Pillar of the Boatmen "(publice posierunt)" by the guild of sailors of Lutetia, from the "civitas" of the Parisii "(nautae Parisiaci)". These sailors would have been merchants who travelled along the Seine. The main dedication is to Jupiter in the form of "Iovis Optimus Maximus" ("Jove Best and Greatest"). The names of the emperor and the supreme deity appear in the dative case as the recipients of the dedication. The remaining theonyms are nominative legends that accompany individual depictions of the gods. These are (in the order they appear below) Jove, Tarvos Trigaranos (the Bull with three Cranes), Volcanus (Vulcan), Esus, Cernunnos, Castor, Smertrios,
The Kite and the Doves had perished formerly and concludes with the advice that the remedy should not make a bad situation worse. Versions of Walter’s story were perpetuated in English by William Caxton and Roger L'Estrange. Elsewhere in Europe it formed the basis of Neo-Latin poems by Hieronymus Osius and Pantaleon Candidus. The fable was also adapted by John Hawkesworth into his reflective political poem, "The Danger of trusting Individuals with exorbitant Power". In that, the king of the doves prays to Jove for help against a marauding kite and is changed in form to a more powerful bird of prey. After his victory,