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)

substance be intermingled with your own, do them no wrong, they are your brethren in God, he knoweth them that do good, and those that do evill: if it had pleased him, he had detained much more from you, for he is Omnipotent and just. Marry not women that believe in many gods, untill they believe in one sole God; a Slave that is a true believer, is of more value then a free Infidel, notwithstanding she is beautifull. Infidels shall be summoned to hell fire, and God calleth men to Paradise, and to his mercy, through his meer good pleasure, and declareth to them his Commandments, perhaps they will remember them. They will enquire of thee concerning the monethly terms of women; answer, that they are unclean; separate your selves from your wives when they are menstruous, and come not nigh them untill they be purified; when they shall be clean, approach them, according to what God hath commanded: he loveth them that repent of their errors, that are clean and purified; your wives are your tillage, go to your tillage at your pleasure, and do good for your souls; you shall one day finde it, fear God and preach his Commandments to the true believers. Your Religion doth not permit you to sweare by God in vaine, and oftentimes to justifie your selves; God understandeth and knoweth all things, he will not regard what you shall speake at randome, that shall not be hurtful to any, but he will see what it shall be in your heart. He will be gracious and mercifull to such as shall swear, not to touch their wives for the space of foure moneths; if they returne to them, he is gracious and mercifull; but if they desire to repudiate them, he understandeth, and knoweth all things. Women divorced, shall tarry until their Terms be past foure times, before they marry againe, it is not permitted them to conceale what God hath created in their wombe, if they believe in his divine Majesty, and the Day of Judgment; if they flie from their husbands, they shall be brought againe to them, which is a thing reasonable. They ought to honour them, and their husbands likewise ought to honour them, but the husbands have a degree of advantage above them. God is Omnipotent, and most wise in what he ordaineth. Divorce the first and second time, ought to