No less to Midas than the mendicant. No less to you now than the mastodon then.
迈达斯与乞丐一视同仁。当与昔日乳齿象伯仲不分。
The establishment of the two great mendicant orders of St Dominic and St. Francis, it is observed by Machiavel, revived, in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, the languishing faith and devotion of the catholic church.
马基雅维 (Machiavel) 观察到,圣道明和圣弗朗西斯两大托钵修会建立,在十三和十四世纪复兴了天主教会衰落信仰和奉献精神。