Note 054
From Chapter 57 of the Decline & Fall

The emperor, or abbot describe the scenes of a Turkish camp as if they had been present.

Matres correptae in conspectû filiarum multipliciter repetitis diversorum coitibus vexabantur; (is that the true reading?) cum filiae assistentes carmina praecinere saltando cogerentur. Mox eadem passio ad filias, etc.
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