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)

his train from the town. This repulse rather irritating then terrifying him, he drew all his force into the field, and assailed the Jews in two severall conflicts; in one of which, by a wounden the face with a sword, that broke out his foreteeth: He signed the Articles of his Law with his blood, and continued a long time as dead in a ditch; but being rescued by his Slaves, and recovered of his wound, he again fought and vanquished them, and converted their Synagogue into a Temple, for his own use.

The fame of his exploits increasing, which the number of his Sectaries (to whom some Princes, and eminent persons of the Country began to encline, giving him their daughters in mariage) awakened the Nobles of Mecca, particularly the family of Coreis, who wisely judging a new form of Religion, propagated by a new way, force of arms, must inevitably introduce a new Government, of which Mahomet, of base and obscure themselves to his designs, expelled all such as seemed to favour him out of the City, and severall times gave battell; in which be so valiantly deported himself, that though he was sometimes put to the worst, yet he more often prevailed; and giving freedom to such prisoners as would embrace his Law, incorporated them into his Army, strengthning himself, and weakning his enemies. Being in fine acompleat Conqueror in the field; he assaulted the City of Mecca, took it, and after some slaughter of the Nobility, his enemies, proclaimed impunity to all that would achnowledg him a Prophet of God, by whose favor (as he affirmed) and appointment, not by his own valour, he had attained to that honor. After this proclamation, many