65. See two instances of this kind of torture in the Acta
Sincera Martyrum, published by Ruinart, p. 160, 399. Jerome,
in his Legend of Paul the Hermit, tells a strange story of a
young man who was chained naked on a bed of flowers, and
assaulted by a beautiful and wanton courtesan. He quelled
the rising temptation by biting off his tongue .