4/6 Or she will bring some gross accusation against me, of which it may be hard to clear myself, and I shall be ruined. Or perhaps she will detach from me her husband, who is powerful, and yet under her control, and will unite him to my enemy, or will herself join the latter. The husband of this woman has violated the chastity of my wives, I shall therefore return that injury by seducing his wives. By the help of this woman I shall kill an enemy of the king, who has taken shelter with her, and whom I am ordered by the king to destroy. The woman whom I love is under the control of this woman. |