THE LABYRINTH OF THE WORLD
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The gate gaze on the whole world, and understand its of separa- Qi-der, That eastern gate is t!ie gate of life, through which all pass who come to live in the That second gate is the gate of separaworld. tion, whence each person, according to the lot he draws, betakes himself to this or that calling. (
The Conditions of Life are divided
into Six
Orders.)
"
The streets, then, which thou beholdest 4. are the various estates, orders, and avocations which men choose. Thou seest six principal In this one to the south those who belong to the state of domestic life reside parents, children, and servants. In the next street live the streets.
—
tradesman and all who are busied in commerce. In that third street, which is nearest the marketplace, live the learned
men, who are employed
on the works of the mind. On the other side, again, is the order of the clergy, by means of
whom them
others avoid practising religion. Behind the order of the Magistrates and rulers
is
At
of the world.
last, to
the north,
order of knighthood, which the arts of war. And oh,
These beget all
;
these feed
is
how
all
we
find the in
employed ;
all
noble this
is
these teach
all
!
;
these pray for all ; these judge all and preserve them from disorders ; these fight for all ; and all these serve each other, and
all
have equal
rights.
The Market-place and of the World. )
[The Castle of Fortune, the Castle 5.
"Then
that
castle to
the
Fortunae, the castle of Fortune,
in
west
is
Arx
which chosen