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BRARY

fMPTON

FABULA

^ESOPI

Seledse,

O R

Select

FABLES

os jESOP;

WITH
An

English
TRANSLATION,
more Literal than any yet extant,

Designed for the Readier Instruction of

Beginners in the Latin tongue.

By

H.

CLARKE,

TEACHER of the LATIN LANGUAGE.

V
HARVARD COLLEGE LIRRARY
GIF! JF
6E0RGE ARTHUR PLIMPTM
JAMUARY 25, 4924

E..

WHOEVER hath duly considered

the great Difficulty there is in.
our first encountering with the Idioms
of

the

Latin Tongue, the Variety of

English Words,

which will sometimes

answer to one Latin one, with the many

Mistakes which Boys must naturally be
liable to, who cannot immediately form
any tolerable Judgment of the Thing .
which

They

are

engaged

in ;

must

surely, in some Measure, be brought to

acknowledge, that

the having Things

A 4,

ex

PREFACE.
explained

and" cleared up to their Un

derstandings, as They go along, is the

best and only Means of making Them
eager and desirous to learn.

And here,

perhaps, It may be somewhat of a real

Help to throw the Language into a yet
more easy Light, and to descend a little
lower, than Others have hitherto sub
mitted Themselves to.

For I will not

refuse to own, that I am apprehensive,

the Fear of too great a Baldness in the
Translation hath deterred even Those,
who

have

carried this

Affair

farther

than was at first imagined It could ever

have gone, from rendering it so plain,
that Children might still the more readi
ly come

into

Construction,

the

Knowledge

and form

quicker Idea of the

of

the

better

and

different Parts of

Speech.

Things

relating to Instruction can

not well be made too -easy ; but to write

in

PREFACE.
in the Terms of a Pedant, or in such
a Lownesi,

or Poverty of Expression,

as dwindleth almost into Nonsense,

is

a Hardship too great to be submitted to

by any Man of Spirit.

But alas ! Free

dom of Stile is one Thing, and literal

'

Translation another ; and the best Way

to commence an Acquaintance with any
Language, is first to read a great deal of
a

verbal

Translation.

When

single

Words have been apprehended rightly,

a Number of them may be readily put
together, the remembering that such a
Word is Latin for such a Thing afford
ing Learners the greatest Pleasure and
Incitement towards the making a Pro
gress more considerable ; whereas, by at
tempting the Construction of Phrases too
soon, they become lost, and bewildered
in a Maze.

It hath been thought proper therefore

to make the Engli/h Words here to anA

swer

PREFACE.
swer to the Latin, as Gramatically as
possible ;

and,

where more expressive

Ones might often have been made Use

of, Those, which are most usually met
with,, have been judged the most con
venient;:

the varying the

much

at first

found,

than

tending

Phrase

rather to

too
con

graft any Thing in the

Memory..

* A new Edition of JEfop, with the

Latin

and Englijh each in their distinct

Columns,

had been

long

ago

wished

for ; but, as Mr. Locke had before suf

fered an Interlineary Version of it to be
printed
Page,

with

his

Name

in

the Title

it is highly probable,

would

venture

to

undertake

Nobody
such

Thing ; altho' You are told in the Pre

face, that the Defign was to help Those,
Vide Preface to Ciarke's CORDERY.
who

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who had not the Opportunity or Lei
sure

to

learn the Latin Language by

Grammar ; which, consequently, did not

lead Him to have the English made with
the greatest Grammatical Strictness 1 to
the Latin, and left Room for something
to be attempted, which might be af
forded at an easier Rate, and what might
better s answer the Purposes of a Coin^mon School-Book .

Upon the whole, You have here a

Collection

of the greatest Part of the

Fables done in . an easier Manner, than

any yet extant ; and the farther You
enter into the Book, You will - find such
little Liberties taken in the Expression, ,
as may naturally

suit- with tender Ca

pacities, whilst the Judgment ripens by

Degrees. ,

Besides,
man

the Advantage of the

R- -

and Italick Charadlers being alterA" 6

nately

PREFACE.
nately used for the better Instruction of
Young

Beginners)

contrived

to

This

answer

Translation
Line

for

is

Line

throughout ; and Care hath been gene

rally taken to avoid the Breaks of Words
so frequent in Things of this Nature,
that It is next to an Impoffibility now
to mistake.

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SELECTS

SELECTiE
FABULA

ESOPI.

SE L E C T

FABLES

of

FABLE

JE S O?.

I.

De Gallo.

0/ the Cock.

GAllus,
dum vertt
Stercorarium, offendit
Gemmam, inquiens, Quid
reperio Rem tam nitidam ?
Si Gemmarius reperisset 'Te,
Nihil
effet
hetius
Eo,
ut
>ui
fciret
Pretium :
Quidem efi
nulli Ufui Mihi, nec aestimo
Magni ;
imo
equidem
jnallem
Granum
Hordci omnibus Gemmis.

ACock, whilst he turns up

a
Dunghill,
finds
a
jffwel,
siiying,
Why
do I ftnd a Thing so bright?
If a Jevieller had found Thee,
Nothing nvould be moe joyful
than He, as Who would know
the Prce
Indeed it h
of no U/e to Me, nor do I esteem it
at a great Rate; nay indeed
I had rather have a Grain of Barley than ail Jewels.

Morale.
The Moral.
Intellige/r Gemmam JrUnderstand by the Jewel
ttm te Sapientiam ; per Gal- Art and Wisdom ; by the Cck,
lum, Hominem Jlolidum.&c a
Man
soolijh
aid
,
volas'
*
volup-

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SELECT FABLES-OF -ffiSOP. .
vouplnrum -r nec Stulti voluptuous ;
neither
Fools
amant liberales Artes, cum . love
liberal Arts,
ivhen
nefciant
Ufum . earum ; they know not the Ufe of them ;
net Voluptarius, quippe. nor a voluptuous Man, hecaufe
Voluptas/c/ct placeat Eu
Pleafure alone pleafes bim.
F A B L E. IL
De Cane df Umera.. " Of the Dog and the Shadow,
GAnis tranans fluvium, -A'.. Dagfivimming over a River-,
vehebat Carnem Rtu ; jfJL' carried Fleh /'
Cbops ;
Sole fplendente, Umbra the Sun jhining, the Shadow
Garnis ucebat in Aquis:
/"/f/6 hone m.the Waters ;
Quam 111e vident* & a-aide ' ivhieb e feeing, and greediy
captans, perdidit Quod to catching , at, lofs . vihat iva/
in Faucibus : Itaq; perculfus in- bis-Jaivs : . Therebre , ftnuk
Jactur
f .' Rei
tif . with the Lofs
ofthe Thing W
Spei, primum stupuit ; de- his Hope, d/frftHe was amazed ;
inde . recipiens: Anmum ic afterivards taking. Courage thus
elatravit i- Mifer ! . Modus he barked eut :, Wretch ! Modera
deerat ture- Cupiditati : tion was wanting: / /^j/ Desire :
Erat ,
fatis
fuperque, Tbere ivtis enough, andioo much,
M
defpuiffes.
Jam, unlefs tbou hadft heen mad. New,
per tuam Stultitiam, . est . tbre\ thy Folly, there- is
lefs than Nothingfor Thee*
minus Nihilo Tibi.
Mor.
Mr.
Sit
Modus /
tuae
Let there be Moderation to thy
Cupiditati,
n amittas Defire,
lest
tbou
lofe
certa pro incertis.
certain things for uncertain.

F A B
De Lupo if Grub;.
DU M Lupus vorat
.Ovem, forte O^
haefre /' Gul, ambit,
orat Opem, Nemo opitulatur;
Omnes diclitant, eam ///^J
Praemium fu Voracitatis :
Tandem multis Blanditiis
plu-

L E III.
Of the Wolp
the Crne.
WHilst a Wolf devoureth
a {Sheep, bychance theBones
stuck/'ahisThroat; Hegoesabout,
alks . Help, Nobody ajsifts ;
Ail fay, that he bad got
the Reward. of bis Greedineis :
At length, with ma,ny Flatteries
and

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3
plribusq; Promifis, inducit and more Promises, He draws in
Gruem,
ut,
longjjmo tbe Crne, that ber -viry long
Collo infcrto in Gulam, Neck bting thrust into hs Tbroat,
eximeret
Os
infixum. S hewould pulout the Bone fixedin .
Verum illusit Et petnti But He played upon Her afking
Prmium, inquiens, Jtiepta, a Rennard, saying,
Fool,
abi, non haies fat, quod go away, hast thou not enough , that
vivis ? Debes tuam Vitam thou livest r Thou oivest thy Life
Mihi ; fi vellem, poteram to Me ; if I would, / ivas able
to bite off thy Neck.
prsemordere tuum Collum.
Quod
prit.

Mor.
facis

ingrato,

Mor.
What thou doefi for the ungrateful,

FABLE IV.
De Rustico
O/" the Countryman and
CoLUBRO.
the Snake.
RUsticus tulit Domum A Countryman brought Home
Colubrum repertum in
a
Snake
found
in
Nive, prope enectum Frigore ; the Snow, almostez ivitb Co/d;
adjicit
ad
Focum : He lays him to the Fire ;
Coluber recipiens Pi/n, The Snake recovering Strengtb,
Virusque, deinde non ferens and Poison, then not bearing
Flammam, infecit omne Tu- the Flame, filled ail the Cotgurium Sibilando. Rusticus tagewith HiDng. The Countryman
corripiens Sudem accurrit, snatching a Stake runs up,
expostulat Injuriant and expostulates the Injury
cum Eo Verbis Verberibufq; with Him in Words and Blonvs,
Num
referret
has Whether he ixiould return thse
Grattas P Num eriperet Thanks? Whether He uvould taie
Vitam lili, Qui dederat Life from Him, Who betd gii<en
Vitam
?
Life to Him ?
Mor.
Interdum
fit,
ut
ebfint
Tibi,
Quibut
Tu profueris ; & //" mereantur maie de 7, de Quibus
1 Tu meritusfis ben.
1

Mor.
Sometimes "/ happens, that
i?)> r? hurtful to Thee, ivbom
Thou
profited ; and 7"&ej deferve <7/ of 7%fr, of Whom
Thou
eseried well.
FABLE

