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feast_n or_o banquet_n prepare_v for_o the_o guest_n those_o who_o of_o ripe_a year_n become_v mahometan_n in_o some_o place_n be_v carry_v about_o the_o town_n on_o horseback_n with_o a_o dart_n in_o their_o left_a hand_n point_v to_o their_o heart_n signify_v that_o they_o will_v rather_o suffer_v themselves_o to_o be_v pass_v through_o with_o that_o instrument_n than_o renounce_v that_o faith_n they_o then_o profess_v and_o this_o circumcision_n be_v a_o admission_n and_o introduction_n of_o they_o into_o the_o number_n of_o the_o faithful_a as_o it_o be_v among_o the_o jew_n and_o baptism_n with_o the_o christian_n chap._n xxiii_o of_o the_o five_o necessary_a point_n which_o be_v require_v to_o constitute_v a_o true_a mahometan_a of_o their_o wash_n though_o mahomet_n say_v in_o the_o koran_n that_o his_o religion_n be_v found_v in_o cleanness_n and_o that_o it_o be_v half_a of_o his_o law_n yet_o much_o before_o mahomet_n time_n wash_n be_v observe_v according_a to_o the_o same_o 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of_o their_o head_n their_o ear_n their_o tooth_n the_o face_n under_o the_o nose_n and_o last_o of_o all_o their_o foot_n but_o if_o the_o weather_n be_v cold_a not_o convenient_a to_o uncover_v they_o it_o be_v sufficient_a if_o they_o make_v some_o evidence_n thereof_o by_o any_o other_o outward_a signification_n the_o second_o be_v call_v gusul_n which_o be_v the_o cleanse_n of_o the_o bath_n after_o copulation_n or_o nocturnal_a pollution_n until_o which_o time_n a_o man_n be_v call_v giunub_n that_o be_v his_o prayer_n be_v account_v abominable_a before_o god_n and_o his_o society_n to_o be_v avoid_v by_o men._n the_o three_o be_v taharet_n which_o be_v a_o wash_v after_o the_o ease_n or_o evacuation_n of_o nature_n to_o this_o homely_a office_n they_o design_v the_o three_o last_o finger_n of_o the_o left_a hand_n and_o upon_o this_o account_n they_o call_v christian_n taharatsis_n which_o be_v as_o much_o as_o one_o defile_v and_o impure_a for_o want_v of_o this_o manner_n of_o 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proceed_v from_o mahomet_n himself_o in_o the_o second_o year_n of_o his_o prophetic_a office_n which_o he_o do_v not_o assume_v until_o he_o full_o have_v complete_v forty_o year_n have_v before_o in_o imitation_n of_o the_o jew_n fast_o of_o ashura_n levit._n 16._o ver_fw-la 29._o in_o memory_n of_o the_o overthrow_n of_o pharaoh_n and_o his_o host_n in_o the_o red-sea_n enjoin_v to_o the_o arabian_n the_o same_o time_n of_o abstinence_n but_o afterward_o apprehend_v it_o dishonourable_a to_o be_v behold_v to_o the_o jew_n for_o the_o invention_n of_o a_o fast_a institute_v the_o ramazan_n the_o time_n of_o which_o be_v govern_v by_o the_o course_n of_o the_o moon_n and_o fall_v out_o common_o ten_o day_n soon_o than_o in_o the_o precede_a year_n so_o that_o this_o fast_a with_o time_n come_v to_o run_v through_o all_o the_o month_n and_o be_v more_o easy_a to_o the_o turk_n when_o it_o happen_v in_o the_o short_a day_n of_o the_o winter_n rather_o than_o in_o the_o summer_n when_o 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