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 he keeping her tation. only opening the book, at which the armies fled, and preently all the lamps about Mahomets tomb went out, for when the viion vanihed, an hour before un riing, a murmuring wind was heard, to which they imputed the extinguihing of the lamps.

Q. Is there not a remarkable tory of the great Mogul in the Eat Indies?

A Yes, it happen’d ome years before Sir Thomas Rowe was ambaador for king James the firt to his court, that a juggler of Bengal brought an ape before the Mogul that did many trange fears: the king to try his kil plucked a ring of his finger, an‘ gave it to one of his boys to hide, which he preently dilcovered, at lat this trange fancy came into his head, there are many diputes, lays he, concerning the true prophet that hould come into the world. We are for Mahomet, the Perions magnify Mettis Ally: the Hindoes or Heathens extol Braman Ram and others, the Jews are for Moes, and the Chritians for Chrit, adding everal others to the number of twelve, whoe names he caued to be writ on twelve crolls and put in a baon; this done the ape puts n his paw among them and pulls out the name of Chrit. He then caued the names to be written a econd time, in other crolls. and the ape again pluckt out the name of Chrit as before. Upon this one of the Mogul’s favourites aid it was an impotor of the Chritians, and deired a third tryal, with only eleven names, reerving that of Chrit’s in his hand The ape earching as before pulled out his empty paw: whereupon th Mogul was told that poibly the thing he looked for was not there; the ape was bid to earch for it, who bringing thoe 11 names one after another in eeming indignation rent them all to pieces; and catching the favourite by the hand, where the name of Chrit was concealed, opened and held it up to the Mogul without tearing the ame. Upon which the Mogul gave hi ke per penion calling him the divining ape. The truth whereof faith Mr. Perry, Capt. to Sir Thomas Rowe, confirm-d by everal perons of different religions.

Q. What were thee women called Sybils who propheied of our bleed Lord. ome hundreds of years before he was born?

A They were reckoned to be ten in number, and to have the pirit of prophecy, and uttered many peeches concerning Chrit very agreeable to thoe of the jewih prophets or rather in more plain terms than they, tho’ the heathens to whom they were poken undertood them not. Yea, they are thought of great importance for confirming the truth of the chritian religion, and they are often adduced by the fathers of the primitive church, againt the enemies to the faith of Jeus. And Contantine the firt chritian emperor