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 to be Printed, nor are Chritians permitted to enter into Mecca, leat their aburdities and impieties of their Religion hould be manifeted, and thus are thoe illy ouls kept in blindnes and ignorance, and therefore I never read that any Nation did voluntarily receive the Alcoran except the theevih Saracens of Arabia, becaue it was a friend both to their theevery and lechery, as permitting multiplicity of Wives and Concubins, and a reward for thoe that hall murther and rob.

5. The Alcoran is tranlated into French and other vulgar Tongues, and the chief heads thereof by Purchas in his Pilgrimage, by Heilin in his Geography, and by others into our own tongue without cruple or exception; and I pray you, why is the Arabick tongue, the language of that fale Prophet, and in which he writ his Aloran, o much learned and taught in Schools and Chritian Univerities, but that by it we may come to the knowledge of Mahomets ''Laws and Religion? and how hould we know this little born in Daniel that pake high and proud things againt the Almighty, if we read not his life and doctrine?''

6. There is a kinde of neceity we hould know evil as wel as good, falhood as well as truth, that we may avoid the one, and o much more love the other; he that hath melled a tinking weede will mell with more delight the weet Roe, he that reades the Alcoran will finde it mell wore then Mahomets carkas did, which after his death lay putrifying upon the ground, which his diciples permitted for many dayes together, hoping he would have been as good as his word, who made them a promie that he would rie again the third day; but at lat finding he had forgot himelf, and that his body melled not o weet as Alexanders did after his death, they were forced to bury it, or otherwayes the dogs who were beginning to bury him in their guts had aved them a labour; though Suger be weet in it elf, yet it is much more weet to him that hath tated Aloes, and though Italy ''in it elf be a delicious Countrey, and garden of the world, yet it is much more delightful, pleaant, and beautiful, to him who hath paed over the mountanous, craggy, and rugged Alpes: Did not the Prodigal love the bread of his fathers houe evermore the better after he had been fed on husks with wine? doubtles we hall finde, that after we'' have