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Chapter 23

           Itwasamatterofpublicknowledge,theysaid,thataftertheconquestofKingWilliam,hisNormanfollowers,elatedbysogreatavictory,acknowledgednolawbuttheirownwickedpleasure,andnotonlydespoiledtheconqueredSaxonsoftheirlandsandtheirgoods,butinvadedthehonouroftheirwivesandoftheirdaughterswiththemostunbridledlicense;andhenceitwasthencommonformatronsandmaidensofnoblefamiliestoassumetheveil,andtakeshelterinconvents,notascalledthitherbythevocationofGod,butsolelytopreservetheirhonourfromtheunbridledwickednessofman.

           Suchandsolicentiouswerethetimes,asannouncedbythepublicdeclarationoftheassembledclergy,recordedbyEadmer;andweneedaddnothingmoretovindicatetheprobabilityofthesceneswhichwehavedetailed,andareabouttodetail,uponthemoreapocryphalauthorityoftheWardourMS.

           

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