'Some years travels into divers parts of Africa, and Asia the great. Describing more particularly the empires of Persia and Industan: interwoven with such remarkable occurrences as hapned in those parts during these later times. As also, many other rich and famous kingdoms in the oriental India, with the isles adjacent. Severally relating their religion, language, customs and habit: as also proper observations concerning them.' [‎323] (346/448)

alfo he fpeaks modeftly of, and of the blelfed Virgin with lingular reverence-, faying in
the nineteenth Azoara to this purpofe, "Hail 3^7thou art blelfed5 yea, in purity and
<£ holinefs exxeliing all other women: the meditation of Gods Laws was ever in thy heart,
" therefore he hath feleded thee, refined thee, and made thee his happieft dwelling •, thou
a art full of knowledge and mercy, free from pollution, hatred or ambition; yea, thou*
" the Virgin Mother of the great Prophet Jefm, art only of woman-kind moil lovely
"and perfed in the fight of the Almighty,^ Which I name, hot-that his Book is any
way more valuable, (the end cOnfidered* which was his plot for Apoftafie) but that the
Devil and Sergitu his Coadjutors could not derogate from their Majefty •, and to whom
we may fay in the words of our Saviour to the Demoniack, hold thy peace-, for as ano
ther fays. Ex ore tm Lam fordet.
Now albeit the Alcoran for its greater repute feigns. That three Angels flying with Ada-
homet intoahighMountain, oneriptuphisbreaft andwaihed his Guts with Snow* the fe-
cond opened his heart, thereout picking a black kernel that was Satan's part, which the
laft Angel clofed up and madeperfed: Then weighing him in a fcale, many men not be
ing heavy enough to counterpoize him, the Angel fet him upon the lower earth, faying.
No number (hall ^e able to weigh againll him. Now what thefe Angels were, appears by
the Book it felf, which confifts of Herefiarchies againft our blefled Saviour : for, with Ar-
rim it denies the Divinity *, with Sahellicus the Trinity, with Macedonia the Holy Gholl:
proceeding i with Mankhem the death of Chrift *, and fuch like Errours as thofe wretches
broached. In the 32. Azoara, he politickly commands That no man be fo impious to
queftion any particle of his Law> nor to difpute about it; yet in another Chapter coiv
felles that 'tis ftuft with Untruths. Their Commandments are eight.
1. Commandment. There is one-> and hut one great Cody and Mahomet is his Prophet*
TheMuyezinsandTalifmanni every fourth hour fing aloud from the fteeple tops of eve
ry Molque, or Alcoranes as fome allufiveiy call them, Quia e cacumine Turrmm fragment a
jilcoranni pueri plernmq\ voctferant. The ufual words are Llalay-lala, Mohummed refiillula 5
but the Perfians ( by Syet Gmets direction) to the honour of their Prophet LlaU y-lala
Mortys-Ally vel hilkla *, iterated as a word of praife borrowed from the Hebrew Hallelu-
ja, or as by the old Per fans ufed in their Paean or warlike Songs, which commonly began
with Alala, as Xenophon c. 2. obferveth^ or HtlluU Vrania and Elnlem a Song to Bacchus.
The acknowledging one only God they borrow either from the Decalogue or fourth of
Ezeklel. Upon which alfo our ancient Bards and Druides beat, in thofe dark times ma
king it an Article of their Faith.
2. Command. 'Tis neither good nar jnft that any Muffdman live unmarried-) lefl the Profef
fors of the Alcoran be diminished.
Polygamy is from this Commandment tolerated ^ yea, fuch are thought moll honoura
ble who fuper-abound in Wives and Concubines *. Mahomet in the Azoara o^Bacara boafts
of his fingularity therein; and that he had ftrength at molt times to fatiate forty Wo
men. In that Chapter of Attahrim he confefles that he had violated his faith and troth *,
but, that he had received pardon from God and had to witnefs it, Rachel and Gabriel
two Angels. .. .
But who fees not, that in this precept he had refped to the natural dilpolltion of the
Arabians ? better pleafed with freedom and voluptuoufnefs than vertue: not caring how,
fo by any Magic he could yoke them under obedience.
3 . Command. It behoves Mnffulmen to be charitable *, and to hate contention.
Travellers find fpecial advantage by this Commandment: for whereas Inns are not to
be had in Heathen Countries, there are Buildings of purpofe for the accommodation of
Travellers always open for entertainment, and clean kept •, and near them is a large and
convenient Stable, In one of thefe Inns, fifteen thoufand pound fterling hath been dif-
burfed upon a charitable account: yea, fo remarkable is their charity, that they not on
ly ered Hoipitals for lame men and difeafed, but fometimes for aged, ftarved, or hurt
birds, beafts, and fuch Creatures.
4. Command. It behoves Mntfulmen to invocate their Prophet every day five times at leaf} ^
and to attend his coming patiently. . ,
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