Note 020
Mirum dictû ex innumeris populis pars aequa in
commerciis aut in latrociniis degit, (Plin. Hist. Nat. vi.
32.) See Sale's Koran, Sura. cvi. p. 503. Pocock, Specimen,
p. 2. D'Herbelot, Bibliot. Orient. p. 361. Prideaux's Life
of Mahomet, p. 5. Gagnier, Vie de Mahomet, tom. i. p. 72,
120, 126, &c.
The History Of The Decline And
Fall Of The Roman Empire
—Fall In The East
—Chapter 50