67. Attila, ut Priscus historicus refert, extinctionis suae
tempore, puellam Ildico nomine, decoram valde, sibi [in]
matrimonium post innumerabiles uxores ... socians.
Jornandes, c. 49, p. 683 684. He afterwards adds (c. 50, p.
686) Filii Attilae, quorum per licentiam libidinis poene
populus fuit. Polygamy has been established among the
Tartars of every age. The rank of plebeian wives is
regulated only by their personal charms: and the faded
matron prepares, without a murmur the bed which is destined
for her blooming rival. But in royal families the daughters
of Khans communicate to their sons a prior right of
inheritance. See Genealogical History, p. 406, 407, 408.