5308. About elderly women who are in Rest Homes and about beggars
There were women, many of whom, up to 50 or a hundred each time, appeared in the corner between the north and west. And wanting to lead everyone and so possess them, they always attack all whom they see from that mountain. They often attacked me this way from a desire of getting into the world by this means.
5308. CONCERNING OLD WOMEN WHO HAVE LIVED IN ALMSHOUSES; 1AND CONCERNING BEGGARS.
There were some women, many of whom, to the number of fifty or a hundred, appeared, in turn, at the angle between the north and west, and, from that mountain, continually infested all whom they saw, wishing to lead everyone, and thereby to possess them. They so infested me, frequently, from a desire of entering, by this means, into the world.
Footnotes:
1. Or, possibly, "convents." - ED.
5308. De vetustis mulieribus quae in Hospitalibus et de mendicantibus
Fuerunt mulieres, ex quibus plures ad 50 aut centum, quavis vice apparebant ad angulum inter septentrionem et occidentem, et semper infestabant omnes quos e montano illo videbant, volentes ducere quemcunque, et eo modo possidere; me saepius infestabant ita, cupidine sic veniendi in mundum.