[418]See the same idea in vol.i.132，and 349.
[419]'They will ask thee concerning wine and casting of lots；say：'In both are great sin and great advantages to mankind；but the sin of them both is greater than their advantage.''See Koran ii.216.Mohammed seems to have made up his mind about drinking by slow degrees；and the Koranic law is by _disibledevent= the Eternal.
[439]For an incident like this see my Pilgrimmage （vol.i.176）.How true to nature the whole scene is；the fond mother excusing her boy and the practical father putting the excuse aside.European paternity，however，would probably exclaim，'The beast's in liquor！'
[440]In ancient times this seems to have been the universal and perhaps instinctive treatment of the hand that struck a father.By Nur al-Din's flight the divorce-oath became technically null and void for Taj al-Din had sworn to mutilate his son next morning.
[441]So Roderic Random and his companions'sewed their money between the lining and the waistband of their breeches，except some loose silver for immediate expense on the road.'For a deion of these purses see Pilgrimage i.37.
[442]Arab.Rashid （our Rosetta），a corruption of the Coptic Trashit；ever famous for the Stone.
[443]For a parallel passage in praise of Alexandria see vol.i.290，etc.The editor or scribe was evidently an Egyptian.