ceterum ut non tristis earum et horrida pudicitia sed [et] honesto comitatis genere temperata esset'indulgentibus namque maritis et auro abundanti et multa purpura usae sunt', quo formam suam concinniorem efficerent, summa cum diligentia capillos cinere rutilarunt: nulli enim tunc subsessorum alienorum matrimoniorum oculi metuebantur, sed pariter et videre sancte et aspici mutuo pudore custodiebatur.
But to the end that their chastity should not be sour and rude but tempered with a seemly sort of elegance (for with their husbands indulgence they used gold in plenty and much purple), they took great pains to redden their hair with ashes by way of adding a touch of refinement to their beauty. For in those days the eyes of ambushers of other mens marriages were not feared. A mutual sense of honour guarded the seeing and the being seen in equal purity.
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