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FABLE V.
De Apro 5" Asino.
Of the Boar and the Ass.
DUm tuers Asin us irri- WHilst theftuggijh A fs laughdebat Aprum, Me
ed at the Boar, He
ndignans frendebat. Igna- fretting gnajhed bis Teeth. Most
viffime, fucras quidem flothful Wretch, thou haft indeed
meritus Malum ; fed etiamsi deferved Evil ; but although thou
fueris dignus Pn,/ tamen haft bcenviov/y of Punijhmcnt, yet
go fum indignus, qui pun- I ain, unjit, who ray
am Te. Ride tutus ; nam /^& Thee. Laugh fecure, for
es tutus ob Incrtiam.
thou art fafe for //&>/ Siuggtjhnej.
Mor.
Mor.
Demus
Operam,
ut
Let us give an Endeavourrr\%t
cum audiamus, aut patiamur nrhen \ve hear, c/' endure
indigna Nobis, ne dicamus, Tbings univorthy 0 f u s , Weion'tsar,
aut faciamus indigna Nobis. or //o Things umvorthy of Us.
and lofe Men geneNam mali & perditi ple- For
rejoice,
if
Any
rumq; gaudent, si Quif- rally
piam
bonorum
rejiftat one of
the
good
refft
us ;
pendent
Magni, them ; they value it at a great Rate,
Se
haberi
dignos that they are accounted ivorthy
Ultion?. Imitemur Equos, of Revenge. Let us imitare Horfes,
i mgnas Befttas, Qui ana*
great
Beafcs,
who
prereunt
oblatrantes /a/}
barking
Canicules cum Contemptu.
Curs wth Contempt.
F A B
Z> Aquila W
CoRNICULA,
AQuila nafla Cochleam, non quivit eruere
Pifcem Vi, aut Arte.
Corncula accedens dat
Consilium, fuadet fubvolare,
fcf fublimi pnecipitare
Cochleam in S/wa ; nam
fie fore, r
Cochlea
frangatur.
Cornicula
manet
Humi,
ut
praestoletur
Ca/um :
. . ..
Aquila

L E

vr.
Oy the Eagle and
the Jackdaw.
AN Eagle baving got a Coo
kie, ivas not able to get out
the Fijh by Force, or Art.
97/f "Jackdaiv "coming up gi-ves
Counfel, perfuades her to fly up,
and from on bigh to throw do w n
the Cockle upon
Sloues ; for th a t
fo it would be,
the Cockle
ivould he broken. The Jackdaw
fays on the Grou'nd, that
Ihe may watch the Fa'l:
The Eagle

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Aquila
prcipitat ; The Eagle thrcivs it dovvn ;
Testa frangitur ;
i'ifcis The Shell it troken ; The Fi!h
fubripitur a Cornicula ; is fnatched aivy by the Jackdaiv ;
ela Aquila dolet.
the Jeluded Eagle grieves.
Mor.
Mor.
Noli
hahere Fidem
Be not willing to bave Faith
Omnibus
&
fac in
all
Men,
and
da
infpicias Confiium, quod you look into the Counsel, which
acceperis
ab
Alit ; you have received from etbers ;
nam Mufti confahi non for Mny being confulted do net
confulunt
fuis
Con- cou n fel
for
tbtir
Con' fultoribus, fed Sibi.
fultors, but for Themselves.

De

F A B L E
Corvo &

COrvus vaQus Praedam,

frepitat in Ramis :
Vulpecula videt Eum gestientem, accurrit : Vulpes,
inquit, impertit Corvum
plurima Salute. Spenumero
audiveram, Famam este
Mendacem, jam experior Re
ipfa : Nam, ut forte prtereo hac, fufpiciens Te in
Arbore, advolo, culpans
Famam : Nam Fama est, Te
este nigriorem Pice,
video
rs candidiorem Nive. San/a
meo yudicio vincis Cygnos,
Se
es
formosior alb
Heder. S>ubd si, ut ex
cellas in Plumis, ita &
Voce, equidem dicerem te
Reginam omnium Aziium.
Corvus illeSlus hac Ajfentiuncul,
apparat
ad
canendum.
Verb Cafeus
excidit e Roftro ; Quo
correpto
Vulpecul,
. .
tllit

VII.
Of the Crow and
the Fox.
A Crow kaving got a Prey,
makes a Noifen theBranchss;
the Fox fees Him rjoicing, runs up : TX Fox,
fays he, compliments the Crow
<witk wry muchiizsXth. Very often
had I heard,
was
a Liar, now / ./W it in the Fact
itfclf; For, as by Chance / pafs
by this way, feeing You in
the Tree, I fy to you, blaming
Fame : For the Report is, tbatyou
are biacker than Pitch, .,/ I see
whiter
Sneiv. Truly in
ayJudgmentyoa CuipzCstheSivans,
and are fairer than the <wbite
Ivy. But if, a/ you excel in Feathers, you do fo also
in Voice, truly / jhould call you
the 2>ueen of ail Birds.
The Crow allured by this
prepares
ra
sing.
But
the
Cheefe
/f// from bis Beak ; Which
g- fnatched by the Fcot,

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S-EEECT FA]
tol'tt Cachinnum :
7/
demum Cor-vus, Pudore
juncJo
Jacturae
Rei,
dolet.
Mor.
Nonnulli funt tm avidi
Laudis, ut ament Ajfentatorem cum fuo Probro &
Damno. Hmunciones hujus
Modi funt Prd Parasite
>ud si vitjses Jactantiam,
facile vitaveris
pefiiferum Genus AJsentatorum. Si Tu velis ejse
Thrafo, , Gnatho nufquam
durit Tibi.

'LES OF .SOP..
he fets up a Laughter: Then
at last the Croiv, Sharne
heingjoinsd to the Lofs oftheThing,
grieveth.
Mor.
Somearefo
greedy
of Praife, that they love a Flattererwii their oivn Difgrace W
Damage.
Mm
of
this
Kind are a Prey to the Parasite.
But if you . had wvoidid Boasting, tofely would you have avoided
the pestilent- Race of Fiatterers. If Tkox art willing to be
a Thrafo, a Gnatho never
ivill he ivanting to Thee.

F A B
De Ganb t'Asmo.
D U M Canis blandiretur
Hero Sc Familiie,
Herus. if Familia demulcent
Canem. Afellus,' videns;
id, gemit altijfime j Nara
easpit
pigere
Sor
tis : Putat inique comparatum,
Canon esse gratum
cutlctis,
pafique
herili
Mens,
&
coifequi
Hoc
Otit
Ludoque :
Sefe
con-,
tr
portare , Clitellas,
cdi
Flagello,
ejse
nunquam otiofumT & tamen
odiofum cunelk. Si hrec
siant Blanditiis,
statuit
feari eam Artem, quar.^/.tam utilis.
Jgitur quoda?n Tempore tentaiurus.
Remy procurrit obviam
fiers redeunti Domum,-

^ E VOL .
Of the Do o W the As s.
WHilst tbi Dog fawned on
bit Master and the Family,
the Master and the Family ftroke
the Dog.. The AfsT seeing
that, groans- moft deeply $ for
he hegan to be weary of bis Con
dition : He thinks it unjuftly ordered, that the Dog hould be ac
ceptable - to ail; and he fed
from his Master<s Table, and
that h jhould get This by Idlencfs
and Play : that Himfelf on the
contrary cerried the Dorsers,
ivas heaten with the Whip, inat
never .
idlt,
and
yet
odicus- to all. If thefe things
are done by Faivnings, he resolves
to folleio that Art, which is
so profilaLlei Theresore on a cer
tain Time about to . trj
the Thing, Ile runs in the Way
to his . Mafter . returning Home,

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SELECT FA BLES ,OF /ESOP,
fubsilit,
puifat
Un- leaps on Him, jirikes hm with
gulis. Hero exclamante, hisHoofs. The Master cryingout,
Servi
accurrre
& lbe Servants ran to him, and
ineptus clfellus, qui credidit the silly Ass, who thought
Himfelf coxrtly, is beaten.
Se urbanum, vapulat.
Mor.
Mor.
We ail cannot do ail things ;
Omnes non postimus omnia ;
nec omnia decent omnes. nar do ail things hecome ail Men.
Quifque faciat,
quisque Let every cne do, let every ont
try tbat, which he is able.
tentet id, quod potefi.
r

F A B L E IX.
Dt Leone & quibusdam Of the Lion and fome other
al'tis.
Beasts.
LEO pepigerat cum r I ' HE Lion had agreed with
Ove
quibusdamque X the Sheep and fome
aliis, Venationem fore others, that the Hunag jhould he
communem.
Venantur, comroon..
They
hunt,
Cervas capitur : ngulis a
Stag
is
taken :
ail
incipientibus tollere jngulas heginning to take thtir fingle
Partes,
ut conveneras, Parts, as had been agreed,
Leo irrugiit, inquiens, nn the Lion roared, faying, one
Pars est mea, quia fum Part is mine, becaufe I am
digniffimus ; altera item the most worthyj another also
tft mea, quia praestantif- mine, hecaufe I am most eicmus
Viribus ;
porr cellent in Strength ; moreover
vendito tertiam, quia fu- / clam a third, hecaufe I have
daverim. plus ia capieudo fweated
more
in
taking
Cervo; denque, nifi rea- the Stag; laftly, unlefs you viili
cesseritis quartant, est actum _gr/ the fourih, there is an end
/se
Amiciti.
Socii o/' Friendhip. His Companions
audientes hoc, difcedunt heartng
this>
depart
vaci
taciti, aon ausi empty and silent, 0/ having dared
mutire contra Leonem,
to mutter against the Lion,
Mor.
Mor.
Fides femper fuit rara:
Faith alivays has been r<rr.apud hoc Seculum est rrior; in tbis Age *> rarer ;
apud potentes est,
& among the Powerful r/ /V, and
femper fuit, rarijstma. Quo- alviays has been, mostrare.Wherecirca /? fatins vivere cum ore i* better /u //w with
A?r/'.
Nam, ^ vivit an Equab. For, & ivo liveth
cum potentiore, f/*t* habet muth one more powerful,e/"Jiatl

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necejse
Jure,

SELECT FABLES OF ^SOP.

concedere de silo a Necesity to depart from hl.s
Right.

