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He Book is a long conference of God, the Angels, and Mahomet, ''which that Fale Prophet very groly invented; ometimes he introduceth God, who peaketh to him, and teacheth him his Law, then an Angel, anon the Prophets, and frequently maketh God to peak in the plurall, in a tile that is not ordinary. He declaimeth againt uch as worhip of Idols, particularly againt the Inhabitants of the City of Mecca, and against the * Coreis, who were enemies to his deigne. He intitules this book the Alcoran, as one would ay the Collection of Precepts: He likewie termed it El Forcan, that is, that ditinguiheth good from evill: He divided it into many Chapters, to which he gave what incription he thought good: he mot commonly intituleth them with words that are in their firt line, without regard to the matter they'' Rh