Note 086
Quidam (says Innocent III., Gesta, c. 94, p.
538) nec religioni, nec aetati, nec sexui pepercerunt: sed
fornicationes, adulteria, et incestus in oculis omnium
exercentes, non solum maritatas et viduas, sed et matronas
et virgines Deoque dicatas, exposuerunt spurcitiis
garcionum. Villehardouin takes no notice of these common
incidents.]
The History Of The Decline And
Fall Of The Roman Empire
—Fall In The East
—Chapter 60