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that_o they_o impute_v it_o to_o my_o small_a knowledge_n and_o insufficiency_n in_o the_o examine_n and_o pursue_v the_o whole_a treatise_n which_o with_o myself_o i_o submit_v to_o their_o benign_a correction_n and_o to_o the_o holy_a roman_a church_n as_o a_o catholic_n and_o a_o faithful_a christian_a the_o confusion_n of_o mahomet_n sect_n etc._n etc._n chapter_n i._n the_o first_o chapter_n treat_v of_o muhamed_n life_n the_o place_n of_o his_o birth_n his_o parent_n and_o ancestor_n when_o he_o begin_v and_o finish_v his_o sect_n and_o his_o death_n muhamed_a be_v bear_v in_o the_o city_n of_o mecca_n in_o arabia_n the_o happy_a and_o be_v the_o son_n of_o a_o eminent_a citizen_n of_o that_o place_n call_v abdalla_n motalib_n this_o abdalla_n motalib_n have_v eleven_o brethren_n the_o elder_a whereof_o be_v buggelino_n 2_o bulehebin_n 3_o hessin_n 4_o butelib_a the_o 5_o corasi_fw-la the_o 6_o tanin_n the_o 7_o hanza_n the_o 8_o alabez_n etc._n etc._n these_o two_o hanza_n and_o 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and_o a_o nurse_n call_v lina_n or_o alima_n foster_v he_o until_o he_o be_v sixteen_o year_n old_a the_o descent_n of_o muhamed_a according_a to_o a_o certain_a book_n call_v azar_n which_o contain_v a_o history_n of_o his_o life_n and_o death_n and_o be_v as_o authenlick_a and_o of_o as_o great_a authority_n among_o the_o moor_n as_o the_o life_n of_o jesus_n christ_n our_o lord_n be_v among_o we_o christian_n be_v thus_o viz._n that_o muhame_v descend_v of_o ishmael_n the_o son_n of_o abraham_n and_o hagar_n sarah_n handmaid_n from_o which_o hagar_n the_o moor_n be_v call_v hagarens_n and_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v call_v saracen_n because_o they_o do_v not_o descend_v from_o sarah_n the_o lawful_a wife_n of_o abraham_n but_o from_o hagar_n who_o be_v sarah_n handmaid_n as_o we_o see_v in_o the_o 16_o and._n 17_o chapter_n of_o genesis_n the_o say_a book_n azar_n say_v that_o abraham_n have_v two_o son_n isaac_n the_o son_n of_o sarah_n and_o ishmael_n the_o son_n of_o hagar_n and_o 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scoff_n &_o make_v verse_n on_o it_o and_o upon_o occasion_n of_o this_o tree_n divers_a moor_n fall_v away_o and_o return_v to_o their_o former_a opinion_n and_o hereupon_o this_o tree_n in_o another_o place_n of_o the_o alcoran_n be_v call_v the_o curse_a tree_n viz._n in_o the_o eleven_o chapter_n of_o the_o second_o book_n which_o in_o arabic_a say_v thus_o o_o guassa_n jarate_v etc._n etc._n i._n e._n that_o muhamed_a terrify_v or_o threaten_v the_o people_n of_o mecca_n with_o the_o curse_a tree_n the_o comment_n say_v that_o it_o be_v call_v accurse_v because_o it_o be_v a_o occasion_n of_o the_o loss_n of_o divers_a moor_n who_o thereupon_o become_v advise_v and_o return_v to_o their_o former_a sect_n the_o alcoran_n speak_v yet_o a_o great_a fable_n than_o these_o say_v that_o god_n create_v the_o heaven_n of_o smoke_n in_o arabic_a it_n say_v thus_o o_o cune_fw-fr aztegne_n etc._n etc._n i._n e._n that_o god_n sit_v in_o the_o heaven_n be_v of_o smoke_n and_o say_v etc._n etc._n in_o the_o suné_fw-fr muhamed_a say_v that_o god_n have_v fix_v the_o earth_n upon_o the_o point_n of_o a_o ox_n horn_n and_o say_v that_o earthquake_n proceed_v from_o this_o ox_n who_o bear_v the_o earth_n on_o the_o top_n of_o his_o horn_n now_o tell_v i_o o_o moor_n