Women I have forsworn for thee; so may deem me all men this day a shaveling friar.
"And yet another:—
A boy of twice ten is fit for a King!
"And yet another:—
The penis smooth and round was made with anus best to match it: Had it been made for cunnu's sake it had been formed like hatchet!
"And yet another said:—
My soul thy sacrifice! I chose thee out who art not menstruous or oviparous'.
Did I with women mell, I sould beget brats till the wide world grew strait for us.
"And yet another:—
She saith (sore hurt in sense the most acute, for she had proffered what did not besuit):
'Unless thou stroke as man should swive his wife, blame not when horns thy brow shall incornute!
'Thy wand seems waxen, to a limpo grown: and more I palm it, softer grows the brute!'
"And yet another:—
Quoth she (for I to lie with her forbore), 'O folly-following fool, O fool to core:
'If thou my coynte for Kiblah[1] to thy coigne reject, we'll show thee what shall please thee more.'[2]
"And yet another:—
- ↑ Note by Sir Richard Burton: Kiblah=the fronting place of prayer; Mecca for Moslems, Jerusalem for Jews and early Christians.
- ↑ Note by Sir Richard Burton: The Koran says (chap.2): "Your wives are your tillage: go in therefore unto your tillage in what manner soever you will." Usually this is understood as meaning in any posture, standing or sitting, lying, backwards or forwards. Yet there is a
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