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PART I.
iEGYPTIACA.
63
“ end of fix hundred years on the confines of Media, is
“ overbalanced by the filence of two annalifts of a more
“ early date, both Chrifiians, both natives of Egypt, and
“ the mold ancient of whom, the patriarch Eutychius,
“ has amply1 defcribed the conqueft of Alexandria.”
1 That the reader may judge for himfelf how ample is the defcription
which Eutychius has given of the conqueft of Alexandria, I have ven-
tured to tranfcribe Pocock’s verlion of the whole paflage.-“ Ingrefli
“ funt Moflemini Alexandriam, poftquam in ipfius oblidione menfes qua-
“ tuordecim infumfiflent. Capta jam urbe atque fuga dilapfis qui e Ro-
“ manis fugerant, profeftus eft Amrus Ebno’l Afi eos qui per terram fu-
“ gerant quaelitum. Illi autem ex iplis qui per mare fugerant Alexan-
“ driam reverfi, Mofleminos qui in ea reperti funt occiderunt. Cumque
“ eo audito reverfus efl'et Amrus, acri ipfum pugna juxta arcem exce-
“ perunt; qua ab ipfo capta rurfum ad naves confugerunt Romani. Scrip-
“ lit ergo Amrus Ebno’l Aft ad Omarum Ebno’l Chetabi—Urbem cepi
“ in qua quid Jit non defcribam, nfii quod in ipfa repererim palatia quater
“ mille; balnea quater mille ; Judaorum. qui tributum Jblvunt quadraginta
“ millia, circos Regios quadringentos, olitores qui olera vendunt duodecies
“ mille. Ipfam vero vi cepi, nullo inito pafto. Certiorem etiam ipfum fe-
“ cit, pofcere Mofleminos ipfam fibi dividendam. Cui refcribens Omar
“ Ebno’l Chetabi, confilium ipflus improbavit, juflitque ne ipfam illis [fpo-
“ liandam] permitteret aut divideret, verum vedtigal ipfius in ipfa Mofle-
“ minis relinqueret, quo fubfidio ipfis in oppugnandis hoftibus elfet. Earn
“ ergo quo erat ftatu confirmavit Amrus, numeratifque incolis tribu-
“ turn ipfis impofuit. Porro jEgyptus univerfa in foedus recepta fuit, tri-
“ buto binorum aureorum a fingulis pendendo ; neque cuipiam amplius pro
“ capite fuo folvendum imponebatur (nifi ubi adjiceretur aliquid, eique im-
“ poneretur ratione terrarum et frugum quas haberet) exceptis Alexandria
“ incolis : illi enim vedligal ac tributum ad arbitrium ejus qui iplis prsefi-
“ ciebatur pendebant. Capta eft fiquidem Alexandria vi, fine promiflb,
“ aut padlis conventis, nullo cum ipfis inito fcedere aut fponlione. Capta
iEGYPTIACA.
63
“ end of fix hundred years on the confines of Media, is
“ overbalanced by the filence of two annalifts of a more
“ early date, both Chrifiians, both natives of Egypt, and
“ the mold ancient of whom, the patriarch Eutychius,
“ has amply1 defcribed the conqueft of Alexandria.”
1 That the reader may judge for himfelf how ample is the defcription
which Eutychius has given of the conqueft of Alexandria, I have ven-
tured to tranfcribe Pocock’s verlion of the whole paflage.-“ Ingrefli
“ funt Moflemini Alexandriam, poftquam in ipfius oblidione menfes qua-
“ tuordecim infumfiflent. Capta jam urbe atque fuga dilapfis qui e Ro-
“ manis fugerant, profeftus eft Amrus Ebno’l Afi eos qui per terram fu-
“ gerant quaelitum. Illi autem ex iplis qui per mare fugerant Alexan-
“ driam reverfi, Mofleminos qui in ea reperti funt occiderunt. Cumque
“ eo audito reverfus efl'et Amrus, acri ipfum pugna juxta arcem exce-
“ perunt; qua ab ipfo capta rurfum ad naves confugerunt Romani. Scrip-
“ lit ergo Amrus Ebno’l Aft ad Omarum Ebno’l Chetabi—Urbem cepi
“ in qua quid Jit non defcribam, nfii quod in ipfa repererim palatia quater
“ mille; balnea quater mille ; Judaorum. qui tributum Jblvunt quadraginta
“ millia, circos Regios quadringentos, olitores qui olera vendunt duodecies
“ mille. Ipfam vero vi cepi, nullo inito pafto. Certiorem etiam ipfum fe-
“ cit, pofcere Mofleminos ipfam fibi dividendam. Cui refcribens Omar
“ Ebno’l Chetabi, confilium ipflus improbavit, juflitque ne ipfam illis [fpo-
“ liandam] permitteret aut divideret, verum vedtigal ipfius in ipfa Mofle-
“ minis relinqueret, quo fubfidio ipfis in oppugnandis hoftibus elfet. Earn
“ ergo quo erat ftatu confirmavit Amrus, numeratifque incolis tribu-
“ turn ipfis impofuit. Porro jEgyptus univerfa in foedus recepta fuit, tri-
“ buto binorum aureorum a fingulis pendendo ; neque cuipiam amplius pro
“ capite fuo folvendum imponebatur (nifi ubi adjiceretur aliquid, eique im-
“ poneretur ratione terrarum et frugum quas haberet) exceptis Alexandria
“ incolis : illi enim vedligal ac tributum ad arbitrium ejus qui iplis prsefi-
“ ciebatur pendebant. Capta eft fiquidem Alexandria vi, fine promiflb,
“ aut padlis conventis, nullo cum ipfis inito fcedere aut fponlione. Capta