who_o be_v a_o astrologer_n and_o have_v read_v ptolemy_n and_o understand_v the_o sphere_n and_o the_o astrolabe_n and_o also_o know_v how_o the_o earth_n be_v fix_v and_o remain_v firm_a for_o the_o motion_n of_o the_o heaven_n what_o think_v thou_o of_o this_o ox_n who_o carry_v the_o earth_n on_o his_o horn_n for_o if_o the_o earth_n be_v fix_v on_o this_o ox_n horn_n on_o what_o do_v this_o ox_n stand_v consider_v o_o moor_n this_o great_a mistake_n and_o error_n which_o be_v so_o ignorant_a and_o unreasonable_a as_o to_o affirm_v that_o the_o heaven_n be_v create_v of_o smoke_n and_o that_o the_o earth_n be_v fix_v on_o a_o ox_n horn_n likewise_o o_o moor_n i_o will_v have_v thou_o consider_v whether_o this_o ox_n be_v a_o bruit_n beast_n or_o a_o angel_n if_o thou_o say_v it_o be_v a_o beast_n than_o you_o must_v consider_v that_o the_o ox_n must_v eat_v and_o drink_v and_o die_v and_o if_o the_o ox_n die_v then_o be_v the_o earth_n destroy_v but_o if_o thou_o say_v that_o this_o ox_n be_v a_o angel_n it_o must_v also_o die_v opinion_n die_v according_a to_o mahomet_n opinion_n see_v angel_n die_v and_o so_o the_o earth_n will_v be_v destroy_v and_o therefore_o i_o conclude_v that_o all_o this_o aforesaid_a be_v a_o mere_a vanity_n and_o have_v neither_o reason_n nor_o truth_n in_o it_o but_o be_v as_o great_a foolery_n as_o those_o of_o john_n de_fw-fr lenzina_n for_o it_o be_v never_o assert_v by_o any_o philosopher_n astrologer_n prophet_n or_o scripture_n that_o the_o earth_n be_v found_v or_o establish_v on_o the_o horn_n of_o a_o ox_n or_o cow_n muhamed_a further_o say_v and_o relate_v another_o thing_n in_o the_o suné_fw-fr which_o among_o the_o moor_n be_v hold_v for_o a_o article_n of_o their_o faith_n and_o law_n viz._n when_o any_o decease_a person_n be_v lay_v in_o the_o grave_n and_o bury_v there_o come_v two_o black_a angel_n to_o he_o who_o be_v call_v in_o arabic_a munguir_n and_o guannequir_n one_o of_o which_o angel_n carry_v a_o iron_n mace_n and_o the_o other_o certain_a iron_n hook_n or_o fork_n and_o these_o angel_n cause_n the_o dead_a person_n to_o rise_v on_o his_o knee_n and_o the_o dead_a person_n do_v put_v on_o his_o soul_n over_o his_o body_n even_o as_o a_o man_n put_v on_o a_o shirt_n but_o so_o that_o here_o the_o suné_fw-fr say_v not_o that_o the_o dead_a shall_v rise_v again_o out_o of_o the_o grave_n but_o only_o that_o the_o body_n shall_v put_v on_o the_o soul_n and_o after_o that_o the_o dead_a party_n have_v put_v on_o his_o soul_n and_o be_v raise_v on_o his_o knee_n these_o angel_n begin_v to_o examine_v he_o and_o ask_v he_o whether_o he_o believe_v in_o muhamed_a and_o his_o law_n and_o whether_o he_o do_v good_a 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that_o the_o moor_n may_v not_o deny_v this_o article_n and_o that_o they_o may_v also_o see_v the_o vanity_n which_o they_o hold_v and_o believe_v in_o their_o law_n or_o worship_n for_o this_o be_v a_o very_a vain_a and_o ridiculous_a thing_n and_o without_o any_o reason_n now_o speak_v o_o moor_n who_o be_v a_o man_n of_o good_a reason_n and_o judgement_n how_o be_v it_o possible_a that_o such_o a_o say_n as_o this_o can_v enter_v into_o thy_o head_n and_o that_o thou_o shall_v believe_v so_o great_a a_o mockery_n and_o untruth_n the_o which_o do_v contradict_v the_o alcoran_n and_o the_o suné_n itself_o for_o the_o alcoran_n and_o the_o suné_fw-fr in_o several_a place_n do_v say_v