LXXVIII. How a Man Whose Temperance is Easily Changed

LXXVIII. HOW A MAN WHOSE TEMPERANCE IS EASILY CHANGED.

When they would symbolise a man whose temperance is easily changed and inconstant, they depict a BULL WITH HIS RIGHT KNEE BOUND ROUND; for if you bind him by a fetter on his right knee, you will find him follow 1. And the bull is always assumed as a symbol of temperance, because it never approaches the cow after conception.