wroth, for he harde[4] gladly the hermit preach, and his men did walke all the night & thought they would this hermyte were dead. So it befell on a night that Machomet was full dronken of good wine, and he fell in a slepe, and his men toke Machomets sworde out of his sheath whyles he lay and slept, and therewith they slew the Hermit, and afterwarde they put up the sword againe all bloudy, and upon the morow when that he founde the Hermite thus dead, he was in his mynde verye angry, and right wroth, and woulde haue done his men unto the death, but they all with one accorde, and with one will sayde that he himselfe hadde slaine hym when he was dronken, and they shewed his own swerd all bluddy & then he beleved that they sayde soth, & then cursed the wine & all those that drank it. And therefore Sarasins that are devout drinke no wine openly, else they should be reprouved but they drynke good beverage & sweete & nourishing that is made of Calamelles, and thereof is suger made. [Illustration] And it befel[5] sometime, y^t christen men became Sarasins, either through povertie, simplenesse, or wickednesse & therefore theyr Archbishop when he received them, sayd thus,[6] _Laeles ella Machomet roses ella_. That is to say, there is no God but one, and Machomet is his messengere. And sithern[7] I have told you a part of theyr law, and of theyr customes, now I shall tell you of theyr letters that they haue with theyr names. First they have for A- almoy, B- bethath, c- cathi, d- delphoy, e- ephoti, f- forthy, g- garophin, h- hechum, i- iocchi, k- kattu, l- lothum, m- malach, n- nahalgt, o- orthy, p- choziri, q- zothii, r- rucholat, s- routhi, t- solathy, v- chorimus, x- yrithom, y- mazot, z- alepin & ioheten- com--these are the names. These foure letters have they yet more for diversitie of their language, for as much as they speake so in their throtes, as we have in our language and speake in England. Two letters may they then have in theyr A. B. C that is to say, y &, the which are called thorne- and zowx. [Footnote 1: Kadijah.] [Footnote 2: Had epileptic fits.] [Footnote 3: Other editions have it 610, but it was A.D. 611 when Mahomet professed to have received his call.] [Footnote 4: Heard.] [Footnote 5: _Pynson_ says "befalleth."] [Footnote 6: The Mahometan Confession of Faith is Lá iláha illá 'lláh Muhammadun rasúlu 'lláh.] [Footnote 7: Since.] CAP. XLVII. _Of the yles and divers maner of people and of marvaylous beastes._