. Das Schwert des Islam. Die die Sarazenen befel, Sie wereemboldened zu Sally Forth und lagert in der Ebene. Aber die Göttin des Sieges, unbeständig in Ihrem favom^s, die bostra Standard verlassen, und die Stadtmauern von thetown ere Lange überragte die mangledcorpses Ihrer gläubigen Bürger. Eine Religion Der peacecould Kranke ringen mit einem Glaubensbekenntnis, in dem Kämpfe wasan Artikel des Glaubens; das Kreuz des Christentums hatte beenvanquished durch den Halbmond des Islam. Immer noch die Menschen, obwohl besiegt, wurden nicht überwunden; aber die perfidyof der Gouverneur, Romanus nach Name, whatthe abgeschlossen Eifer von Khalid und seine Soldaten

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. The sword of Islam. which befel the Saracens, they wereemboldened to sally forth and encamp in the plain.But the goddess of victory, fickle in her favom^s, deserted the Bostra standard, and the ramparts of thetown ere long towered down upon the mangledcorpses of her faithful citizens. A religion of peacecould ill contend with a creed in which fighting wasan article of faith ; the cross of Christianity had beenvanquished by the crescent of Islam. Still the people, though defeated, were not subdued; but the perfidyof the governor, Romanus by name, completed whatthe zeal of Khalid and his soldiers had commenced.Wrapped in a coat wrought with gold, the faithlesstraitor proceeded in the dead of night to the camp ofthe enemy, and offered to deliver up the town, which he had sworn to defend; his overtures wereaccepted, and a hundred intrepid warriors returnedwith him to his house, whence they emerged disguisedas Christians to wreck vengeance upon the unsuspect-ing defenders of the city (a.d. 632). The issue could. A.D. 632] ABU BAKR 89 not be doubtful, but the verdict of mankind hasbranded with infamy and disgrace the name of anapostate, who was a traitor to his sovereign, hissubjects, and his God. The redoubtable Saracens now turned their stepstowards Damascus, the rich and flourishing capital ofSyria, to which city they laid siege. The EmperorHeraclius, beginning to get alarmed at the successwhich befel the Muslim arms, despatched a bandof 5000 men under a general of the name of Calous, to the assistance of the beleaguered town. At theonset the Christians despised their enemies, and didnot hesitate to sally forth in the plain; but thetrunkless heads of their general, and of the governor, which were thrown over the wall by the victoriousassailants, soon caused the trembling followers of theCross to realise that their only chance of safety laywithin the ramparts which gave them protection. Theycontrived, however, to despatch a messenger at nightto apprise the Emperor of the f

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• bookyear1905