ARABIC LETTERS. 401 scorn and contempt. Now you will find what you have done ; for they that have done amiss, will now find their state changed. You take it for granted, that we are injfidels. We take it for granted, thatyou are villains; and He by whose hand all things are disposed and determined, hath given us tlie dominion over you. The greatest man you have is despicable among us ; and what you call rich, is a beggar. We govern the world from east to west, and whosoever is worth any thing is our prey ; and we take every ship by force. Weigh therefore what is fit to be done, and return us a speedy answer, before infidelity ' shall have kindled its fire, and scattered its sparks among you, and destroy you all from off the face of the earth. We have awakened you by sending to you : make haste v/ith an answer, lest punishment come upon you unawares.'

• As the Muhamedans charge every natibn that doth not believe Muhamed to have been a prophet with infidelity, so the Tartar (who was a Deist) returns it upon them.

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