引き網

解説

付記

悪魔がレースの網を投げ入れた。 宝石で重りをつけ、引き上げ、 その中身を数えた。 そこにはすべての女の魂―― 奇跡のごとき、尊き漁獲。 だが背に担ごうとするより早く、 すべての魂は目の粗い網から 逃げ去ってしまった。 ―― バルク・デ・ロッピス

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Original

A kind of net for effecting an involuntary change of environment. For fish it is made strong and coarse, but women are more easily taken with a singularly delicate fabric weighted with small, cut stones.

Additional notes

The devil casting a seine of lace, (With precious stones 'twas weighted) Drew it into the landing place And its contents calculated. All souls of women were in that sack— A draft miraculous, precious! But ere he could throw it across his back They'd all escaped through the meshes. Baruch de Loppis