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.