just read about a medieval guy amassing an army of ‘50 thousand clowns’ by ‘beguiling them with his juggling’ and got so excited before i realised clown used to mean ‘farm worker’ and juggling used to mean ‘general trickery’
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![Often a person believes himself to be so wise
and believes to gain highest fame thereby,
when the juice of the grapes has affected him negatively.
The next one believes that he is so rich
that even the emperor might not be an equal to him.
The third appears like an extremely hungry horse,
so no one can push enough of fresh or rotten food into the ever open mouth.
The fourth one screams cries over his heavy sins,
and his heart is passionately in flames out of deep repentance
for strange reasons that no one can comprehend.
The fifth one desires to do unchaste actions,
to which he is dedicated day and night,
once he has become addicted to the power of wine.
The sixth has a miserable practice:
He condemns the soul through [false] oaths
so that she will be entirely exhausted when facing God.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:o7cjkbvotxydby7uvvx32hkm/bafkreihj6mwjvb7agent37kz5vqtxnwlgknbejh4jzacfbpiqlzfcg6j3i)
