Alexander Ross, The Alcoran of Mahomet, translated out of Arabick into French, by the Sieur Du Ryer, Lord of Malezair, and resident for the French king, at Alexandria. And newly Englished, for the satisfaction of all that desire to look into the Turkish vanities. (1649)

magick, that produceth neither Profit nor Content. Then fell the Magicians of Pharoah prostrate on the ground, and said, We believe in the God of Aaron and Moses; Pharoah said unto them, believe ye in him without my permission? Moses is your master, I will cut off your right feet, and your left hands; or your left feet, and your right hands, and cause you to be hanged on Palm trees, that ye may know who is the more severe in his chastisements, I, or the God of Moses; They said, the miracles that thou hast seen, have they not touched thee? He that created us, doth things which are not in thy power to performe; thy power extendeth only in this world, we believe in God our Lord, who will pardon our sins; thou art the cause that he abhorreth us with our magick, he is more powerfull then thou, and eternal; Hell is prepared for Infidels, they shall find repose neither in their life nor death; and the righteous that shall do good works, shall eternally enjoy the pleasures of the gardens of Eden, wherein flow many delicious rivers, such is the reward of them that are purged from their sins. We said unto Moses, go out by night with my people, and make them a drie Path through the Sea, fear not that thine enemies may overtake thee, neither be afraid of being drowned, Pharoah shall follow them with his troops; I will overwhelm in the sea, and will mislead him with his people, he shall not follow the right way. O children of Israel! we delivered you from your enemies, and conducted you towards the mountains of Sinai: We caused Manna and Quailes to descend upon you, and said, eate ye of the good things that we have given you, and be not ungrateful, otherwise my wrath shall fall upon you; he upon whom mine indignation shall fall, shall be thrown headlong into the fire of hell; I will be merciful to such as shall convert, do good works, and follow the right way. O Moses! who pressed thee to absent thy self from thy people? He answered, behold he that followeth my steps, I am come up to receive thy Commandments. We after thy departure estranged thy people from thee, and Samery seduced them from the right way; he returned upon his steps to his people, in great displeasure, and said, O ye people! did not God promise