F A fi L E x
~
De Leone Mifre.
Of the Lion and the Mous.
LEO
defefus
KAv. npHE Lion tired with Heat
Curfuque quiefcebatfub> X. and running rested undet
Umbr, fuper viridi Gra- the Shade, upon the green Grafs;
enine; Grtge Murium per- a Company of Mice runcurrente ejus Tergum, ex- ning over bis Back, baving aperreclus,
comprehendit rofe,
He
takes
Unum ex HHs. Captivus One of tbm, The Captive1
fupplieat, clamitat, Se esse hegs, crie, tbat He was
indignum,
cui
if univorthy, whom
Lien hould
irascatur. Me, reputans be angry with. He, thinking
fore
Nihil
Laudis there ivould he Nothing of Praife
in Nece tantillae Bestir in the Deatb of fo little a Beaft,
dimittit Capti<vum. Non dht disinises the Captive. Not long
postea, Leo, dum currit after, the Lion, whilst He rum
per Saltum, incidit in thro' the Forest, falis /'/a
Plagas : Rugit, sed /? the Toils : He roars, but canpotest exire. ilfitf audit not get out. 72 Moufe hears
Leonem miferabiliter raf/- / Lion miferably
rottrentem,
agnofcit Vocem, iitg,
knows
the
Voice,
repit in Cuniculos, quarit creeps into the Holes, feeks
Nodos,
quoi
invenit, the Knots, /wbich He sinds,
torroditque ; Lo evadit and gnaivs ; the Lion efcapes
e Plagis.
out of the Toils.
Mor.
Mor.
Haee Fabula fuadet CleThis Fable recommends Clementiam potentibus; Etenim mency to the powerful ; For
ut humains Res funt in- as human Things are unstabiles,
Potentes
ipsi stable, the Poiverful themfelves
interdum egent Ope humil- j'qmetimes want the Help of the
Hmorum ; quare prudens lowest ; ivherefore a prudent
Vir, etsi poteft, timet Asa, altho' // ci/f, feareth
nocere vel wV/ Homini; ./W /o r/ even a mean Man; but
Qui non time* nocere He that dots not fear to hurt
stheri,
desipit
vald. another, plays the Fool vety much,
Quid ita? Quia, etfi jam Why fo ? Because, altho' now hafretus
Potenti, metuit ving relied on his Power, hefeareth
Neminem, forfan, posthac Nobody, perbaps, hcreafter
erit,
it

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g
frit,
ut
indiguerit itivill he, that he may have ivanted
vel Grati vilium Homun- either the Favour of mean Men,
cionum, vel metuerit Iram.
or have feared their Anger.
FABLE XI.
De groto Milvo.
Of the fick Kite.
MIlvus
decumhebat THE
" Kite
tay
Lecto jam ferme
in
Bed noiv almost
marient, orat Matrem ire dying, begs /' Mother to go
Wecatum Deos.
Mater /5 /ray to the Gods. 77' Mother
refpondct, Nibil Opis
anfwer, No Help /u'ct/ /a he
randum
lili Diis, hoped by him ./rei the Gods,
quorum facra
viola- ivhofe facred Things fo often he
viflet /sw Rapinis.
had violatcd by bis Rapines.
MoR.
Mor.
Decet
nos
venerar
It becometh us to worftiip
Deos; nam Ul juvant pios, the Gods ; for they help the pious,
& .adverfantur impios. A^e- and ivithftand the impious. Neglecli in Feicitate, non ex- gleed in Felicity, they do not
audiunt Mijeri. Quare fis hear / Mifery. Wherefore he
n/emor eorum in fecundis mindful cf them in profperous
rebus,
vocati fiat things,that being called/) may he
praesentes in adversis rebus.
prefent in adverfe tbings.
F A B
De Ra m s W earum Regt.
GENS Ranarum, cum
^ libera, fupplicabat
lovem,
Regem
dari ./&.
Jupiter ridebat
Vota
Ranarum.
Illui
'M/ instabant iterum,
atque iterum, donec perpehreut ipfum. /// dejecit
l'rahem; -ea jlfo/V/ quaflt
FUvium ingenti Fragors.
Ranae
territ
filent ;
venerantur Regem ; ctWwi/ propis tdetentim ;
2
Un-

L E XIL
Of the Frogs i their King.
Hj^HE Nation of Frogs, when
A /'/ -wct/ free, hefought
Jupiter, for a King to be given ta them. Jupiter aughed at
the Wi/hes of the Frogs. They
ncverthelefs pressed him again,
and again, until they drove
him to it. He threw down
a Log ; that Mafs hakes
the River with a gret Noife.
The Frogs ajfrigx d- are silent ; *1
/,6fy reverence their King ; y
come ncarer Step
;
at

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SELECT FA BLES OF ./ESOP.
tandem, Motu abjecto, at length,Fa-being thrown away,
insultant,
& desultant ; they leap upon, and leap off, b.int;
iners Rex est Lusui & the fluggihs/'j- htheir Sport and
Contemptui. Rursum laces- Contempt.
Again, tbey'\gtsunt Jovem ; orant Regem voke J upiter ; theypray for a Kmg
dari
sibi,
qui
sit to be given to them, nuho may be
slrenuui ; quibus Jupiter dat valiant ; to whom Jupiter gives
Cieoniam.
Is perstrenui the Stork.
He -very nimbh
perambulans
Paludem, Aalking through the Marjh
vorat quicquid Ranarum devours nihatever of the Frogs
fit
obvim.
Igitur cornes in the way. Therefort
Ranae frustra questas fue- the Frogs in <vain have com.
runt de Saevitia hujut. plained of the Cruelty of bim.
Jupiter non audit, nam Jupiter does not hear,
for
queruntur
Se
hodie : they complain even this Day :
Etenim . Vefper Ciconi For in the Evening the Stork
eunte Cubitum, egrejfie ex going to Rest, having cerne out of
Antrit
murmurant their Caves they murmur
rauco
Ululatu ;
sed ivith a bourse Croaking ; but
canunt surdo. Nam Ju they sing to one deaf. For Ju
piter vult, ut quae depre- piter wills, that they who peticatte sunt clementem Regem, tioned against a merciful Kiagi
jam ferant inclementem.
now bear an unmerciful.
Mor.
evenre Pleb,
ut
Ranis,
qu<e,
fi habet Regem saule mansuetiorem, damnt eum Ignatjee & Inerti, & optt,
aliquando
Virum
dari
sibi: Contra, fi quando natta est strenuum
Regem, damnt Snjitiam
hujus, & laudat dmen
tiam prioris ; five qud
femper poenitet nos praesentium, fi'veyna est verum
Dictum, noya ejfe potiora
veteribus. ^
Solet

Mor.
It is wont to happen to the common People, as to the Frogs, nuho,
if they have a King a little milder, condemn him of Idlenefs and Sluggijhnefs, and <wjh
at fometime/- a Man to be given
to them : On the contrary, if at
any time they bave got an active
King, they condemn the Cruelty
of him, and praise the Cltmency of the former; either becaufe
it al-ways repents us of the pr
sent, or becaufe it is a true
Saying, that new things are better
than cid.
'
'
'

FABLE

II9LECT FA BLES QF JESOP.

F A B L E XIII.
De Columbis 5f MtLVo. Of the Pigeos and the'K.iTB.
COlumbae olim gef- THE Pigeons former!/ carsre Bellum cum Milried on a War with the
uo, quem ut expug- Kits, whom tbat they might fubnarent,
Jelegerunt sibi due, they chofe to themfelves
ciccipitrent Regem. lllt fac- the Havuk King. He being
tus Rex, agit Hoftcm, non made King, acts the Enemy, not
Regem: rapit <- laniat the King : he tears and butchers
. <7 segnis, /- Mil vus. P- no lower, than the Kite. // rettt/tet Col um bas
Incp- pents the Pigeons of their Under. ti-, ' pu tan tes,
f"HT' taking, thinking, tbat it had heen
fatius .pati Bellum Mil- better to endure the War of
iti,
qum Vyrannidem the Kite, than tbe Tyranny
of the Hawk.
Accipitris.
Mor.
Mor.
Pigeat Neminem fuae
Let it repent no Man of his
s
( Conditionii nimim. Ut Condition too much.
Horatius ait, Nihil est bea- Horace fays, Nothing h haptum ab omni Parte. py
from
every
Part.
F.quidem non optarem mu- Truly / <would not ivijh to
tare meam Sortem, Modo sit change my Lot, provided it be
tolerabilis. Multi, cum qnae- tolerable. Many, ivhen they have
a
neia
State,
verint avam Sortem, fought
ruvfus optaverunt veterem. again have whed for the cid.
Sumus fere omnes ita va.no We are almoft ail of fo various
Ingenio,
Ut
pniteat a Temper, that it repenteth
Nosmet nostri.
Us ourselves of ourfelves.

F A B
Dt Fure fcf Cane.
CANIS refpondit Furi
porrgenti Panem ut
sileat,
Ntvi
tuas
Jnfidias,
das
Panem,
qu definam latrare, y//
odi ///m Munus ; quippe si
<yo tulero Panem, ta
txportabis
cuncta
a% his 7><?,
Mor.

L E XIV.
O//* Thief W the Doc.
THE Dog anfwered the Thief
holding out Bread tbat
he would be silent, / knoiv thy
Treacheries, thou givest Bread,
that / //y ct/ to bark, r
I hate thy Gift ; /or if
/ hall take the Bread, thou
wi carry ail the Thing
eut of
J thse Htufet.
Mor.

SELECT FABLES OF JESQ?.

Mor.
Mor.
Cave,
Causa
parvt
Take heed for the Saie osa sinaH
Commcdi, amittas magnum. Profit, thou lofst not a great one.
Cave,
habcas
Fidem Take heed , that thou hast not Fai th
culvis Homini ; nam sunt, in c<very Man ; sor there are,
qui non tantum dicunt b who not enly say kindalso
do
kindnigne, sed 13 faciunt b Ij, but
Ij, with Deceit.
nigne, Dolo.
12

FABLE XV.
De Lupo f Sbcula.
O/the Wolf and the Sow.
S U CUL A parturielat ; THE Sow brougbt sortb%
Lupus pollicetur, Se
the Wolf promises, that he
fore
Cutodem
Foetus. would be the Keeper osthe Toung.
Secula respondt, Se non The Sowaa/weiVi/jThat fhedidnot
tgere
Obsequio
Luit; ivant the Service /" the Wolf ;
si
Ille
velit
haberi if fiif is willing to. be accounted
pus, si cupiat sacere id, afFectionate, ishe dsires todo that,
quod est gratum, abeat wbich is gratesul, let him go
ongis : Etenim ojfia'um sarther off: For that the Office
Lupi conftare non Prasen- of the Wolf confistcdnox. in his Pr
ti, sed Absenti.
sence, but Absence.
Mor.
Mor.
Ail things are not to be trustOmnia o _/>zf credenda Omnibus. Multi pollicen- ed to ail Men. Many pro
tur suam Oprant, non Amore mise their Service, not ok/ os Loire
tui,
,/W
fui ;
o of you, uf of themselves ; a
thine
Advanqurentes
Commo- seeking
tage, but their own.
etum, sed suum.

