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THE FRENCH EPISTLE TO THE READER.
THe Book is a long conference of God, the An∣gels▪ and Mahomet, which that false Prophet very grosly invented; sometimes he introduceth God▪ who speaketh to him, and teacheth him his Law▪ then an Angell, anon the Prophets, and fre∣quently maketh God to speak in the plurall, in a stile that is not ordinary. He declaimeth against such as worship Idols, particularly against the Inhabitants of the City of Mecca, and against the * 1.1 Coreis, who were enemies to his designe. He intituled this book the Alcoran, as one would say, the Collection o•• Precepts: He likewise termed it El Forcan, that is that distinguisheth good from evill: He divided i•• into many Chapters, to which he gave what inscrip∣tion he thought good: he most commonly intitu¦leth them with words that are in their first line without regard to the matter they treat of, an•• speaketh little of their Inscription; He divided in to many signs, or Verses, that contain his ordinan¦ces and fables, without observation either of th•• consequence, or connexion of the discourse, whic••