Afterthisunsuccessfulcampaign，thewantofmagazines，andperhapssomeinroadoftheTurks，obligedhimtodisbandordividehisforces；theRomanswereleftmastersofthefield，andtheirgeneralJustinian，advancingtothereliefofthePersarmenianrebels，erectedhisstandardonthebanksoftheAraxes。ThegreatPompeyhadformerlyhaltedwithinthreedays\'
marchoftheCaspian:^5thatinlandseawasexplored，forthefirsttime，byahostilefleet，^6andseventythousandcaptivesweretransplantedfromHyrcaniatotheIsleofCyprus。Onthereturnofspring，JustiniandescendedintothefertileplainsofAssyria；theflamesofwarapproachedtheresidenceofNushirvan；
theindignantmonarchsunkintothegrave；andhislastedictrestrainedhissuccessorsfromexposingtheirpersoninbattleagainsttheRomans。Yetthememoryofthistransientaffrontwaslostinthegloriesofalongreign；andhisformidableenemies，afterindulgingtheirdreamofconquest，againsolicitedashortrespitefromthecalamitiesofwar。^7
[Footnote3:ThegeneralindependenceoftheArabs，whichcannotbeadmittedwithoutmanylimitations，isblindlyassertedinaseparatedissertationoftheauthorsoftheUniversalHistory，vol。xx。p。196—250。AperpetualmiracleissupposedtohaveguardedtheprophecyinfavoroftheposterityofIshmael；andtheselearnedbigotsarenotafraidtoriskthetruthofChristianityonthisfrailandslipperyfoundation。
Note:ItcertainlyappearsdifficulttoextractapredictionoftheperpetualindependenceoftheArabsfromthetextinGenesis，whichwouldhavereceivedanamplefulfilmentduringcenturiesofuninvadedfreedom。Butthedisputantsappeartoforgettheinseparableconnectioninthepredictionbetweenthewild，theBedoweenhabitsoftheIsmaelites，withtheirnationalindependence。ThestationaryandcivilizeddescendantofIsmaelforfeited，asitwere，hisbirthright，andceasedtobeagenuinesonofthe\"wildman\"Thephrase，\"dwellinginthepresenceofhisbrethren，\"isinterpretedbyRosenmullerinloc。andothers，accordingtotheHebrewgeography，\"totheEast\"ofhisbrethren，thelegitimateraceofAbraham—M。]