366 THE KING'S MIRROR 



bishop : the bishop is appointed to be the king's teacher, 

 counsellor, and guide, while the king is appointed to be 



a judge and a man of severity in matters of punishment, 



to the great terror of all who are subject to him. Never- 



theless, the bishop wields a rod of punishment as well 



/ as the king. There is this difference, how r ever, between 



I the king's sword and that of the bishop, that the king's 



\ sword always bites when one strikes with it, and bites 



\to great injury W 7 hen it is used without right, while it 



/serves him well whom it may strike when it is rightfully 



/ used. But the bishop's sword bites only when it is used 



( rightfully; when it is wrongfully used, it injures him 



V who smites with it, not him who is stricken. 



pishop strikes rightfully, however, his sword wounds 

 even more deeply than the king's. But this subject we 

 shall discuss more fully at some other time, if it is 

 thought advisable. 



