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From Abraham down to Moses, writeth very particularly the said Alexander Polyhistor, albeit he mingleth sometime certain fables: whereby appeareth that he took not his story wholly out of the Bible. And he allegeth one Leodemus who (as he saith) lived with Moses, & wrote the self same things that Moses did: and with these also do concur Theodorus a most ancient Poet, Artabanus & Philon Gentiles. And therefore it is manifest that Moses history, (as also all the rest of the sacred and canonical scriptures) is no fable or feigned matter (as the devil would make us believe) but a true; certain, & most undoubted history in all points. All which matters be sufficiently and substantially showed also even by the heathens writings, which are too tedious to he here rehearsed.

From Abraham downe to Moses, writeth very particularly the said Alexander Polyhistor, albeit he mingleth sometime certaine fables: whereby appeareth that he tooke not his storie wholie out of the Bible. And he alledgeth one Leodemus who (as he saith) liued with Moses, & wrote the selfe same things that Moses did: and with these also doo cancurre Theodorus a most ancient Poet, Artabanus & Philon Gentiles. And therefore it is manifest that Moses history, (as also all the rest of the sacred and canonicall scriptures) is no fable or feined matter (as the deuil would make vs beléeue) but a true; certaine, & most vndoubted historie in all points. All which matters be sufficiently and substantially shewed also euen by the heathens writings, which are too tedious to hée héere rehearsed.

But the great wonders and miracles which Moses did, being acknowledged to be done not by his own power, but by the power of God, do sufficiently give credit unto him: of whom and of whose acts do bear witness, not only the fore-named (especially Artabanus in his book of the Jews) but many others also (especially Eupolemus) out of whom Polyhistor reciteth very long narrations of the wonderful and strange things done by Moses in Egypt. Yea the miracles done by him, the greatest enemies that ⟨image 29⟩ever he had in the world,¹