28 Aug 2006
Gace de la Buigne and Randy Newman
Amusement, Falconry, Field Sports, Gace de la Buigne, Humor
Steve Bodio quotes the Norman chaplain Gace de la Buigne (from Roman des deduis written c.1359-1377):
De chiens, d’oyseaux, d’armes, d’amours,
Pour une joye, cent doulours.
[With hunting dogs, falcons, wars, and women
For every joy, a hundred pains.]
and a Randy Newman parody reflecting the fact that the same hierarchy of status of hunting hawks tends to prevail today as in Gace’s time.