A.D. 622. MAHOMET DELUDES CAD UAH. ears. Bat Justus was succeeded in the church of Rochester y Romanus. CH. XL—FROM A.D. 622 το A.D. 676. The heresy of the Monothelites—The Saracens attack the Roman Empire—Mahomet—His wife Cadijah—Pope Hono-rius-~King Edwin becomes a Christian—Heraclius becomes a Monothelite—Cadwallan, king of Wales—Oswald, king of Northumberland—Oswy—The heresy of the Monothelites is condemned—King Louis violates the tomb of Saint Denis —Cadwallan dies. , A.D. 622. Cyrus, bishop of Alexandria, and Sergius, patriarch of Constantinople, preached the heresy of the Monothelites. About this time also, the Saracens, who are also called Turks, under the leadership of Mahomet, a false prophet, went forth from their own country, and began terribly to ravage the empire of Heraclius. Now this Mahomet, the chief of the Saracens and Arabs, was of the race of Ishmael, the son of Abraham, who, having been in his early life a merchant, used often to go with his camels into Egypt and Palestine, and hare intercourse with both Jews and Christians, from whom he learnt both the Old and New Testament, but was only made a most impious magician by them. And as he was travelling to and fro, it happened that he entered the province of Corozonia, of which Cadijah was said to be mistress. And as she was admiring the various beautiful things which Mahomet had brought with him, having obtained them by theft or pillage, she began gradually to attach herself more intimately to him. An d after Mahomet had acquired a hold over her with his incantations, he began cunningly to lead her by degrees into error, saying that he himself was the Messiah, whom the Jews were still expecting to come. And not only that powerful woman was deluded into embracing this opinion, but all the Jews, which his fanaticism reached, flocked to him in crowds, together with the Saracens, influenced by the great novelty of the event. And then he began to make new laws, and to deliver them to these people, fortifying them with testimonies out of both the Old and New Testament. These laws the Ishmaelites call theirs, and claim him for their lawgiver. An d the woman, whom I have already spoken of, seeing the man surrounded by an indiscriminate company of Jews an d Saracens, thought that a divine power was concealed in •Oli. ι* ν