[Footnote 89: This charge is obscurely urged in the Koran,
(c. 3, p. 45;) but neither Mahomet, nor his followers, are
sufficiently versed in languages and criticism to give any
weight or color to their suspicions. Yet the Arians and
Nestorians could relate some stories, and the illiterate
prophet might listen to the bold assertions of the
Manichaeans. See Beausobre, tom. i. p. 291 - 305.]