Note 063
In eo conveniunt omnes, ut plebeio vilique genere ortum, &c,
(Hottinger, Hist. Orient. p. 136.)
Yet Theophanes, the most ancient of the Greeks, and the father of many a lie, confesses that Mahomet was of the race of Ismael,
(Chronograph. p. 277.)
The History
Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire
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Fall In The East
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Chapter 50
(Chronograph. p. 277.)