of it which are now in use_: _but_ Joannes Andreas Maurus,
_(who was_ Alfaqui, or _chief Doctor of the_ Moors _in_ Sciatinia,
_in the kingdom of_ Valentia _in_ Spain, _and afterwards converted to
the Christian Religion in the Year of our Lord_ 1487) _says, that
it is the first Chapter that was written of all the_ Alcoran. _But
be that how it will, we may from hence, and infinite other places,
observe the strange way which these Eastern Writers have of Quoting
the_ Alcoran; _for they intermix those Expressions which they
take out of it with their own words, without giving the Reader
the least Notice or Hint whence they had them, or where to find
them_.]

[Footnote 3: And I testify, &c.--_After be testified the Unity of the
Godhead, be immediately adds_ La Sharica Leho, That he has
no Partner. _These words frequently occur in the_ Alcoran, _and
are particularly levell'd against the Christians, which_ Mahomet
_frequently will_ Mushricoun, _i.e._. Associantes, Joyning Partners
with God, _because they acknowledge the Divinity of our
Blessed Saviour_.]

[Footnote 4: _The whole_ Mahometan _Creed consists only of these two Articles,_
1. There is no God but God, [i.e. _There is but One
God] and_ 2. Mahomet is his Apostle. _A very short Creed, but
their Explications of it, make amends for its shortness. The Reader
may see a Paraphrase of it out of_ Algazâli, _in Dr_. Pocock's
Specimen Historiæ Arabum, p. 174.]

[Footnote 5: The Learned _Avicenna--This great Man was born in_ Bochara,
_a City famous for the Birth of a great many very Learned
Men; it lyes in 96 Degrees, and 50 Minutes of Longitude reckoning