande as longe as his sermon shall endure last Or elles he putteth the sayd swerde in a hyghe place wher as euery body may beholde it that is there for to fere and threten them therwithall And we crysten people putteth a crucyfyxe in the myddes of the chyrche on hyghe for humylyte not for fere or thretenynge lyke as the turkes do the forsayd swerde And so forthe I wyll procede and wryte of theyr lawes and boke the whiche is named comenly Alcaron And some men dothe call it the boke of Mesaap and some of them be of dyuers langages and in lyke wyse of dyuers coūtrees the whiche boke Machamet made and gaue it vnto them In the whiche boke this fals nygromancer Machamet wrote amōge other thynges as many one hathe redde and sene here before that they the whiche ben good shall go vnto paradyse and they the whiche ben euyll to helle / and that byleueth all the sarasyns / ¶ And yf a man asketh theym what paradyse meneth they saye it is a place of delyte and Ioye / where a man shall fynde all maner of delytes and fruytes / all maner of fruytes at all tymes / and the ryuer renneth mylke / wyne / hony / and fresshe water And they shall haue fayre houses / after that they haue deserued them here and those same houses ben made of precyous stones / of golde and syluer / and eche man shall haue ten wyues / all maydens / and also they speke troweth vpon the vyrgyn Mary and in lyke wyse vpon the Incarnacyō of our lorde Ihesu cryst ¶ And how that Marye was lerned of the aungell and that gabryell sayde vnto her that she was cho●en before all other women from the begynnynge of the worlde / and that wytnesseth theyr boke that tolde of her and of the Incarnacyon of our lorde Ihesu cryst And that she conceyued and bare a chylde and yet she was a mayden And they saye that our lorde Ihesu cryst spake as soone as he was borne / and that he was very god prophete in worde and dede that he was meke / ryghtwys vnto euery body withoutē ony vyce ¶ And they saye also that whan the aungell tolde her of the Incarnacyon she hadde greete drede / for she was but yonge and there was one in that countree the whiche hadde the crafte of sorcery nygromācye and men called hym Takney the whiche with enchaūtement coude make hymselfe lyke vnto an aūgell And he wente often and layde by maydens and therfore was our lady aferde of hym for she wende that the aūgell hadde ben Takney that wente to the maydens And she cōiured hym and badde hym tell yf that he were Takney And the aungell badde her not drede for he was very aungell messager of our lorde Ihesu cryst And also thyr boke sayth that she hadde chylde vnder palme and than she shamed and wepte saye that she wolde haue ben deed / and the chylde cōforted her and sayd Ne time as maria That is for to saye drede the not Marye And in many other places the boke sayth that he spake as soone as he was borne And they saye also that he was sente from oure lorde almythy for to gyue example vnto all theym that were in the worlde at the tyme and that sholde come after and that god shall deme all good vnto heuen and all euyll vnto helle there for to abyde in payne euerlastynge And that our lorde Ihesu cryst is the best prophete nexte vnto god / and that he was a very prophete / gaue the syghte vnto the blynde men / and he let the lepres / and reysed the dede styed a quycke vp in to heuen And yf that they may fynde a boke of the gospelles and manely of the gospell of Missus est angelus gabriel They do grete worshyp therto And also they fast seuen monethes in the yere / and they ete not but vpon the nyghtes / and thenne they kepe them from theyr wyues / and whan they be syke they be not constreyned vnto that fast And the boke speketh of the Iwes sayeth that they ben wycked people for they byleue not that Ihesucryst is one with god and they saye that the Iewes lyeth vpon our lady and on her sone Ihesucryst for they saye that they dyd hym not vpon the crosse And the sarasyns byleueth so ●●oche in our fayth that they ben lyghtely conuerted whan men dothe preche vnto them the fayth of our lorde Ihesu cryst And they saye that they knowe well that theyr lawe of Machamet shall fayle as dothe the lawe of the Iwes and that the crysten lawe shall last vnto the worldes ende And yf a man aske theym wherin they byleue they saye in god almyghty maker of heuen and erthe and all other thynges that ben therin and withoute hym is nothynge done nor begōne and at the day of dome all thynge shall be rewarded after theyr deseruynge and all thynge is true that cryst sayd by the mouthes of the ꝓphetes And also Machamet bade in his Alcarō that euery man sholde haue two or thre wyues and nowe they take ten or twelue or as many lemmās as they may gete And yfony of theyr wyues dothe a mysse to theyr husbādes they maye dryue them away and take another but he muste gyue her a parte of his goodes Also whan men speketh of the fader and sone and holy ghost they saye that they are thre persones not one god but they scorne it and speke not therof but of the trynyte But they saye that god spake or elles he was domme and god is a goost or he were on lyue and saye that goddes haue grete strength and so saye they in scorne And the saye also that Abraham and Machamet were well in the grace of god for they spake with hym dyuers tymes And they saye in lyke wyse the Machamet was the very messanger of god and they haue many good artycles of oure fayth and they all vnderstande the scryptures the prophecyes for they haue theym wryten