He had fifty daughters and four dozen sons,

Of whom all such as came of age were stowed,

The former in a palace, where like nuns

They lived till some Bashaw was sent abroad,

When she, whose turn it was, was wed at once,

Sometimes at six years old[316]—though this seems odd,

'T is true; the reason is, that the Bashaw

Must make a present to his sire-in-law.