Instruction Du Roy (L’)

Le Carre Hermes Paris >> Automne - Hiver 1993 / 94

A King's Training

The advantage of being a king is that one usually had this role from birth, and was raised for it. A king's masters neglected nothing that could help him reign in the best way. and the shill taught most carefully was riding. How could one rule a kingdom if one could not manage a horse ?  Monsieur de Pluvinel hoped that his royal pupil would be "an attractive and good rider", because then he would be this kind of king, as well ...