(Then he passes by a great fire at which the Adamites are warming themselves—all completely naked in imitation of the purity of Paradise; and he stumbles over)
The Messalines
(wallowing upon the pavement, half-slumbering, stupid:)
"Oh! crush us if thou wilt! we shall not move! Work is crime; all occupation is evil."
(Behind these, the abject)
Paternians
(—men, women, and children lying pell mell upon a heap of filth, lift their hideous faces, wine-besmeared, and they cry aloud:)
"The inferior parts of the body, which were created by the Devil, belong to him! Let us eat, drink, and sin!"
Ætius. "Crimes are necessities beneath the notice of God!"