书城公版Orlando Furioso
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第1091章 LXXII

All others of the manly sex they seat, To ply the distaff, broider, card and sow, In female gown descending to the feet, Which renders them effeminate and slow;

Some chained, another labour to complete, Are tasked, to keep their cattle, or to plough.

Few are the males; and scarce the warriors ken, Amid a thousand dames, a hundred men.