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1·They might also have a more serious purpose: at a time when people's fortunes rose or fell with the king's whims and his amours, they could act as warnings.

它们的存在也许有一个更为严肃的目的——警示。毕竟在一个这样的年代- - -国王的情仇别恨，国王的一时兴起，都可能让人朝为庭上臣暮为阶下囚。