Quod consilium virtutibus cantionum antevertit, et, ut illa Medea unius dieculae a Creone impetratis indutiis totam eius domum filiamque cum ipso sene flammis coronalibus deusserat, sic haec devotionibus sepulcralibus in scrobem procuratis, ut mihi temulenta narravit proxime, cunctos in suis sibi domibus tacita numinum violentia clausit, ut toto biduo non claustra perfringi, non fores evelli, non denique parietes ipsi quiverint perforari, quoad mutua hortatione consone clamitarent quam sanctissime deierantes sese neque ei manus admolituros et, si quis aliud cogitarit, salutare laturos subsidium.
But she prevented this plan with the power of her magic spells. Just as the famous Medea, in the one short days truce gained from Creon, burned up his entire house and daughter and the old man himself with flames from a crown, so Meroe, by performing necromantic rituals in a ditch'as she herself recently told me when she was drunk'shut all the people up in their own homes with the silent strength of supernatural forces. So for two whole days it was impossible to break the locks or tear open the doors or even dig through the walls, until the people, at everyones unanimous urging, cried out and most solemnly swore that they would not lay hands on her themselves, and furthermore that if anyone should intend otherwise they would come to her defence and rescue.
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