To the Most Excellent Lord, Lord

HENRI DE BOURBON,

PRINCE OF CONDÉ,

First Prince of the Blood of France, and First Peer.

Ornamental woodcut initial 'P' featuring intricate floral and foliate scrollwork patterns.

that is, those cultivated in the liberal arts Festus Sextus Pompeius Festus, a 2nd-century Roman grammarian. example of Bond Likely referring to John Bond, the English commentator on Horace.

Plato, that teacher of Princes and easily the Prince of all teachers, declared as if by a divine oracle that Republics would never be happy unless either those who already sat at their helms devoted themselves to literature and the study of wisdom; or, conversely, those who were already literate and "skilled in the arts" artitiThe original Latin 'artiti' is an archaic term for those trained in the liberal arts, as noted in the margin referencing Festus. (as they say) were promoted to manage the common good. To be sure, that Philosopher—as he was most acute in other matters—judged here especially truly—