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captive_n chro._n as_o their_o ability_n will_v serve_v to_o maintain_v the_o paradise_n likewise_o promise_v to_o his_o follower_n be_v this_o namely_o they_o shall_v have_v garment_n of_o silk_n with_o all_o sort_n of_o colour_n bracelet_n of_o gold_n and_o amber_n parlour_n and_o banquet_a house_n upon_o flood_n and_o river_n vessel_n of_o gold_n and_o silver_n angel_n serve_v they_o bring_v in_o gold_n milk_n silver_n wine_n lodging_n furnish_v cushion_n pillow_n and_o downe-bed_n most_o beautiful_a woman_n to_o accompany_v they_o maiden_n and_o virgin_n with_o twinkle_a eye_n garden_n and_o orchyard_n with_o harbour_n fountain_n spring_n and_o all_o manner_n of_o pleasant_a fruit_n river_n of_o milk_n honey_n and_o spice_a wine_n all_o manner_n of_o sweet_a odour_n perfume_n and_o fragrant_a sentes_fw-la and_o to_o be_v short_a whatsoever_o the_o flesh_n that_o desire_n to_o eat_v thus_o fleshly_a people_n have_v a_o fleshly_a religion_n &_o a_o fleshly_a paradise_n to_o inhabit_v but_o like_o prophet_n like_o people_n and_o like_o religion_n for_o mahomet_n himself_o be_v such_o a_o fleshly_a fellow_n as_o that_o though_o modest_a ear_n be_v both_o to_o hear_v yet_o because_o the_o filthiness_n of_o this_o prophet_n may_v not_o be_v conceal_v i_o must_v utter_v it_o he_o commit_v buggery_n with_o a_o ass_n metaphy_n bonfinius_n write_v it_o again_o he_o commit_v adultery_n with_o a_o other_o man_n wife_n that_o upon_o displeasure_n be_v from_o her_o husband_n and_o when_o he_o perceive_v the_o murmur_n of_o the_o people_n he_o feign_v that_o he_o have_v receive_v a_o paper_n from_o heaven_n wherein_o it_o be_v permit_v he_o so_o to_o do_v to_o the_o end_n he_o may_v beget_v prophet_n and_o worthy_a man_n again_o mahomet_n as_o caelius_n report_v have_v forty_o wife_n and_o further_o he_o glory_v of_o himself_o that_o it_o be_v give_v he_o from_o above_o to_o exceed_v ten_o man_n say_v cleonard_n fifty_o man_n say_v antoninus_n in_o carnal_a lust_n and_o venery_n auicenna_n one_o of_o mahomet_n own_o sect_n be_v himself_o bring_v in_o dislike_a of_o this_o religion_n for_o this_o reason_n because_o mahomet_n say_v he_o have_v give_v we_o a_o law_n which_o show_v the_o perfection_n of_o felicity_n to_o consist_v in_o those_o thing_n which_o concern_v the_o body_n whereas_o the_o wise_a and_o sage_n of_o old_a have_v a_o great_a desire_n to_o express_v the_o felicity_n of_o the_o soul_n than_o of_o the_o body_n as_o for_o the_o bodily_a felicity_n though_o it_o be_v gâ—â—nted_v they_o yet_o they_o regard_v not_o neither_o esteem_v it_o in_o comparison_n of_o the_o felicity_n which_o the_o soul_n require_v his_o paradise_n &_o doctrine_n be_v such_o as_o there_o seem_v small_a difference_n between_o epicurism_n atheism_n &_o mahometisme_n 5_o mahomet_n law_n be_v a_o tyrannical_a law_n for_o he_o make_v it_o death_n to_o dispute_v of_o it_o 5._o and_o if_o any_o man_n speak_v against_o it_o say_v he_o proditoriè_fw-la occidatur_fw-la let_v he_o be_v traitorous_o put_v to_o death_n and_o again_o sine_fw-la audientia_fw-la occidatur_fw-la let_v he_o be_v put_v to_o death_n without_o come_v to_o his_o answer_n li._n qua_fw-la sanctione_n say_v sabellicus_n palam_fw-la fecit_fw-la â—ihil_fw-la sinceri_fw-la in_o ea_fw-la lege_fw-la esse_fw-la etc._n etc._n by_o which_o decree_n he_o manifest_v that_o there_o be_v nothing_o sincere_a in_o that_o law_n etc._n etc._n moreover_o he_o write_v in_o the_o arabian_a tongue_n 3._o and_o teach_v his_o follower_n that_o his_o religion_n a_o gladio_fw-la cepit_fw-la per_fw-la gladium_fw-la tenetur_fw-la &_o in_o gladio_fw-la terminatur_fw-la begin_v by_o the_o sword_n be_v hold_v by_o the_o sword_n and_o be_v finish_v or_o end_v in_o the_o sword_n which_o show_v that_o the_o sword_n &_o arm_n of_o flesh_n be_v all_o the_o author_n and_o protector_n that_o his_o religion_n have_v again_o mahomet_n make_v this_o law_n among_o