FABLE
De Partu Montiam.
OLim /-ct Rumor,
jaW Montes parturiretit. Homines accurrunt,
circmnfistunt,
expcclantes
Quppiam Monstri, non
jtm .

XVL

Os the Bringng fbrth

/'"
Mountains.
TT'Ormerly /iiriifcsaRumour,
A /<3/ the Mountains nuould
bringsorth. The Men run thtberK
stand round about, expecling
something of a Monster, not
' nuitboni

SELECT FABLES OF .ffiSOP.

13
Pavore.
Tandem ivithout Fear. At length the
fine
Montes parturiunt. Mus Mountains bring forth. A Moufc
comes mit, then All laughed.
f//, tum Omnes ridebant.
Mor.
Jactatores, cm profitentur U olentant magna,
vix faciunt parva. Quaproptcr isti Thrafones iunt
^"r Materia yos/' &
Scommatum. Haec Fabulaitem
, vetat inanes Timores. Nam
plerumque Timor Periculi
est
gravier
Periculo
/g/S ;
im
id,
metuimus, est
ridiculum.

Mor.
Braggers, ivhen they profefs and boast great tbings,
fcaro# do little things. Wherefore
those
Tbrafos
are
by Right the Matter 0/ Jeft and
Scoffs.
This
Fable
also
forbids vain Fears.
For
commonly the Fear o/" Danger
is more gricvous than the Danger
/V/^" ;
nay
t/i/, . which.
-to
is a/B ridiculous.

FABLE
i? Leporibus f
Ranis.
SYlv mugiente in soli to
Turbine,
trepidi,
Lepores occipiunt rapide fugere. Cum Palus obffteret
fugientibus, ftetere anxii,
comprehe?ij
Periculis
utrinque.
Quodque ejset
Incitamentum
majoris
Timoris,
vident Ranas
mergi in Palude. Tune
unus ex Leporibus prudentior ac disertior cteris
inquit, Q*id inaniter timemus ? Est Opus Animo
quidem: Est Nobis Agiotas
Corporis, fed Animus deest.
Hoc Periculum Turbinis
non est fugiendum, fed contmnendum.
i a k 1

XVII.

Of the Harbs and

the Frogs.
TH E Wood roaringwith an un ufual Whirlivind, the trembling Hares begin baftly to fly
away. A/'^ a Fen ftopped them
flying/ they stood anxious,
encompajfed , with
Danger*
on both fdes.. And what ivas
an lncitcment of greater
Fear, they perecive the Frogs
to he plunged in the Fen. Then
one of the Haies more prudentcti/more eloquent thantherefi
faid,
vainly do ove
fear? There is Need of Courage
indeed : There is to us Agility
of Body, but Courage is wanting.
Tbis Danger of the Whirlimnd
is not to be fed from, but contemned.
B
Mor.

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SELECT FABLES OF iESOP.

Mor.
Mor.
Est Opus Animo in
There is Need of Courage bi
mni Re.
Virtus jacet every Thing. Virtue lits deui
sine Confidenti. Nam Con- without Confidence. For DaJidentia est Dux & Regina ringnefs is tbe Leader and g>ueen
Virtutis.
of Virtue.

FABLE
De Hjedo ? Lupo.
CApra,
ctm
esset
//ra pastum; concludit
Hsedum Domi, monens
aperire Nemini, dum ipsa
redeat.
Lupus,
Qui
audiverat id procul, post
Dicessum
Matris,
puist
Fores,
caprissat
Voce,
jubens
recludi.
Haedus
prosentiens
Dolum nquit, Non aperio ;
nam etfi VtX capriffat,
tamen equidem video Luputn
fer Rimas.

XVIII.

O/the Kid aWthe Wolp.

TH E Goat, <when fhe was^
about to go to feed, Jhuts-up
the Kid at Home, warning her
to open to Nobody, till he
return.
The Wolf,
Wht
had heard that afar off, aster
the Departure of the Mother,
knocks attire Doors, acts the Goat
inVoice, ordering them to heopened.
The
Kid
percei'ving
the Cheat /ays, I do not open ;
for altho1 the Voice ails the Goat ,
yet nriW I fe a Wolf
thro' the Chinks.

Mor.
Mor.
Children, o^y your Parents,
Filii, obedite Parentibus,
tiam est utile ; & decet for it is profitable; and /V becomefh
juvenem
aufcultare a Young Man / ktarieti
to an Old Man.
Senr.

ELECT FABLES OF JESOT.

FABLE

1.5

XIX.

De Rustico
Amgue.
QUIDAM
Rufticus
nutriverat Anguem ;
aliquando
iratus
petit
Bejiam Securi. Me evadit,
non sine Vulnere. Postea
Rufticus
deveniens
in
Paupertatem ratus tji id
Infortunii accidere Sibi
propter Injuriam Anguis. Igitur fupplicat, ut redeat. llle ait, Se ignofcere, fed nolle redire ;
neque fore fecurum cum
Rustico,
cm
sit
tanta
Securis
Demi ;
Dolorem
vulneris
desisse, tamen Memoriam
Jupcreffe.

Of the Countryman and

the Snake.
A Certain
Countryma*
il. had nourihed a Snake ;
on a time heing angry He strikes
the Beafi with an Ax. He efcapes,
net witstouta Weund. Afterwards
the Countryman coming into
Poverty
thaught
that
Misforiune happened ta bim.
for the Injury of the Snake.
Therefore he entreats, that He
wooldreturn. Hesa.ys,tbatheforgave, but was unwilling to return ;
nor could he he fecure ivitb
the Countryman, ivhen there is
fo great an Ax at Hcme ;
that the Pain of - the Wound
was worn away, yet the Memory
remained.

Mor.
Est vix tutum hahere
Fidem 'Es, Qui femel folvit
Fidem. Condonare Injurians,
id fan est Mifericordi ;
fed
eemere
sibi,
fcf decet, f est Prudentier,

'
Mor.
It is fearce fafe te haut
Faith in Him, Who once has broke
Faith. To forgive an Injury,
that /'fliW is /f ^ar/ o/" Mercy ;
but /
of One's felf,
both becometh, and h the Part of
Prudence.

FABLE

XX.

De Vulpecula W
Ofte Fox W the StoRK.
ClCoNIA.
VUlpecuIa
vocavit 'T'HE
Fox
s//rf
Ciconiam v/Cnam. X the Stork to Supper.
Ejsundit
Opsonium
in She pours eut the Victuals upon
Menfam, S>uod, cm effet the Table, <wbich, when
liquidum,
6 2
liquid,

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SELECT FA BLES OF .ffiSOP.
Jiquidum, Ciconi tentante liquid, the Stork endeavuring
Roftro frustra, .. Vulpecula ivitb her Bill in vain, the Fox
lingit. Elufa Avis abtt, licks uy.The deludedE'wgcesa'way,
pudetque,
pigetque and is ahamed, and vexed
injuriae. Pofl plufculum at the Injury. After some
Dierum
redit,
invitat Days he returns, invites
Vulpeculam. Vitreum Vas the Fox.
A Glass Vessel
trot situm plenum Opsonii ; <was placed full of Victuals ;
quod Vas,
cum esset ivhich Vessel, ivhen it wag
arli
Gutturis,
licuit of a narroiv Neck, it vcas laivful
Vulpeculae videre, & efurire, tor the Fox to fee, and hunger,
non gufare. Ciconia facile not to taste. The Stork eajily
drew it out ivith her Beak.
pxhauiit Roftro.
Mor.
Mor.
Rifus meretur Rifum ;
Laughter deferves Laughter ;
Jocum ;
Dolus a Jeji a Jest ; a Triek
Jocus
Dolum ; y Fraus Frau- a Trick ; and Deceit Deeeit.
dem.

FABLE

XXI.

De Lu po & picto
Cap/te.
IUPUS
verfat,
&
U miratur
humanum
Caput repertum in Officin
Scuptoris, sen'iens kahere
Blhil St.'ifs, inquis, O
pukhrum Caput, est in
Te multum Artis,
Nihil Senfs.

Of the Wolf
thepainted
Head.
THE Wolf fars* aca, and
admires
a
human
ifiW found in the Shop
Carver, perceiving it to bave
nothing of Senfe, he soys, O
fair Head,
there is ht
Thee
of Art, but
Nothing of Senfe.

Mor.
F-xterna Pulchritudo, si /'tenta, adsis, //? grata ; ^
carendum est alterutr,
prastat carere extern,
qum intern : nam illa
f.ne hc interdum incurrit
Odi,um, Ut Stolidus sit .
odio-

Mor.
Outward Beauty, if
/'ivardbs prefent, is pleasing; but if
we
must
want
either,
it is better to voant the outward,
than the inward ; for that
ivithout this fometimes incurs
Uatred, that /W hbyfo mucb
the

odosior,
formosior

SELECT FABLES' OF JESOP.

17
qui the more odious, by boni muek
the more hanJfome.

FABLE

XXII.
Of the Jackdaw.

De Gracvlo.
GRaculus

ornavit
Plumis
Pavonis ;
visiis
dende
contulit
Sibi
pulchellus
Se ad Genus Pavonum, suo Gnre fastidito.
lili tandem intelligentes
i Fraudem nudabant stolidam Awm
Coloribus,
afFecerunt cum Plagis.

THE Jackdaw adornei

Himself ivitb the Featbers
of the Peacock, then seeming
pretty to Himself, be betuck
Himself to the Race cf the Peucocks, his own ^iffbeingdespised.
They at length underjanding
the Cheat, stripped the foolih Bird of his Colours,
and belaboured him ivitb blows.

Mor.
Hc Fabula notat eet, qui
grant se sublimis, qum
est jequum ; qui vivunt cum
iis, qui sunt & ditiores,
mags nobiles; q u are sepe
fiunt inopes,
&c sunt
Ludibrio.

Mor.
This Fable dnotes tbofe, vvho
carry themselves more loftily, than
is
fit,
nvbo
live ivii'h
those, iL'ho are bolb more rich,
and more noble; wherefore often
they become pcor, and r
for a Laughing-Itock.

FABLE

XXIII.

De Rana W Bove.

Of the Froc andit Ox.

R Ana cupida quandi

Bovern distentabat
Filis hortabatur Matrem
defiftere
Cspto,
inquiens, Ranam ejse nihil
ad Bovem. Illa intumuit
secunduia. Natus clamitat,
3
Ma-

A Frog defirous of equallng

an Ox stretched hcr/elf.
The Son advifid the Mother
ru defift from the Undertaking,
fuying, that a Frog ii'aj nothing
to an
Ox.
'e swelled
a second tine. The Son cries out,
B 3
Mo-

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SELECT FA
Mater, licet crpes, nunqi/amvinces Bovem. Autem,
c'um intumuisset tcrtim,
crepuit.

