400 APPENDIX. 
Christi et Matris ejus Virginisgloriosae et sanctorum ac sanctarum Dei, insignia vivi~ 
ficae crucis conspuentes, confringentes, concultantes, sacrosancta evangelia, missa- 
lia, et reliquos Ecelesiae libr.os dilacerantes, decurpantes, comburent.es. Sacras vestes 
sacerdotunpreliquaque ornamenta Ecclesia scindentes, ad indumentum suum et orna- 
tum sumentes, vel pro vili pretio conferentes, vasa Domini, ejus cultui dedicata, in 
eis comedentes et bibentes, in reliquum conflata adprophanos usus transferebant, 
Posuerunt denique carnes sanctorum tuorum, morticina servorum, tuorum, reliquias 
beatorum corporem escas volatillibus cceli, dispergentes hinc hide carnes sanc¬ 
torum tuorum quos oceidebant bestiis terrae : quia non erat qui sepeliret. Altaria 
suffbderunt in voeantes nomen maledicti Mahumeti, eum laudantes de victoria. 
Omitto prae pudore quod mingebant, stercorisabant, omnia vituperabilia exercebant 
in templis, imagnlbus, et reliquiis Sanctis. Sancta canibus dabant, margaritas sacra- 
mentorum ante porcos projiciebant- Cum haec recolo totus et horrore contremisco, 
nec ulterius styio exarare quco illorum piacula ex fidei Christianae religionis dedecora 
et irisiones injecta. Monasteria tarn monachorum quae moniaiium invadentes, omnia 
4iripiebant, ejicientes illos de habitatioiiibus suis; xenodochia infirmorum destruebant. 
Etsi de multis et magnis excidiis et exterrainis civitatum, historiographi etiam genii- 
lium referant, fere nulla posset desolationi hujus coaequari. Nullam incolam intra 
reliquerunt, non Graecum, non Latinum, non Armenum, non Judaeum; urbam ipsam 
suis civibus nudatam quasi desertam effecerunt. Eorum actus et opera propriis 
oculis vidi, et cum reliquibus constantissimis viris una, plura perpessus sum mala et 
pericula, licet de manibus eorum me cripuerit Deus, ut lonam de ventre ceti.” 
No. II. 
This article being merely a “catalogue of manuscripts, on daily sale in t&$ 
cities of the East,” with their titles, in the Turkish and.Arabic tongues, it is thought, 
would be of not the least interest to any body whate ver, and therefore it is omitted. 
No. III. 
List of One Hundred and Seventy-two Tales , contained in a manuscript copy of the “ AH/ 
Lila Fa Lilin> or “ Arabian Lightsas it was procured by the author in Egypt. 
NY B. The Arabic words mentioned in this List, are given as they appeared to be 
pronounced, in English characters; and of course, therefore, adapted to English pro¬ 
nunciation. 
The number of Tales amount to 172; but one tale is supposed.to occupy many nights 
Yin the recital, so that the* whole number is divided into '■‘■One Thousand and One 
Wights.” It rarely happens that any two copies of the Arif Lila Fa Li} ini resemble 
nheh other. This title is bestowed upon any collectionof Eastern Tales divided into 
tire same number of parts. The compilation depends upon the taste, the caprice, and 
till opportunities of the scribe, or the commands of his employ et. Certain popular 
stones are common to almost all copies of the Arabian Nights , but almost every se¬ 
lect iWi contains some tales which are not found jn every other. Much depends upon 
the locality of the scribe. The popular stories of Egypt will be found to differ material- 
} y frork those of Constantinople. A nephew of the late Wortley Montague, living in 
Rosetta, had a copy of the Arabian Nights; and, upon comparing the two manuscripts, 
it appeared that out of the 172 tales, here enumerated, only 37 were found in his 
manuscript. In order to mark, therefore, the stories which were common to the 
two manuscripts, an Asterisk has been prefixed to the 37 tales which appeared in both 
copies. 
1. The-B ull and the Ass 
2. The Merchant and the Hobgoblin. 
3. The Man a$d the Antelope. 
4. The Merchant and two Dogs. 
5. The Obi Man and the Mule. 
*6, The History of the Hunters. 
