1 If a man approaches an old woman (for sex) he will quarrel daily. 2 If a man is eating during intercourse, an attack [...] 3 If a man approaches a woman (for sex) while standing up, this activity is not good, the illness will afflict [him]. Alternatively, this man will suddenly collapse, afterward he will fall ill and the water of womanhood is neglected. 15 If a man gives into (his) manliness in captivity and while erect provokes the erection of (another) man: manliness is taken away from him, in distress he will see misfortune. 16 If a man is regularly engaged (in sexual activity) in the daytime of the afternoon: this man will have luck, happiness will be established for him. 17 If a man, a woman mounts him, this woman will take his manliness, for one month he will not have a personal god. 18 If a man speaks with a woman on a bed and he rises from the bed and acts in the way of a man (has an erection) this man, happiness and exultation will be established for him. Wherever he goes, he will find acceptance in every respect, he will always reach his goal.
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