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general peace. Conversation between the emperor Augustus and 

 Sibylla, who shews him a likeness of Christ. Curious voices from 

 heaven. A temple of Apollo falls in. Appearance of three suns 

 in Spain, gradually flowing into one. In another part of Spain, a 

 cloud of light appears. 



Account of Herod. Jacob's prophecy that the Messiah would 

 be born during his reign, is fulfilled. Circumcision. The three wise 

 kings of Arabia, and an account of how their bodies, after their death, 

 came to Constantinople, then to Milan, and at last to Cologne, 

 where they are at present. Their coming was foretold in Psalm 

 lxxi and Is. lx. 



Jesus presented in the temple. Doubts of Simeon regarding the 

 possibility of a virgin giving birth to a son. He thought that 

 the word virgin was a mistake of a copyist. He is now convinced of 

 his error. Story of Hannah the prophetess. A feast held to her 

 honor in A. D. 570 at Constantinople, after an epidemic. The feast 

 ordered to be generally observed by Pope Sergius (pdpah sarshio) 

 in 888. 



Flight of Joseph to Memphis in Egypt. Miraculous power of 

 the water of a well in which Jesus was washed. Murder of 

 the children in Bethlehem. Herod kills his own son by mistake. 

 The murder of the children is reported to the Emperor Augustus, 

 who said that pigs were safer in the household of Herod than 

 children. These children are the first Christian martyrs. Joseph 

 returns from Egypt. 



Jesus in the temple. A short history of the temple. The wicked- 

 ness of Antiochus Epiphanes. Jesus continues obedient to Joseph 

 and Mary. He does not teach before the age of thirty. 



To judge from several quotations in Hough, it would appear 

 that LeDieu's MS. of the Mir-dt ul Quds had no title. His edition 

 of the * Life of Peter' contains no preface ; nor does J. Xavier 

 mention himself as the author of the book. Le Dieu merely 

 ascribes the book to J. Xavier, because it bears the same date 

 (1602), and because the phraseology of both books is the same, a 

 fact regarding which there can be no doubt. Maulana 'Abdus- 

 sattar is not mentioned. To the title JDdstdn i San Piedro, or 



