700. When one society after the other had declared with a loud voice, as if in song, that the Wolf had stolen them away but that the Lord had snatched them back and restored them to Himself, this saying was passed along farther away from me, from one society to the other, or to one choir after another. Also, at some distance, it was uttered by those of one choir rather doubtingly, with falling voices. This choir, however, being brought back to the proper state, was taken in by the twelfth society; they said that this was the character of the twelfth. (There had actually been eleven, but still a twelfth was also admitted.) Afterwards about eight more societies came, declaring the same thing, whom I thought to be of the other sex, or of a different kind.
700. When one society after another had said as if in unison and with a raised voice, that the wolf had wanted to carry them away, but the Lord had snatched them back and restored them to Himself, such sayings were continued from one society to another, or by one choir after another, thus further and further away from me even as to distance. By some it was said more doubtingly, thus with a fading away of the words, which fading was nevertheless restored to the full. They were concluded by the twelfth society: they said that there were twelve such societies. There were indeed eleven [admitted], but yet the twelfth was also admitted [but with greater difficulty than the others]. 1Afterwards there again came about eight societies speaking in like manner, which I supposed were of the other sex, or of another genus.
Footnotes:
1. See AC 2130.
700. Cum una societas post alteram 1
quasi cantu, et alta voce dixissent, quod Lupus eos abstulerint 2
, sed Dominus eripuerit eos, et sibi restituerit, talis dictio continuabatur ab 3
una societate ad alteram, seu uno choro post alterum, ita longius a me, quoque quoad distantiam, a quibusdam dubitantius, sic cum lapsu vocum; qui restitutus tamen fuit in verum, claudebatur 4
a societate 12ma, dicebant quod duodecima talis esset 5
; erant 6
quidem 11, sed usque admittebatur quoque 12ma, postea venerunt 7
iterum 8 circiter societates similiter dicentes, [ego] autumans 8
quod fuerint alterius sexus, vel alterius generis.
Footnotes:
1. This is how it appears in J.F.I. Tafel's edition; the Manuscript has altera
2. sic manuscript; J.F.l. Tafel's edition has abstulerit substituit
3. This is how it appears in J.F.I. Tafel's edition; the Manuscript has a
4. hoc est includebatur
5. In J.F.I. Tafel's edition duodecim tales essent
6. This is how it appears in J.F.I. Tafel's edition; the Manuscript has erat
7. This is how it appears in J.F.I. Tafel's edition; the Manuscript has verunt
8. vide praefationem hujus editionis sub capite "Idiosyncrasies"