LES OF ^SOP.
Mother, altho< you burst, never will you exceed the Ox. But,
vuhen (he had fweiled tbirdtime,
he burst.

Mo R.
Quisque habet fuam
Detem. Hic excellit Form,
Me Viribus. Hic pollet
Opibus, Ille Amicis. Decet Unumquemq; esse contetum fuo. Ille valet
Ccrpcre,
Tu
Ingenia:
Quccirca puifque confulat
Seriet, nec in-jideat Superiori, >yod est miferum ;
nec
. cptet
ceitare,
Qgod est Stultiti.

.Mor.
F.very
one
bas
his
G#/. This Man excels in Beauty,
Thatin Strength. Tbis is poweriul
/' Riches, That /' Friends. I-t
becometh Every one to be cwh/ with his own. -/se is strong
in Body, Thour in JVit :
Wherefore lct Every one conult
Himself, nor enrvy a Superior, IVbich is a miferable tbing ;
nor
ivijh
to
contend,
Wbich is tbe Part of Folly.

F A B : - E

XXIV.

De /Equo 3' Leone.

O/" the Horse WrheLioN.

LEO vei:t ad comedendum

Equum; autem carens
Firibus prae Stne, ccepit,
meditari Artem : profitetur
Se Medicum :
moratur
Equum Ambage Ferborum.
Hic opponit Dolum Dclo;
singit, Se nuper pupugiffe
Pedem in fpinoso Loco ;
erat,
ut
Medicus
infpicitm
cducat
Sentem. Leo paret. At
Equus, quanta Vi potut, impingit Calcem Lecni,
Sc continua Conjicit Se
in Pedes.
Leo <vix
tandem rediens ad Se,
nain

THE Lion cometb to eat

the Horfe ; but wanting
Strength thro' old Age, he began
to meditate an Art : He professes
Himfelf a Phyftcian : He stays
the Horfe with a Circuit of Words.
He opposes Deceit to Deceit :
He f-igns, that he lately hadpricked his Foot in a thorny Place ;
He prays, that the Physician
looking into it would draw out
the Thorn. The Lion obcys. But
the Horfe, with how great Forcehe
could,y?r/'/f/his HeelupontheLion,
and immediately betakes Him/elf
to bis Heels. The Lion fcarce
at length returning to Himfelf,
for

SELECT FA
nanfuerat.
prop
exanmatus Ictu, inquit,
fero Pretium ob Stuhitiam,
&
is merit tjfugt ;
n am ultus est Dolum
Dolo.

LES OF iESOP.
19
for
h had been almott
dead with the Blow, fays,
I bear a Renvard for my Fclly,
and he deservedly bas fed aiuay ;
for he bas rtvenged. Decct
njith Deceit.

MoR.
Simulatio est digna Odio,
& ^apenda Simulation".
upertus Hostis non est timendus ; fed qui Jimulat
Benevolentiam, cm fit HoJiis, is quidem est timendus, Si
est dignifimu5 Odio.

Mor.
Dissimulation is worthy ofHatrcd,
and to betaken with Dissimulation.
An open Enemy is not to be feared ; but he tuho prtends
Benevolence, ivhen he is an Ene
my, he inJeed is to be feared, and
is most worthy of Hatred.

FABLE

XXV.

De. Avibus
Quadrupedibus.

O/" the Bir.ds andthe four-footed Bealts.

ERAT Pugna Avibus

cum Quadrupedibus.
Erat
utrinque
Spes,
utrinque Metus, utrinque
Perculum: autem Vefpertilio relinquens Socios, d
ficit ad Hostes. Anes
vincunt, Aquil
Duce
y Auspice ; -vera dam
nant Transfugam Vespertilionem, ut nunquam
redeat ad A-ves, ut nunquam
volet Luce.
Hax est
Causa Vcfpertilioni,
ut
bsb volet, niii Nou.

THere was a Battle to the Birds

with the four-footed Beasts.
There tuas on both sides Hope,
on bothsides /Vslr, on both sides
Danger :
but
the
Bat leaving his Companions, re
volts to the Enemies. The Birds
overcome, the Eagle being Captain
and Leader ; but they condemn
the Runaiuay Bat,
that
he
never
return to rA Birds, that Z> ne-ver
fly / /A? Light.
This '
a Reafon _/or / 5a/, that
hefy not, unless in the Night.

Mor.

Mor.

Qui renuit effe Par-ticeps

He that refuses to be Partaker
Advexsitatis &f Perkuli of Adversity
Danger
cum
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cum
Sociis,
erit tuilh his Companions, Jball e
expers
Prospcriatis, destitute of tber Prosperity,
& Salutis.
and Safety.

FABLE

XXVI.

De Sylva & RusTICO.

Of the Wood and the Co^nTRYMAN.

Q U O T.mpore erat
Sermo etiara Arbsribus,
Rusticus
venit
in Sylvain, rogat, ut
liceat
tollcre
C.ipujum ad suam Securim. Sylva
annuit.
Rulticus,
Secttri aptat, cpit succidere Ai bores. Tum, &
quidem
fero
pnituit
Sylvam iu Facilitatis,
cioluit
esse
Seipsam
Causant fui Exitii.

AT what Time there was

a
Speech
even
to
Trees, a Countryman came
into the Wood, aks, that
it may be lawful to take a Handie to his vfrc The Wood
consents.
The Countryman,
t u* being fitted, began to
cut down the Trees. Then, and
indeed too late it repented
the Wood of her Eajtnefs,
it grieved her to be Herielf
the Cause of her own Destruction.

Mor.
Mor.
Vide, de Quo merearis
See, oswhom thou mayest deserve
ben : futre multi, jhii well : there bave been many, Who
ahusi sunt Bnficia accepto have abufed a Bcnefit received
to the Destruction os tbe Author.
in Perniciem Autoiis.

FABLE

XXVII.

De Lupo & Vulpe.

Os the Wolf and the Fox.

LUPUS,
cum esset
sats Prxdas, degtbat in
Otto. Vulpecula accedit,
ciscitatur Causam Otii.
Lupus
fensit,
ficr
Inidias,
simult Mo'rbum

TH E Wolf, <wben there was

enough of Prey, livei in
Idleness. The Fox cornes to h'm,
demands the Cause of his Idleness.
The Wolf perceived, there mine
Treacheries, prtends a ,Dif-

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bum ejse Causam, orat
Vulpeculam ire precatum
Deos. Illa dolens, Dolum
non fuccedere, adit Pajorem,
monet,
Latebras
Lupi patere,
& Hoftetjfa securum pojse opprimi
inopnato.
Paitor adorittir Lupum, maal. Vulpes pottur Antro & Prad;
fed brve fuit Gaudium
fui sceleris illi ; nam paulo
pst idem Paitor capit
ipsam.

BLES OF jfcSOP.
21.
ease to be the Cause, prays
the Fox to go to pray the
Gods. S\\egrie-ving, that theTrick
didnotfucceed,goes to tSkepherd,
advises him, tbat the Den
of the Wolf lay open, and the Enemy being secure could be destroyed
una-iuarcs. The Shepherd rifes
upon the Wolf, Jlays him. The
Fox obtains the Den and the Prey ;
but hort
ivas the joy
of her Villainy to ber; for a lit/h
aster the fam Shepherd taies
her. .

Mo R.
Mor.
Iwvidia est fceda Res, 5"
Envy is a foui Thing, and
intcrdum perniciosa quoque sometmes
pernicious
a!lo
Authori ipsi.
to the Author himself.

F A B L E

XXVIII.

De Vipera f Lima.

Of the Viper, and the File.

VIpera ojfindens Lirnam

in Fabric capit
rodere : Lima subrifit, inquiem, Inepta, ihiid agis f
Tu
cotrivris
tuas
Dents antequam atteras
Me, Qua; foleo prxmordere
Duritiv/n -RL. .

Viper findng a File

in a Smith's Shop, began >
to gnaw ir: The File m\\c,fay
ing, Foo!, Wiat doit thou do ?
Thou wilt have worn out tby
Teeth, lefre thou wearest out
Me, who am ivont to gnaw ost"
the Hardnrjs of Brass.

Mor.
Vide etiain atq; etiam
Qucum ' babeas Rem ;
Si
acuas
Dents
in fortiorem, non oocutria illi. sed tibit.

Mo R.
Se
aga:
and
i wkh whom thou;- ha/f an Afair ;
if thou whetel tby Teeth
against a stronger Man, thou wilt
not have hun him, but tbyfelf.

B 5

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F A B ]. E

XXIX.

De Cervo.
CErvus, conspicatus se in
perspicuo Fonte, probat procera & remisa
Cornua, sed damnt Exilitatem Tibiarum : fort)
dura contemplatur, durtt judicat, Venator inter-venit :
Cervus sugit. Canes insictantur fugientem; sed cm
intra<visset densam Syl'vam,
Cornua erant implicita
Rams.
Tum
demum
Jaudabat Tibias, & damnabat Cornua, S>ute fecre,
ut esset Prda Canibus.

Of the Staq.
AStag,having behcld himse1fin
a clear Fountan, approves his losty and branebed
Horns, but condemns the Smallness of his Legs. By Chance,
whilst he looks, whilst he judges,
the Huntsman passes by : the
Stsg fies aivay. The Dogs pursue him nying ; but when
he had entered a thick Wood,
his Horns ivere entangled
in the Bought. Then at last
he praised his Legs, and condemned his Horns, nuhich made,
that he was a Prey to the Dogs.

Mor.
Petimus
fugienda,
fugimus' petenda ; Qaa;
cficiunt placent. SZuts conferunt difplicent. Cupimus
Beattudinem,
priusquam
ntelligamus, ubi fit ; Quarimus Excelentiam Opum,
ff Celsitudinem Honorum ;
opinamur Beatitudinem sitam in his, in quibus est
tam multum Laboris, &
Doloris.

Mor.
We dsire Things to be skunned,
we fly Things to be dejired ; what
hurt pleai'e.
What pro
fit
displease.
We
dsire
Happincss,
before
that
ive understand, where it is ; We
seelc ihe Excelltncy of Riches,
and the Loftiness of Honours ;
we
think Happiness placed in thse, in which there is
so much of Labour, and
Pain. .

FABLE
De Lupis c3" Agnis.

XXX.

Of the Woi.ves and the Lambs.

