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The Ruins

CHAPTER XII
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You eat pork; you drink wine; you touch unclean things.

God hath punished you.

Do penance therefore; purify; repeat the profession of faith;* fast from the rising to the setting sun; give the tenth of your goods to the mosques; go to Mecca; and God will render you victorious.
* There is but one God, and Mahomet is his prophet.
And the people, recovering courage, uttered loud cries: There is but one God, said they transported with fury, and Mahomet is his prophet! Accursed be he who believeth not! God of goodness, grant us to exterminate these Christians; it is for thy glory we fight, and our death is a martyrdom for thy name.

And then, offering victims, they prepared for battle.
On the other side, the Russians, kneeling, said: We render thanks to God, and celebrate his power.

He hath strengthened our arm to humble his enemies.


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