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that_o ishmael_n the_o son_n of_o hagar_n found_v and_o build_v the_o temple_n of_o meka_n and_o it_o be_v call_v beitalla_n i._n e._n the_o house_n of_o god_n it_o be_v likewise_o call_v beithalla_n alharan_n i_o e._n the_o house_n of_o god_n prohibition_n or_o excommunication_n and_o the_o reason_n why_o it_o be_v call_v prohibition_n be_v because_o that_o abraham_n as_o that_o book_n say_v four_o month_n in_o the_o year_n forbid_v and_o prohibit_v hunt_v in_o the_o territory_n of_o mecca_n which_o the_o idolater_n afterward_o observe_v and_o keep_v in_o reverence_n to_o the_o idol_n which_o they_o erect_v in_o the_o say_a tower_n elaabba_n and_o the_o moor_n retain_v and_o observe_v the_o same_o law_n to_o this_o day_n the_o second_o chapter_n of_o the_o first_o book_n of_o the_o alcoran_n say_v that_o the_o temple_n of_o mecca_n
the_o faith_n of_o jesus_n christ_n why_o tarry_v thou_o then_o o_o moor_n why_o do_v thou_o not_o become_v a_o christian_a that_o thou_o may_v go_v to_o the_o place_n where_o this_o christian_a martyr_n be_v i_o believe_v that_o divers_a moor_n hear_v this_o aforesaid_a but_o do_v not_o believe_v it_o but_o bid_v thou_o the_o moor_n which_o deny_v it_o to_o read_v the_o gloss_n of_o alzamaxeri_n and_o the_o gloss_n of_o buhatia_n and_o if_o he_o do_v not_o find_v what_o i_o have_v set_v down_o above_o word_n for_o word_n in_o the_o say_v two_o gloss_n let_v he_o call_v i_o the_o great_a liar_n in_o the_o world_n this_o history_n his_o grace_n martin_n gartia_n lord_n bishop_n of_o barchinone_n have_v set_v down_o in_o his_o book_n of_o the_o alcoran_n which_o i_o translate_v out_o of_o arabic_a into_o the_o spanish_a tongue_n by_o his_o grace_n command_n and_o himself_o have_v the_o say_v two_o arabic_a glossary_n you_o must_v know_v that_o the_o alcoran_n hold_v forth_o and_o attribute_n three_o excellency_n to_o our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n which_o it_o do_v not_o give_v to_o any_o other_o of_o the_o prophet_n not_o to_o moses_n abraham_n david_n no_o nor_o to_o muhamed_a the_o first_o be_v that_o which_o the_o alcoran_n mention_n in_o the_o second_o chapter_n of_o the_o first_o book_n viz._n that_o he_o ascend_v to_o heaven_n in_o soul_n and_o body_n and_o upon_o this_o place_n the_o suné_n say_v that_o he_o must_v come_v into_o the_o world_n to_o judge_v as_o a_o just_a judge_n in_o arabic_a and_o the_o suné_fw-fr he_o say_v thus_o oguayniziolo_n etc._n etc._n i._n e_fw-la that_o jesus_n the_o son_n of_o mary_n shall_v come_v down_o to_o the_o earth_n and_o shall_v be_v a_o just_a judge_n therein_o the_o second_o excellency_n which_o the_o alcoran_n attribute_n to_o jesus_n christ_n be_v that_o it_o call_v he_o calimethuallah_n i_o e._n the_o word_n of_o god_n the_o three_o be_v that_o he_o be_v call_v in_o the_o alcoran_n rohc_fw-la alkodus_fw-la 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moor_n shall_v not_o be_v so_o presumptuous_a and_o say_v as_o they_o usual_o do_v that_o if_o their_o religion_n be_v not_o good_a it_o have_v never_o propagate_v so_o much_o for_o that_o reason_n be_v of_o no_o weight_n it_o likewise_o show_v how_o muhamed_n disciple_n carry_v themselves_o after_o his_o death_n and_o what_o discord_n contest_v and_o murder_n be_v practise_v among_o they_o for_o dominion_n and_o the_o vanity_n of_o this_o world_n and_o to_o become_v king_n calif_n and_o great_a potentate_n now_o to_o the_o end_n that_o christian_n may_v not_o have_v occasion_n or_o ground_n to_o wonder_n and_o much_o less_o the_o moor_n to_o presume_v i_o will_v lay_v down_o three_o cause_n whereby_o the_o sect_n of_o the_o moor_n have_v propagate_v and_o augment_v but_o not_o by_o any_o goodness_n in_o itself_o the_o first_o cause_n be_v that_o muhamed_a begin_v and_o institute_v this_o law_n or_o religion_n of_o the_o moor_n in_o a_o nation_n very_o rustic_a ignorant_a beastly_a 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