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of its abundance, so too the king should be more
worthy than other people and have more
wisdom and scholarship, so that by his valor
and sufficiency he can be resplendent among the people.
And by the example of the good deeds that others
see him do, they may be led towards and attracted to Our Lord.
And in this way the king would be righteous
in this world and in Paradise. And it would be very
right and reasonable for these kings
to make an effort to learn such scholarship
and science so that after this mortal
life they will not lose the lordship of heaven.
For by nature and lineage they should love
scholarship and always learn it. Certainly
the emperor of Germany loved philosophy
with all his heart and advanced it in France
as much as he could. And he kept at his court
all the good scholars that he could find, or ordered them to come
from all the places he knew them to be. In his time he labored
and suffered, undergoing danger and worry,
in order to exalt the Christian faith. But despite this he never
stopped showing great reverence for his scholars. For he