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)

but what is carnall; he blasphemes the Son with Arius, in denying his Divinity; he blasphemes the holy Ghost with Macedonius, affirming him to be the Creature of a creature; he blasphemes God also, in making him the Author of his Alcoran, bragging that his name is written upon the Throne of God in that he is the greatest of the Prophets, who hath more knowledg then all the men and Angles of the world; and many other bragging words he uttereth of himself, by which we may see his is that little horn which spurng up among ten horns of the great and terrible beast of the Roman Empire, destroying three of the Roman horns, to wit, the Asians, Grecians, and Egyptians; this is the horn that hath many eyes, as being crafty and vigilant, but his mouth speaks proud things, in blaspheming and bragging, as we have heard. Thirdly, of ridiculous Stories, and which are more insavery then the Golden Legend, or Lucians true Narrations; he tels us that he divided once the Moon, one half whereof fell into his lap, (this was not then the Man in the Moon, but the Moon in the Man) the other on the ground; these two pieces he souldred again. Perhaps in memory of this lying miracle, the Turks use yet the half Moon for their Arms: He tels us of a great army of men and Angles raised by Salomon, but much hundred in their march by an army of Flies, which Salmon rebuked, where we have a witless conference between Salomon and the Fly; he tels you strange Story of Noahs Ark, how there the Hog was generated of the Elephants dung, and a Rat of the Hogs dung, which gnawing a hole in the Ark, at which Noah was affrighted; he touching the Lionon the forehead, out of whose brains leaped out a Cat, (as Minerva did out of Jupiters) which caused the Rat to run away: this is Philosophy indeed for a Hog. Fourthly of Lyes, for he belyeth God, in making him author of his impeitie and heresies; he belyes Christ, in saying he was conceived by he smell of a Rose; he belyeth the holy Ghost, in affirming that he inspired Mahomet to write the Alcoran; he belyeth the Virgin Mary, calling her the daughter of Amram, and sister of Moses, confounding her with Miriam, whereas there were so many generations between; he