Note 274 — Chapter XVI · YEZDEGIRD SUCCEEDS TO THE THRONE OF PERSIA.—BATTLE OF CADESIYA. A.H. XIV. A.D. 635.
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The first thing, we are told, that gave him assurance was the sound of the Arabs vaingloriously reciting their genealogies, as they had done the night before. Then, towards morning, Cacâa was heard shouting—
We have slain a whole host, and more, Singly, and in fours and fives, (We were like black serpents in the manes of lions) Until, as they fell, I called out lustily, The Lord is my Lord! whiles I had to keep my guard all round.
Whereupon Sád knew that the attack was going on favourably.