[FN#109] ex voto.
[FN#110] i.e. Mohammed.
[FN#111] "What news bringest thou, O saint?"
[FN#112] i.e. Mohammed.
[FN#113] These epithets are often applied by the Arabs, in a
complimentary sense, to anyone who works great havoc among his
enemies by his prowess and cunning.
[FN#114] See Vol. I. p. 135, note. {Vol. 1, FN#45}
[FN#115] i.e. Deal with thee as if thou wert slave-born and
therefore not used to knightly fashions nor able to endure stress
of battle.
[FN#116] A chapel so called in the Temple at Mecca.
[FN#117] Mohammed.
[FN#118] Protector of the women that ride therein.
[FN#119] The Mohammedans have a legend that God gave David
extraordinary skill in working iron and making chain mail, that
he might earn his living without drawing upon the public
treasury. "And we gave David a grace from us and softened for him
iron (saying), 'Make thou coats of mail and adjust the rings duly
and deal rightly, for I look upon what ye do."' --Koran, xxxiv.
10.
[FN#120] This appears to be an allusion to the colours of the
house of Abbas, which were black.
[FN#121] Kafir means "black" as well as "infidel."
[FN#122] One of the Mohammedan legends represents Moses as
seeking the water of life.
[FN#123] The allusion here is to the face of a beloved one, which
is likened to a moon rising out of her dress.
[FN#124] An ornamental hand, said to be so called from the
resemblance of the pen with which it is written to the leaf of
the sweet basil.
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