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"Whilome on those banks did legions throng

"Of Moor and Knight, in mailed splendour drest :
"Here ceased the swift their race, here sunk the strong;
"The Paynim turban and the Christian crest
"Mixed on the bleeding stream....

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PREFATORY INTRODUCTION.

CHAPTER I.

General remarks-The primeval centre of the eastern tribes-Their religion-Its changes and reforms-Emigration of the tribes.

EASTERN NATIONS.

THE early ages of this earth are obscured in a thick and impenetrable veil. Neither the ingenious conjectures of the antiquary, nor the blind credulity of the enthusiast can satisfy research, or convince reason. The laws of nature, and the limits of probability can alone guide

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