[Footnote 187: From the history of Sandoval, p. 87. Fleury
(Hist. Eccles. tom. ix. p. 261) has given the substance of
another treaty concluded A Ae. C. 782, A.D. 734, between an
Arabian chief and the Goths and Romans, of the territory of
Conimbra in Portugal. The tax of the churches is fixed at
twenty-five pounds of gold; of the monasteries, fifty; of
the cathedrals, one hundred; the Christians are judged by
their count, but in capital cases he must consult the
alcaide. The church doors must be shut, and they must
respect the name of Mahomet. I have not the original before
me; it would confirm or destroy a dark suspicion, that the
piece has been forged to introduce the immunity of a
neighboring convent.]