A Liquando fuit Fdus

aTime there was aLeagoe
-LX. in/er
Lupos
& V-/ betiveen the Wolves and
Agnosf
Quibus
est the Lambs, to v/hom there is
Discordia
"
Discerd

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Difcorda Natur. Obsttitbus
datis
utrinque,
Lupi dcdre uos Cattdos,
Oves Cohirlem Canum.
Ovihus q uietis $ pascentibus,
Lupult
Dederio
Matrum
edu._i
Ulultus :
Turn
Lupi
irruentes
clamitunt,
F idem,
Fdufque
solutum, laniantque Oves
dejitutas Prssidio Canum.

LES OF JESOF.
2$
a Discord by Nature. Homa
ges being given on both Sides,
the Wolves gave their Whlps,
the Sheep their Troop of Dogs.
The Sheep being quiet and feed
ing, the little Wolves by the De
sire of their Dams send forth
Hoivlings ; Then the Woli/ei
ruining on them cry out,
that their Faith, and League
was broken, andbutcher the Sheep
destitute of their G uard of Dogs.

Mou.
Est Infcitia, si in Fdere
tradas
tua
Prafdia
Hosti ; nam qui fuit
Holtis, forfait
nondum
desvit esse Hcstis ; & fortajfss ceperit Causant, cur
adoratur te xudaljjn tuo
Prfidio.

Mor.
It is Folly, if in a League
thou deli-verest thy Guards
to an Enemy ;for he who has bent
an Enemy, perhaps not yet
^a/ ceased to be a Enemy ; and ^erwill take Occasion, why
he may rife upon thee stript of thy"
Guard.

F A B I E

XXXI.

2) Membris tf Ventre.

Of the Members and the 'Belly.

OLim iWej & Manus

incufabant Yentrem,
qud
Lucra
ipsorum
Dorarentur ab
otioso.
f.ubent.,
aut
laboret,
aut f ^/V alt.
///f
supplicat
atq; iterum ;
tamen Manus negant Alixientum ; Ventre exhausto
Iuedi, ubi omnes Jrtus
epre destcere ; turn tandem,
Manus <voluerunt esse o^V<e/f, verm id ser ; <kw
Vente*

FOrmerly
Feet and Hands
accused
Belly,
that /iy; Gains of them
tut devoured by <m being idle.
command, or /<?/ ta labour,
or ?io/ f/v to be maintained.
entreats
once > and again ;
yet itr Hands deny 5/?f; the Belly being exhausted
with Want, tuAfa all the Limbs
began to fail ; then at last
the Hands ivere willing to be offi
cious, but f
too late ; for
B 6
tiie Belly

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SELECT FAI
Venter deblis Defuetudine
renuit Cibum. Ita cuncti
Artus, dum invident Ventri, pereunt cum pereunte
Ventre.

LES OF JESOP.
the Beliy ivsak by Disuf
refufed
Meat.
Thus
ail
theLimbs, whilst theycnvy the Bel
iy,. perijh with the perijhing
Belly.

Mor.
Societas
Membrorum
non diFert ab human Societate. Membrum eget Membro, Amicus Amico ; quare
utamur mutuis Officiis,
mutuis Operibus; nam neq;
Diviti, neque Dignitats
tuentar Hominem sots.
XJnicutn & fummum Prae
idium
est
Amicitia
Complurium.

Mor.
The.. Society of the Members
does not difer from human Socie
ty. A Member ivants a Member, a Frienda. Friend ; ivherefore let us ufe mutual Offices,
mutual Works ; for neither
Riches,
nor
Dignities
defend
a
Man
enough.
The only and chief Safeguard
is
the
Friendhip
cf Many.

F A B L p:

xxxi.

De SlMIA & VuLPECULA.

O/- the Ape W the Fox.

SImia orat Vulpeculam,

ut
daret
Partem
Caudae fbi ad tegendas
Nates ; nam esset Oneri lili,
Sh/od foret
Ufui
&
Honori II li.
7//a refpondes,
Nihil
nimis,
&
5
mao
Humum
verri
Caud, ya Natcs /W/c tegi.

THE Ape prays the Fox,

he would give Part
of her Tail to Her to coi/er
her B uttocks ; for that was
den to Her, Wbich would be
an Ufe and Honour to Her.
anfwers, Ma/ /'/ ivas Nothing
foo much, and //6a/
had rather
that the Ground hould be bruhed
<with her Tail, than that the Buttock of the Ape be covered.

Mor.
Sunt, qui egent ; sunt,
quibus fupereJt ; tamen
id est Moris Nulli Dwtum,
ut irt/ Egenos
fuperfl Re.

Mor.
There are, ivho want ; thereare,
to whom there is over vmch ; yet
that is ofa Cuftom to no One of tht
Rich, that he biefs the Needy
<with his fupeffluQus Store.
FABLE

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FABLE

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XXXIII.

De Vulpecula & Muflela.

Of the Fox and the Weafel.

VUlpecula tenuis long

Inedi forte repjtt
per anguftam Rimam in
Cameram Frumenti, in qu
cm fuit probe pafta, deinde
tenter distentus impedit
tentantem egredi rurfus.
Muftela procul contemplata
luctantem, tandem monet,
Ji
cupiat
exire,
redeat ad Cavum macra,
quo ntraverat macra.

THE Fox ftender by long

Vant by chance crept
through a narrov/ Chink into
a Hcap of Corn, in ivbich
when jhe ivas well fed, then
her Belly being stretched bindered
her trying to go out again.
A Weafel afar off having feen her
striving, at length advifes,
if he desires to go out,
me would return to the Hole/fa/r,
at which jhe bad entered lean.

Mor.
Videas complures Iaetos
atque alacres in Mediocritace, vacuos Curis, expertos
Jtolestiis Animi.
Sin
////' erint faBi divites,
<videbis eos incedere mstos ;
nunquam porrigere Frontem, plenos Curis, obrutos
Moleftiis Animi.

Mor.
You may fee many merry
and chearful in Mediocrtty, <uoid of Cares, fret
from Troubles of Mind. But if
They hall be made rich,
you jhall fet them go fad ;
never to fmooth their Forehead, full of Cares, overwhelraed
viith Troubles of Mind.

FABLE

XXXIV.

De Euo fis Cervo.

Of the Horse and'the Stag.

EQuus gerebaf Bellunv

cuni Cervo ; tandem
pulfus
.
Pafcuis
mplorabat humanam Opem.
Redit cum Homine, defcendit in Campum, victus
entea jara ft Victor ;
fed

' I 1 H E Horfe carried on War

X. ivith the Stag ; at length
being driven out of the Pastures
He implored human Help.
He returns iviih a Man, He defcends into the Field,he conquered
befort now hecomes Conqueror ;
but

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SELECT FABLES OF JESOV .
fed tamen Hofte victo, butyetthe iWyibeingconquered,
& misso fub Jugum, est and fent under the Yoke, it is
necesse, ut Victor pss necessary, tfiat the Victor bi;felf
ferviat
Homini.
Fert ferve the Man.
He bears
Equitem
Dorfo, - Fr- the Horfeman on his Back, tbe Brinum .Ore.
die in his Mouth.
Mor.
Muli dimicant contra
Pauperlatem ; qu wici
per Indvftriam & Fortunam,
Libertas
Vicioris
sepe
interit; quippe Domini &
Fiores Paupertatis incipinnt fervire Divitiis ; anguntur
Flagris Avaritiae,
ccbihenlur
Fraenis
Parmonice ;
nec tenent Modum qurendi, nec audent uti
Rebus partis, jufio fupplicio quidem Avaritiae.

Mor.
Many
fight
against
Po-verty ; whic/l hetng trvercom*
by Induftry and
Fortune,
the Liberty of the Viclor often
perijheth ; for the Lords and
Conquerors of Poverty hegin to ferve Riches ; they are tormented ivitb the Wbips of Ava
rice,
they
are
riftrained
wth the Bridles o/" Parfimony.;
nor
W// a Mean c/" ^znor do they dare to ufe
/// Tbings got,
j///? Punihment indted of Covetoufnefs.
*

FABLE

XXXV.

i)f Daobus Adalcfceniibus.

Of Two Y$ung Min.

DU O
Adokscentes
simulant, fefe empturos Carnem apud Coquum :
Coquo agenie alias Res,
Alter arripit Carnem
Canistro,
dat
Socio,
ut
occultet
fub
Veste.
Ccquut,
ut
*vidit
Partem
Caruis,
fubreptam jbi, coepit njmulare utrumq; Furti. Qui
abstulerat,
pcjerat
per
Jovem, fe habere Nbil ;
ver

TW O
young
Men
pretend, that they would
buy Flejh at a Cook't :
The Cook doing other Thingt,
One fnatches Fleh car c/
a Basket,/<i/ /'rtohis Cornpanion,
/te he may hide it under
his Garaient. Theofk, ason as
he favt Part cf the FleJh
stolen from bim, began la ac
cufe each cf Theft. He ,tbat
had tahen it avuay, fwears by
Jove, tkat he . hkd Nething :
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47
ves it, qui habut, pejerat but he, who had it, swears
identidem,

abjulis- again and agan, that he

om
se
Nihil.
Ad Quos ct-n/y Nothing.
7" whom
Coquus inquit, quidem n une tf Cook says, ndeed now
Fur latet, fed is, per A* TA/V/- lies Hd,
he, by
quem juraviftis, inipexit, whom yau bavefiwore, looked on,
is scit.
he knows.
Mor.
Mor.
Cm peccavmus, Homines
When ive bave finned, Men
\ion sciunt id Jatim ; at do net mctu it prejently ; but
videt omnia, qui _/Wff God fes ail things, who Jttetb
super Ccelos, $c intuetur upon
Heauens, and /os/f/ /a/a
Abyssos.
the Deeps.

FABLE
De Cane f Lanio.
CUM Canis abstulisset
Carnem Lanio
in
Macello, continua conjecit J'ese in Pedes quantum
potuit.
Lanius pcrculsus
Jactur
Rei,
primm
tacuit, deinde recpens
Animum, fie acclamavit
'nul,
O
furacime,
curre tutus, licet tibi
1 l currere impun ; nam nunc
et tutus, ob Celeritatem,
autem posthaec observa
ient cautis.

XXXVI.

O/" the Doo ct/ the Butchbr.

WHen/fDoghadtakenaway
Flejh from the Butcher in
the Shambles, immediately he betook himsel/x.o his Heels as much as
he could. The Butcher siruck
with the Lofs os the Thing, at first
held his Peace, afterwards taking
Courage, thut he cried to him
afar off, O most thieving Cur,
run fafe, it is lavuful for thee
to run unpunihed ; for now thott
art fafe for thy Swiftnefs,
but hereafter thou Jhalt be ebferued more cautioufly.

