Note 6 — Chapter CVIII
C. H. (Charles Henry) Tawney translation
In accordance with this advice of his I remained there, eager for tidings of you, my liege: and while I was there, some heavenly nymphs came to bathe in the river. Then the hermit said to me, “Go quickly and carry off the clothes of one of those nymphs bathing there;6 and then you will learn tidings of your master.” When I heard that, I did as he advised me, and that nymph, whose garments I had taken, followed me, with her bathing-dress dripping with moisture,7 and with her arms crossed in front of her breasts.