"Certainly. Do you suppose that no one but the Galileans are acquainted with _Adam_, and _Eve_, and _Cain_[109], and _Noah_?--Surely, I might have had Solomon, and Abraham, and David, and even Moses. When you know that _Zuleika_ is the _Persian poetical_ name for _Potiphar_'s wife, on whom and Joseph there is a long poem, in the Persian, this will not surprise you. If you want authority, look at Jones, D'Herbelot, Vathek, or the notes to the Arabian Nights; and, if you think it necessary, model this into a note. "Alter, in the inscription, 'the most affectionate respect,' to 'with every sentiment of regard and respect.'" [Footnote 109: Some doubt had been expressed by Mr. Murray as to the propriety of his putting the name of Cain into the mouth of a Mussulman.] * * * * * TO MR. MURRAY. "Nov. 14. 1813. "I send you a note for the _ignorant_, but I really wonder at finding _you_ among them. I don't care one lump of sugar for my _poetry_; but for my _costume_ and my _correctness_ on those points (of which I think the _funeral_ was a proof), I will combat lustily. "Yours," &c. * * * * * "Nov. 14. 1813. "Let the revise which I sent just now (and _not_ the proof in Mr. Gifford's possession) be returned to the printer, as there are several additional corrections, and two new lines in it. Yours," &c. * * * * * LETTER 146. TO MR. MURRAY. "November 15. 1813. "Mr. Hodgson has looked over and _stopped_, or rather _pointed_, this revise, which must be the one to print from. He has also made some suggestions, with most of which I have complied, as he has always, for these ten years, been a very sincere, and by no means (at times) flattering intimate of mine. _He_ likes it (you will think _fatteringly_, in this instance) better than The Giaour, but doubts (and so do I) its being so popular; but, contrary to some others, advises a separate publication. On this we can easily decide. I confess I like the _double_ form better. Hodgson says, it is _better versified_ than any of the others; which is odd, if true, as it has cost me less time (though more hours at a time) than any attempt I ever made. "P.S. Do attend to the punctuation: I can't, for I don't know a comma--at least where to place one. "That Tory of a printer has omitted two lines of the opening, and _perhaps more_, which were in the MS. Will you, pray, give him a hint of accuracy? I have reinserted the _two_, but they were in the manuscript, I can swear." * * * * * LETTER 147. TO MR. MURRAY. "November 17. 1813.