Mor.
Mor.
Hase Fabula significat,
This
Fable
signifies,,
\fkrosque Homines
tum that
most
Men
tben
dmuni fieri cautiores, at Iength beconte more cautious,
when they have received Damage*
1' t acceprint Datnnum,
FABLE

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FABLE

XXXVII.

De Agno y Lupo.

Of the Lamb and the Wolf.

LUpus occurrit Agno

comitanti
Caprum,
rogitat, cur Matre relict,
potius
sequatur
olidum
Hircum, suadetque, ut redeat ad
JJbera Matris
distenta Lact, sperans,
fore
ita,
ut
laniet abdudtum ; uero ille
inquit, O Lupe, Mater
cctnmijtt
me
huic.
Huic summa Cura scrnjandi est slWtf; obfequar
rr'/ potius, yaslff tibi, qui
postulas scducere me //?/'/
, Dicti, & mox discerpiere fubductum.

TH E Wolf meets the Lamb

accompanying the Goat,
heajks, why his Motber. being lest,
rather follows a Jinking
Goat, and admises, that he tvould^
return to the Dugs of his Mother
Jretched with Milk, hoping,
that it would be _/, that he may
butcher him d ra w n away ; but he
says, O Wolf, my Mother
hatb committed me to him.
To him the chief Carc /ing is gi-ven ; I lh;;ll obey a Pa
rmi rather, than thec, <u>o
requirest to seduce me w/7Z>
Sayings, and by and by to tear:
me in Pieces drawn away.

Mor.
Mou.
Be unwilling to bave FaithNoli
babere
Fidem
Omnibus ; nam Mult, dum in ail Men ; for Many, whilst
a/ideiitur
velle
prodejse tbey seem to be willing to profit.
Aliis, intrim confulunt Others, in the mean timt consuLt
for Themselves.

FABLE

XXXVIII..

De Agricol Cf Filiis.

Ofthe Hubandman<3</his Sons.

AGricola habebat complures Filios, Iique

fure
discordes
inter
Se;
quos
Pater
laborons trahere ad. mutuum Amortm, Fasciculo,

Huibandman had ma
Sons,
and theyx
A ny
uuere
disagreeing
among
themselve6 ; -xvbom the Fathep
labouring to draw to mu
tilai loue, a liltle
aggot
little ^ag^
et-

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appojito, jubet jngulos
essringere
circumdatum
brevi Funiculo : Imbecilla
jEtatula conatur frustra :
Pater folvit, redditque
stngulis Virgulam, quam
cm pro fuis Viribui quisque
facile frangeret ; Inquit, O
Filioli, sic Nemo poterie
vincere Vos concordes; fed
fi
volueritis
feutre
mutuis Vulneribus, atque
agitare intestin um Bellum,
eritis
tandem
Pradae
Hoftibus.

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29
heing put, commands them fingls
to break it bound alcut
with a hort Ccrd : their weak
Touth endeavoureth in vain :
The Father loofes it, and gives
to each a Twig, ivhch
when iviih his Strengtb every one
a//j; broke j
faith, O
Cbildren, thus Noboy will be able
ra conquer You agreeing; but
//" ye (hall be wiiling /o g
with mutual Wound*, and.
Ce //r/i/<r c intestine Jfi?r,
ye hall be at lcngth for a Prey
to your Enemies.

Mor.
Mor.
This Fable teaches, tbat fmall
Haee Fabula docet, parvas
Res crefeere Concordi, Things increafe by Concord,
great Tbings fali away by Difcord,
magnas dilabi Difcordi.

F A B L E

XXXIX.

De Carbonario 3*
FuLLoNE.

O/" the Collier //

the Fuller.

CArbonarius invitabat
Fullonem, ut habitaret fecum in edem Domo.
Fullo inquit, mi Homo,
tstud non est mibi, vel
Cordi,
vel
utile ;
nam vereor magnopere, ns,
Quae
eluam,
Tu
reddas tam
qum
Carbo est.

TH E
Collier
invited
the Fuller, tbat he would.
dwell ivitb bim in /ffame Houfe.
The Fuller faith, my Man,
is not to me, either
to my Heart, or profitable ;
for / fear greatly, lest
what Things / ivajh clean, Thou
mayst make as black, as
a Coal is.

Mor.
Mor.
Monemur
sc
We are admonihed by tbis
Apologo ambulare , cum Apology - to
ival
with
the

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inculpatis ;
moneraur the anblamed ; w c are admonishcl
devitare Consortium, scele- to avoid the Company of ivickratorum Hominum, <vtlut ed
Men,
as
certam Pestem ; nam quis- a certain Plague ; for cvery
ue evadit taies, quales
one cometh out such, as they
funt, quibufcum veratur.
are, tuith tuhom he is conversan t.

FABLE

XL.

De Aucupe &
Palumbo.

Of the Fowler and the

RrN g-Dove.

AUceps -vides Palumfeum procul nidulantem

in altiffim Arbore ; adproperat ; denique molitur
htjidia ;
forte
frmit
Anguem Calcbtts ; hie
rnorde. Ille exanimatus im
provise Malo; inquit, miserum Me ! dum insidior
Alteri, Ipse di/pereo.

TH E Fowler sees the RingDove afar offmaking a Nest

in a very high Tree ; he hastens
t3 him ; fnally he contrives
Snares ; by Chance he pressesa Snake natb his Heels ; rre
bites him. He terrified at the fudden
Evil;
fays, <wretched Me ! ivhilsi I lay Snares
for another, I myself perijh.

Mo r.
Mo R.
Ha;c Fabula significat,
This Fable- signifies, that
Eos nonnunquam circum- they sometimes are circumvent<veniri fuis Artibus, Qui ed with their cwn Arts, whe
meditantur mala.
meditate evil Things.

FABLE
De Agricola
C'anibus.

XLI.

Of the HuSBANDMAN aild

the Dogs.

TH E Hubandman, <when
^^Gricola,
hyemsset
in
h<lie had wintered in
Ruri multos Dies, caspit the Country many Days, begm
tandem laberare Penuri at length to labour with the Want

SELECT !A
etcejsariarum Rerum, interlecit Oves, dende
&
Nasillas, postrem quoque
Tiactat B-ves, ut habeat,
juo susentet Corpufculunv
ien exhaustum Inedi.
Canes uidentes id coxstiluunt
juaerere Salutem Fug ;
ttenim Sese non viiuros
diutis, quando Herus non
teperc
Bobus quidsm,
*suorum Ofer utebatur in
fecicndo rujtko Opre,

3LES OF iESOP.
3r
os necejsary Things, \e kil"
ed his Sheep, asternuards also
bis
Goals,
lasty
alfa
he lays Ali Oxen, that hemay bave,
wherewith he may sujain his Body
almost exhauied ni/b Want.
The- Dogs foting that resalv*
to seek Safcty by Flight ;
_/r that they Jhoud not livt
longer, ivhen their Master bas not
spared
his
Oxen
indted,
whose Labour he ufed iu
doing
Country Work.

Mou.
Si <vit esse fal-vus,
decede ab eo ciio, quem
uides redactum ad eas
Angustas, ut
consumt
I nitrumenta- necessaria fuis
Operibus, quo suppleatur
praosenti Inedia-.

Mor.
If thou art uolling to be /ose,
withdraw from him soon, whom
tbou seefi reduced to thpse
Straits,
that
he
consumes
the Instruments neeesfary for his
Works, whereby Af may be supplied
for the prsent Want.

FABLE

XLII.

De Vulpe 5? Leone.

Os the Fox and the Lion.

VUlpbcuia,
non folebat <vdere
/mmanitatem Leonis, contemplata id Animal semel
atque iterum trepidabat, y
fugitabat. Cm jam tertio
Lo obtulisset fefe o^i/zot. Volpes no mttuit
Quicquam, sed confidenter
adit, Sc salutai illum.

TH E
Fox,
w
was not wont to fie
the Fierceness os the Lion, having
viewed
that
Beast once
snd o again trembled, and
fled. When now a fhird Time
the Lion had offered himfelf in bis
Way. The Fox seared not
any Thing, but confident!/
goes up to, and salutes hinj. ,

Mor,

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Mor.
Me K.
Consuetudo facit Nos
Custom
mafos
tJs
omnes
audaciores,
<vel ail
bolder,
tvtit
apud Eos, Quos t/ix antea among Tho/e, WhomJcarce besore
uufifuimus aspcere.
nue hve d&red to look upon
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FABLE
De Vulpe W Aquil.
P R O: L E S Vulpecula
excurrebat
foras ;
comprehensa ab Aquil im
plort Fidem Matris. Illa
accurrit, rogat Aquilam, ut
dimittat
Captivam
Prolem.
Aquila naa
Pra;dam fubvolat ad Pullos.
Vulpes,
Face
corrept,
quasi
esset
abfumptura
Munitiones
s l
Incendo,
Cm
jam
ascendilet
Arborent,
mquit, nunc tuere Te,
tuosque, J potes. Aqui
la trepidans, dum metuit
Incendium,m^\i\t,parceWlih.\,
reddam quicquid habeo
tuum.

XLIII.

0/ the Fox and the Eagle.

H E Young of the F*?"
ran
abroad;
caught by the Eagle Jhe im
plores the Help of her Dam. She
runs up, aiks the Eagle, that
Jhe nuould difmifs her Captive
Young. The Eagle having got
her Preyfies anvay to her Young.
The Fox, a Fire-brand being
snatched up, as if he was
about to destroy her Fortress
nuith Fire,
When
non
lhe had gotten upon the Tree, ,
says, nonx> dfend
Thyfelf,
and thine, ifThou caast. 77*?
trembling, nuhilji lhe fears
fi* Fire, iays, ^n? Me,
I will relore nvhatfoever I have of
thine.

Mor.

Mor.

Intellige per Aquilam

potentes, atq; audaces; per
Vulpcm pauperculos, Shias
D ivites fapenumer opprimunt per Vim. Vtrum iaest
interdum probe ulciscunlur
lnjuriam acceptant.

Understand ly the Eagle

fc& patent, and ^ojW ;
by
/"A Fox the Poor, Whom
the
Rich
oftentimes
oppress j> Force. .Sk the Hurt
fometimes
oundly - revenge
the njury recelved.
FABLE

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FABLE

XLIV.

De Agricol 13
Ciconi.

Of the Hubandman and

the Stork.

