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)

horses, ready and vigorous, were presented to him about evening; that he forgot to make his prayer at the hour of Vespers; and said, What? Have I preferred the love of the wealth of the Earth, to the remembrance of God, even until the Sunset? He caused them to be led back again, and sacrificed some of them (for expiation of his fault.) He caused their legs and neck to be cut off. We tryed Solomon, we caused a supposititious person to sit on his Throne, and afterwards restored him to his dominions. He said, Lord, give me thy mercy, give me so happy a reign, that the like hath not been seen; thou art liberal towards thy creatures. We made subject to him the winds, which blowed at his command, where it pleased him. We made the Devils subject to him; some built his Palaces, others dived into the Seas to bring him Pearls, and others were bound and chained to attend his commands; he retained and dismissed whom he listed, with rendring an accompt. We drew him neer unto us, and lodged him in a place of content. Remember our servant Job, that he prayed to his Lord, and said, That the Devil had heaped misery and affliction upon him. It was said unto him, Strike the Earth with thy foot; thou shalt see water spring forth to wash thee, and to drink: We restored to him his children, and his riches, through our special grace, to be an example to posterity. It was said unto him, when his wife would have made him to murmur, Take rods in thine hand, strike thy wife, and swarve not from what thou hast promised. We found him patient, and zealous in obedience to our Commandments. Remember our servant Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, affectionate and zealous in our Law; we saved, and chose them among the righteous. Such as have my fear before their eyes, shall enjoy the delights of the Garden of Eden; where they shall repose upon most glorious beds; they shall there have all sorts of fruits, and delicious drink; and their wives shall not look on any but on them. Behold, what is promised to them at the day of Judgment, and these pleasures shall never end. The wicked and Infidels shall be precipitated into the fire of Hell, they shall drink boyling water in abundance, and water extreamly cold, full