Note 054

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, &c.

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