John of Salisbury
Policraticus: Frivolities-Courtiers, Footprints-Philosophers
Greatest Danger to the Favorites of Fortune
「1159」 John of Salisbury, Frivolities of Courtiers and Footprints of Philosophers , Being a Translation of the First, Second and Third Books and Selections from the Seventh and Eight Books of the Policraticus「1159」 of John of Salisbury 「Constitution.org」, trans. Joseph Pike (University of Minnesota, 1938).
Who more bestial than he who, neglecting duties, rises at midnight, that with the aid of dogs keen of scent, his active huntsmen, his zealous comrades, and his retinue of devoted servants, at cost of time, labor, money, and effort, he may wage from earliest dawn till darkness his campaign against beasts?
