Vulgar words in The Book of the Epic (Page 1)

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ass x 2
make love x 1
whore x 1
            

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Although the fox is soon routed by Beatrice, the eagle makes its nest in the chariot, beneath which arises a seven-headed monster (the seven capital sins), bearing on its back a giant, who alternately caresses and chastises a whore.

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Shortly after, a beautiful lady, garbed in white but enveloped in a black mantle, rides up to court on a snow-white ass, leading a woolly lamb.

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Of course the hero selected the shorter route, and on the first day slew a wild ass, which he roasted for supper before lying down to rest.

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The step-mother, who had so poisoned his father's mind against him, plotted Siawush's death as soon as he returned to court, by accusing him of making love to her.

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