Note 125
From Chapter 50 of the Decline & Fall

Abulfeda, in Vit. Moham. p. 156. The private arsenal of the apostle consisted of nine swords, three lances, seven pikes or half-pikes, a quiver and three bows, seven cuirasses, three shields, and two helmets, (Gagnier, tom. iii. p. 328 - 334,) with a large white standard, a black banner, (p. 335,) twenty horses, (p. 322, etc.) Two of his martial sayings are recorded by tradition, (Gagnier, tom. ii. p. 88, 334.)

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