[I have seen] the punishment of women who lead an indulgent and idle life, characteristic of those in some regions when they have become wealthy, and for one reason or another rise to prominence above others - who thus reside in pleasures, letting themselves be waited on like queens by servants and attendants, not having to worry about anything, just indulging their inclinations in elegance and indolence, reclining on couches, dressing up, and sitting at tables and desks; and in this fashion they pass their lives. But having seen the fierce punishment that such women undergo in the other life, I was told two times that they were not the type of women who had been born into such conditions, such as queens, or who were brought up in them from early childhood and thus accustomed to them, for these have known nothing else. The type of women that are meant here are those who, because of some distinction, or because of riches, and the resulting arrogance, in the course of time have thus given themselves up to voluptuous living.