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some of these things, were he ever so great and 

 rich. For if he had need to go to war he would 

 not know what war is, for he would not be accus- 

 tomed to travail, and so another man would have 

 to do that which he should. For men say in old 

 saws : " The lord is worth what his lands are 

 worth." 1 And also he saith in the aforesaid book, 

 that he never saw a man that loved the work and 

 pleasure of hounds and hawks, that had not many 

 good qualities in him ; for that comes to him of 

 great nobleness and gentleness of heart of what- 

 ever estate the man may be, whether he be a great 

 lord, or a little one, or a poor man or a rich one. 



1 Gaston de Foix says : " Tant vaut seigneur tant vaut sa 

 gent et sa terre," p. 9. 



