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# Mirror for Princes: a genre of medieval literature written to instruct rulers, containing precepts and recommendations for dukes, princes and inexperienced kings
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/zerkalo-dlia-printsev-zhanr-srednevekovoi-literatury-sozdannoi-dlia-obucheniia-pravitelei-i-soderzhashchei-nastavleniia-i-rekomendatsii-kniaziam-printsam-i-neopytnym-koroliam/
- Published: 2024-08-26T06:32:34.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:32:51.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Books, Monarchies, Mores, Education

Thus a French Speculum Principis of the early sixteenth century contains the counsel not to "speak against the sun" and not to "make water facing the sun"