[Footnote 116: Abulpharag. Dynast. p. 114, vers. Pocock.
Audi quid factum sit et mirare. It would be endless to
enumerate the moderns who have wondered and believed, but I
may distinguish with honor the rational scepticism of
Renaudot, (Hist. Alex. Patriarch, p. 170: ) historia ...
habet aliquid ut Arabibus familiare est.]