Note 128
From Chapter 37 of the Decline & Fall

Iracundiae furore succensa, adprehensam per comam capitis puellam in terram conlidit, et diu calcibus verberatam, ac sanguine cruentatam, jussit exspoliari, et piscinae immergi. Greg. Turon. 1. v. c. 39, in tom. ii. p. 255 .

Gregory is one of our best originals for this portion of history.

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