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The forty thousand Moslems were stronger far than the two hundred and forty thousand of the enemy." THE FORTY THOUSAND MOSLEMS WERE STRONGER FOUR THAN THE TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY THOUSAND OF THE ENEMY
 refreshed and their eyes lightened, and they felt the tranquillity that ensueth thereupon." Three days they fought, and on the morning of the fourth, returning with unabated vigor to the charge, they scattered to the winds the vast host of Persia.[47] [Sidenote: Defeat of Byzantine army on the Yermuk, A.D. 634.] Nor was it otherwise in the great battle of the Yermuk, which laid Syria at the feet of the Arabs. The virgin vigor of the Saracens was fired by a wild fanatical zeal "to fight in the ways of the Lord," obtaining thus heavenly merit and a worldly prize--the spoil of Syria and its fair maidens ravished from their homes; or should they fall by the sword, the black-eyed houries waiting for them on the field of battle. "Of warriors nerved by this strange combination of earth and heaven, of the flesh and of the spirit, of the incentives at once of faith and rapine, of fanatical devotion to the prophet and deathless passion for the sex, ten might chase a hundred half-hearted Romans. THER AND WE ARE TOLD THAT ON THE RECITAL OF THESE VERSES THE HEART OF THE PEOPLE WAS REFRESHED AND THEIR EYES LIGHTENED AND THEY FELT THE TRANQUILLITY THAT ENSUED THEREUPON THREE DAYS THEY FOUGHT AND ON THE MORNING OF THE FOURTH RETURNING WITH UNABATED VIGOUR TO THE CHARGE THEY SCATTERED TO THE VINTS THE VAST HOST OF PERSE NOR WAS IT OTHERWISE IN THE GREAT BATTLE OF THE YEREMUK WHICH LAID SYRIA AT THE FEET OF THE ARABS THE VIRGIN VIGOUR OF THE SARACENS WAS FILED BY A WILD FANATICAL ZEAL WHO FIGHT IN THE WAYS OF THE LORD OF ENTHUS HEAVENLY MERIT AND THE WORLDLY PRICE THE SPOIL OF SYRIA AND ITS FAILED MAIDENS RAVISHED FROM THEIR HOMES OR SHOULD THEY FALL BY THE SWORD THE BLACK EYED HOW RARES WAITING FOR THEM ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE OF WARRIORS KNOVED BY THIS STRANGE COMBINATION OF EARTH AND HEAVEN OF THE FLESH AND OF THE SPIRIT OF THE INCENTIVES AT ONCE OF FAITH AND RAPPING OF FANATICAL DEVOTION TO THE PROPHET AND DEATHLESS PASSION FOR THE SIX TEN MIGHT CHASE A HUNDRED HALF HEARTED ROMANS
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