De Tribus Impostoribus, A. D. 1230: The Three Impostors / Translated (with notes and comments) from a French manuscript of the work written in the year 1716, with a dissertation on the original treatise and a bibliography of the various editions

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Paragraph 2. Politics; paragraph 6. Morals.

Chapter	VI.	Mahomet,	2	paragraphs.
Chapter	VII.	Evident Truths,	6	paragraphs. ,,
Chapter	VIII.	The Soul,	7	paragraphs. ,,
Chapter	IX.	Demons,	7	paragraphs. ,,

Facing page twenty-seven is a medallion copper plate of Moses, around which are these words (translated): “Moses saw God in the burning bush,” and beneath the following from Voltaire’s Pucelle (translated):

Alone on the summit of the mysterious mount

As he desired, he closed his fortieth year.

Then suddenly he appeared upon the plain

With buck’s horns[9] shining on his forehead.

Which brilliant miracle in the mind of the philosopher

Created a prompt effect.”

In a note to par. II. occur the following lines which translated read: