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| Frontispiece found in manuscripts of the Vox Clamantis. The Latin verses above the image read: "I throw my darts and shoot my arrows at the world. But where there is a righteous man, no arrow strikes. But I wound those who live wickedly. Therefore let him who recognizes himself there look to himself." This is the traditional claim of satirists. It has been suggested that the divisions of the globe symbolize the three estates. From MLS Cotton Tiberius A.IV, F.9, Complete Works of John Gower. |