aut sponsus foedera pactae intercepta gemens diroque satellite rapta inmersus tenebris dura inter vincla luebat; aut si nupta torum regis conscendere iussa coeperat inpurum domini oblectare furorem, morte maritalis dabat indignatio poenas.
If a man who was betrothed bemoaned the filching of his promised bride at the hands of some cursed minion, he would be plunged in darkness and make atonement in cruel bonds. Or if a bride had begun to please the tyrants impure passion and had been commanded to go up into the royal bed, her husbands resentment would pay the penalty with death.
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