◆This more human reason is probably truer than the one generally given of Jean’s chivalrous conduct regarding his pledge.
◆Jean (surnamed le Bon), King of France, 1350–1364. Taken prisoner by Edward the Black Prince at the battle of Poitiers.
[91] P. 159:
◆Proverb marking the small connection that often exists between gifts of body and good qualities of mind and character.
[92] P. 161:
◆The quotation as given in the text is mutilated and the words transposed. It should read:
“Si tibi simplicitas uxoria, deditus uni
Est animus: ...
...
Nil unquam invita donabis con juge: vendes