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 In his regard of sexes

Vladimir was oblique!

He ruled men with an iron hand,

But women made him weak.

Three hundred concubines he kept

Besides, in Belegrad;

Three hundred more in Brestov,

Ten score in Vishegrad.

Attending these their mothers,

Their cousins and their aunts,

With numerous confessors

And all their ministrants.

Well did the clamorous lobby

With candidates abound!

The Tsar was much berated

Because their god he drowned.