[555]. i.e. Lion, Son of (?).
[556]. i.e. Many were slain.
[557]. I venture to draw attention to this battle-picture which is at once simple and highly effective.
[558]. Anglicè a quibble, evidently evasive.
[559]. In text “Aná A’amil,” etc., a true Egypto-Syrian vulgarism.
[560]. i.e. magical formulæ. The context is purposely left vague.
[561]. The repetition is a condescension, a token of kindness.
[562]. This is the common cubit of 18 inches: the modern vary from 22 to 26.
[563]. I have noticed the two-humped Bactrian camel which the Syrians and Egyptians compare with an elephant. See p. 221 (the neo-Syrian) Book of Kalilah and Dimnah.
[564]. The Noachian dispensation revived the Islam or true religion first revealed to Adam, and was itself revived and reformed by Moses.