Note 109 — Chapter V · THE CRADLE OF THE OSMANLIS
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The erudite Assemani, Librarian of the Vatican Library, writing of certain persecutions of the Christians by Mohammedans, declares: “Non raro persecutionis procellam excitarunt mutuæ Christianorum ipsorum simultates, sacerdotum licencia, præsulum fastus, tyrannica magnatum potestas, et medicorum præesertim scribarumque de supremo in gentem suam imperio altercationes.” Biblotheca Orientalis Clementino-Vaticana, Tom. III, Pars, II (Rome, 1719–1728).