10:1
Precor te, soror Florentina, ut feminae, quae teeum non tenent professionem unam, ad tuam non accedant societatem. Quod enim amant, hoc suggerunt: et eas res tuis insinuabunt auribus, quae in eorum versantur desideriis. Heu mihi, soror, corrumpunt mores bonos colloquia mala (I Cor. xv). Cum sancto sanctus eris: longe a te sit, soror, et cum perverso perverteris (Paalm. XVII). Quid in unum agit nupta, et virgo? Illa te non sequitur, quas virum diligit, Propositum tuum fugit; quod etsi amare se finxerit, mentitur ut decipiat. Quid tecum agit, cum qua communi collo Cbristi jugum non ducis? dispar habitu, dispar affectu.
芙羅倫提娜妹妹啊,我懇求你,那些不與你持守同一聖願的婦女,不可進入你的交往。因為她們所愛的,便是她們所慫恿的:她們要把那些縈繞於她們慾念中的事,灌入你的耳中。妹妹啊,我有禍了,濫交是敗壞善行的(林前十五)。你與聖潔人同處便為聖潔:妹妹啊,願你絕不至於與乖僻人同處便變為乖僻(詩十八)。已婚的婦人與童貞女有何相干?那愛男子的婦人不跟隨你;她逃避你的心志;她縱然假裝愛你,也是說謊為要欺哄你。那與你不在同一頸項上同負基督之軛的婦人,與你有何相干呢?她在衣著上與你不同,在情感上也與你不同。
I beseech you, sister Florentina, that women who do not hold one and the same profession with you may not come to your fellowship. For what they love, that they suggest: and they will pour into your ears those things which are bound up in their own desires. Alas for me, sister, evil communications corrupt good morals (1 Cor. XV). With the holy you shall be holy: far be it from you, sister, that with the perverse you should be perverted (Ps. XVII). What has the married woman in common with the virgin? She does not follow you, who loves a man; she flees your purpose; and even if she has feigned to love you, she lies in order to deceive. What does she have to do with you, with whom you do not draw the yoke of Christ on a common neck? Unlike in dress, unlike in affection.
10:2
Organum Satanae hoc tibi canet, quod illecebris saeculi moveat, et semitas diaboli impinguai. Fuge Sirenum camus, mi soror: ne dum prurieutibus auribus oblectamenta delectaris audire terrena, avertaris a recto itinere, et aut in dexteram illidaris scopulo, aut in sinistram Charybdis deglutiaris rictu. Fuge Sirenum cantus, et a lingua walesnadentis sepi aures tuas. Muni cor tuum scuto fidei, dum tui propositi disparem videris; et frontem tuam tropbaeo arma crucis contra eam quae professioni tuæ dispar est.
撒但的這個樂器要向你歌唱那能以世界的媚惑挑動你、使魔鬼的路徑肥美之事。我的妹妹啊,要躲避海妖賽蓮的歌聲:免得你正以發癢的耳朵貪聽屬地的悅樂時,被引離正道,或撞上右邊的礁石,或被左邊卡律布狄斯張開的大口吞沒。要躲避賽蓮的歌聲,並以籬笆攔阻惡謀士的舌頭、護住你的耳朵。當你見到與你心志不合之人時,要以信德的盾牌堅固你的心;並以十字架的凱旋標記武裝你的額,抵擋那與你聖願不合的婦人。
This organ of Satan will sing to you that which may stir you by the allurements of the world, and may make fat the paths of the devil. Flee the songs of the Sirens, my sister: lest, while you delight to hear earthly delights with itching ears, you be turned aside from the straight way, and either be dashed upon a rock on the right hand, or be swallowed up on the left by the gaping maw of Charybdis. Flee the songs of the Sirens, and hedge your ears against the tongue of the evil counselor. Fortify your heart with the shield of faith, when you see one unlike your own purpose; and arm your brow with the trophy of the cross against her who is unlike your profession.