Mahomet
at his Return found his Bed still warm, and took up an Earthen Pitcher, (which was thrown down at the very Instant that the Angel
Gabriel
carried him away) before the Water was all spilt.
There is a very pretty Story in the
Turkish
Tales which relates to this Passage of that famous Impostor, and bears some Affinity to the Subject we are now upon. A Sultan of
Egypt
, who was an Infidel, used to laugh at this Circumstance in
Mahomet's