Note 46 — TRANSLATOR’S INTRODUCTION

“Great princes have great playthings. Some have play’d At hewing mountains into men, and some At building human wonders mountain high. ............... ............... Some seek diversion in the tented field, And make the sorrows of mankind their sport. But war’s a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings should not play at. Nations would do well T’extort their truncheons from the puny hands Of heroes, whose infirm and baby minds Are gratified with mischief, and who spoil, Because men suffer it, their toy the world.”