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12016-08-22T07:17:13-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a72002(annotation)plain2016-08-29T15:07:59-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aMan todrink, as that, according to the laudable and generous Custom of the Arabs, would secure him his Life.
That the same laudable and generous Custom still prevails among the Mahometans, appears from the Account but last Year Published of his Travels by Mr. Bell of Antermony, who accompanied the Czar Peter the Great, in his Journey to Derbent through Daggestan. “The Religion of the Daggestans, says he, is generally Mahometan, some following the Sect of Osman, others that of Holy. Their Language for the most Part is Turkish, or rather a Dialect of the Arabic, though many of them speak also the Persian Language. One Article I cannot omit concerning their Laws of Hospitality, which is, if their greatest Enemy comes under their Roof for Protection, the Landlord, of what Condition soever, is obliged to keep him safe, from all Manner of Harm or Violence, during his Abode with him, and even to conduct him safely through his Territories to a Place of Security.”—
From the Saracens this same Custom obtained among the Moors of Africa; was by them brought into Spain, and there long sacredly observed. The Spanish Historians record with Applause one famous Instance of it. While the Moors governed there, and the Spaniards were mixed with them, a Spanish Cavalier, in a sudden Quarrel, slew a young Moorish Gentleman, and fled. His Pursuers soon lost Sight of him, for he had, unperceived, thrown himself over a
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12016-08-19T12:59:55-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aA Narrative of the Late Massacres - 181A narrative of the late massacres, in Lancaster County, of a number of Indians, friends of this province, by persons unknown. With some observations on the same.2016-08-19T12:59:55-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-08-19T12:58:37-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aA Narrative of the Late Massacres (Inscribed: From James Pemberton to William Cobbett) - 181A narrative of the late massacres, in Lancaster County, of a number of Indians, friends of this province, by persons unknown. : With some observations on the same.2016-08-19T12:58:37-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