GRuibus
Anseribusque
depascentibus Sata,
iusticus
prtendit
jaqueum. Grues capiuntur,
nftres
capiuntur,
3
Jlcona ea/itur. Illa fup)licat, clamitans, Scfe innorentem, 13 esse ne Gruem,
iec Anserem, fed optimam
'mnum t\' \ m, quijpe Qux
imper conlueverit iuferinre
Parenti sedulo, & alere
Sum
confelutn
Scnio.
gricola
inquit,
probe
[cio omnia hsec ; nerum
sostquam. cepimus Te cum
iccentibus, morieris quoque
:um Eis.

TH E Crnes and the Gee/e

feeding on tbe Corn,
the
Countryman
sets
a Gin. Tbe Crnes are taken,
the Gee/e are taken, and
the Stork is taken. She en
trents, crying, that She was inno
cent, and was neither a Crne,
nor a Goosc, but the best
of ail
Birds, as
Who
aliuays u fed to serve her
Fatlier diligently, and to nourijb
Him ivorn out with old Age.
The Husbandman says, ivell
know I ail thse Things ; 'but
iince mie have taken Thee ivith
the offendng, thou lhalt die alfa
with Them.

Mor.
Mor.
Qui commttit Ctimen,
He that committeth a Crime,
13 Is, 2>ui adjungit Se
He,
joins Hims'.lf
Socium
Sclratis, a Companion /o
Wicked,
punistied. w/V/6
f^aa/
lectuntur
pari ire
Punihment.
7ien.

F A B L;E
De Opilione 13
Agricolis.

XLV.
Of the Shepherd and
the Countrymen.

PUER pascelat Oves A Boy fed his Sheep

editiore Pratulo, atq; il upon a higher Gronnd, and
clamitans terqut, quaterque crying botk thrce, and four times
per
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34
pur Jocum, Lupum adesse, in ]eH,.that the Wolf was there,
exciebat Agricolas undi- be raised the Countrymen
que :
Illi
illufi on ail Sides : They being deluit
jepius, dum non sub-venuut too osien, uihilfl they do ot com
imploranci Auxilium, Oves to him imploring Help, the Sheep
jSunt Prasda Lupo.
become a Prey to the Wolf.
Mou.
Mou.
Si 2htfpiam conueverit
If
One has been tised
tnentiri, Fides non babebitur /0 lit, Faith uiill not be bai
facil Et, cm cccepe- easily in Him, when be Jhall hixvrit narrare verum.
begun to tell the Trtttb.

FABLE
De Aquil & Corvo.
AQ_U I L A
de-volat
editislin
Rupe,
in Terrien Agni. Corvus
videns-/ge stit, Wa//'Simia,
imitari Aquilam, dimittit
Se in Vellus Arietis ;
dimius impeditur ; impeditus
comprehenditur ;
comprehensus
projicitur
Pueris.

XLVI.

Of the Eagle

the Crow.

THE Eagle fies do^wn,

from a very high .Rti,
on the Back of a Lamb. The Cro-vi
seeing that rejoiceth, as an Ape,
to imitate the Eagle, He drops
Himself /sthe Fleecefl/" Ram;
dropt down He is entanghd ; entangled
be
is
taken ;
taken
he
is
th'roun
to the 6oys.

Mou,
Mor.
Quisque
ftimet
Se
Let every One esteem Hmvs
fu,
non
Virtute by bis (, not by the Virtut
Aliorum. Tentes Id, Quod ofOthers. Attempt That,
thou mayfi be able to do.
poflis satire.

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FABLE
De invido Cane &
Bove.
CNIS
decumhebat
Pnesepi pleno Fceni :
Bos venit, ut comedat ;
Ille furrigens Sefe prohibet :
Bas inquit, DU perdent
Te cum ifthc tu Invidi,
Qui nec vefceris Fno,
nec finis Me ve/ci.

3$

XLVII.
O/" the envious Dog
the Ox.

THE Dog lay dmxn

in a Rack /W/ of Hay :
The Ox cometh, that He may eat ;
/se raing Himfelf hinders Him ;
JThe Ox fays, May the Gods destroy
Thee with that thy Errvy,
Who neither art fed iv/M
nor fuffereft Me / /<r</.

Mor.
Mor.
Plerique.y eo Ingenia,
Many are of that Tcmper,
ut
invideant
Ea that f/fory fniy thofe Things
Aliis, Qnae // nulli ^/ to Others, Which are of no Use
to Themfelves.
Sibi.

F A B I E

XLVIH..

De Cornicul 1$ Ove.

- O/- the Jackdaw and the Sheep.

COrnicuIa
strepitat
m Dr/ Oviculae :
O-vis inquit, Si obstreperes
fie
Cani,
ferres
Jnfortunium. Jt Cornicula
-inquit, fcio S>uibus infultem,
molesta placidis,
amica
faevis.

TH E Jackdaw makes a Noife

on the Back of the Sheep :
TheSheep3.ys,\fthoumade aNoise
thus to a Dog, /Ai ivouldest hear
the Damage. 2? the Jackdaw
faito, I know W& Imay infult,
troublefome to the mild, friendly
to the cruel.

Mor.
Mo*.
Evil Men
the innocent
"/Mali infutant innoceTVti
t miti;
Nemo irritat and mild ;
no One irritates
fcroces 'fcf malignos.
the fierce and mischievous.

FABLE

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FABLE
De Pavone 3"
Luscini.

XLIX.

P A V O queritur apud
Junonem Conjugem, 13
Sororcm Jouis, Lusciniam cantillare suaviter, Se
irrideri ab Omnibus ob
raucam
Ravi/n.
Cui
Juno inquit, Lu/cinia longe
'superat in Can tu, Tu Plumis ; puisque habet Suam
Dotem Diif. Decet
Unumquemq; ejse contentum sua Sorte.

Of the Peacock and

the Nightingale.
THE Peacock complans to
Juno the Wise, and
Sister ofJupiter, that the Nightin
gale' Jung svveetly, that He J
was laughed at by Ali for \
his hoarse Squalling. To whom
Juno says, The Nightingale by far j
excels in Singing, Thou in Fea- 1
thers ; Every One has bis
Gift front the Gods. It becometh
Every One lo be content
<witb his own Lot.

Mor.
Mor.
Let us take/^o/f Things, Which
Sumamus Ea,
Qure
Deus largitur, grato Animo, Godbe&ows,ivitb agratefulMia,
norlet us seek greater Things.
fieqne qua:ramus majora.

FABLE

L.

De senicul Mustela f
M U R 1 LUS.

Of the old Weasel and

the Mice.

MUstela
careus
Viribus pra Senio
non 'valebat insequi Mures
jam ita, ut Jolebat; coepit
meditari Dolum ; abscondit
Se in Colliculo Farinte,
lie
Jperans
fore,
ut venetur citra Laborem.
Mures accurrunt, f dum
cupiunt esitare Farinant,
Omnes dei'crantur ad Uttum
Mujel.

THE Weasel nvanii?ig

Strength thro" old Age,
ivas not able to purue the Mice
nowfo, as He-uoas ivont ; He began
to meditate a Trick ; He bides
Himself in a .Heap of Meal,
thus hoping that it would be,
/>W he may hunt uoithout Labour.
The Mice run to it, and whilil
they dsire to eat the Meal,
They ail are devoured to 0e
by the Weasel,
Mor.

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37
Mor.
Mor.
When any One shall be VUb Quispam fuerit deflitutus Viribus, est Opus stitute of Strength, there is Need
Ingtnio. Lysander Lacedrt- of Wit. Lysander the Lacedae
monius solebat dicere sub monian used to fay oft
inde, quo leonina Pellis en, where the Lion's Skin
non psrveniret, Vulpir.am would not reach, that the Fox's
esse assumendam.
ivas to be taken.

FABLE
De Leone & Rana.
LE O,
cam
audiret
Ranam
loquacem
magni,
putans
esse
aliquod magnum Animal,
<vertit Se retro, et ftani
parum,
i'idet
Ranam
exeuntem Stagno ; Quam
Jiatim indignabundus conculcavit Pedibus, inquitns,
non
movebi,
amplius
ullum Animal clamore, ui
perspiciat Te.

LI.

. Of the Lion and the Frog.

THE Lion, ivhen he heard
the
frog
talking
at a great Rate, thinking it to he
some
great
Beast,turned Himself back, and standing
a little, He fees the Frog
going out of the Pool; whih
presently enraged He trod un
der with his Feet, faying,
Thou lhalt not move any more
any Animal with thy Noise,' that
He may look at Thee.

Mor.
Mor.
Fabula fignificat, qud
The Fable signifies, ' that
aptid
verbosos
Nihil among noisy Men Nothing
xepedturpr<eter Linguam.
\% found except a Tongue.

FABLE

LIL

DFormic a y Golumb a. Of the Pismire andthe Dove.

FOrmica fttiens . venit f I 'HE Pismire thirsting came
ad
Fontem,
ut JL to a Fountain, that
iberet ;
fortt . incidit see might drink ; by chance (he fell
in"C
in-

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SELECT FA BLES OF JESOP.
in
Puteum.
Columba nto a Well.
T/ie Dove
fuperfidens Arborent im- sitting upon a Trie hanging
minentem Fonti,
cm over tbe Fountaij/, when Jht
.conspiceret Formicam obrui fa-iv the Pismire cuerivbelmed
Aquis,
J'rangit in
the
Waters,
breaks
Ramulum
ex Arbore, a little Branch frem the Tree,
>uem dejicit fine Mor Which Ihe throws nuithout Delsy
in
Fontem.
Formica into the Fountain. The Pismire
conscendens Hune servatur. getting upon Tbis is saved.
Auceps venit, ut capiat TbeFoivlercomes,tbat he may take
Cumbam ; Formica per- tbe Dove ; the Ant perceiuThat,
biles
one
xipiens Id, mordet unum ing
ex
Pedibus
Aucupis ; cf the Feet cf the Foivler ;
the Dove fiies a-way.
Columba avalai.
Mo*.
Fabula fig?iijcat, cm
Brla font grata in Beneficos,
e
magis
Ii
debent esse, Qui lunt Particepes Rationis*

,Mor.
The Fable signifies, when
Brutes are grateful to Benefeutors, by so much the more They
ought to be, Who are PartaJiers of Reason.

F A B L E
De Pavone Pic.
GENS Avium cm
vagaretur libr, tptalat Regem dari Sibi.
Pa<vo
putabat
Se
imprimis
dignum,
Qui
xlegeretur,
quia
ejset
formosiffimus. Hoc accepto w Regem, Pica inquit,
O Rex, si, Te imperante,
Aqmla
ceeperit '.insequi
Nos ferstrenu, Ut '/o/et,
quo
Modo
abiges ///a ? quo .Pa^o
tx.vabis As/ P

LUI.

Os the Peacock

the Magpe.

TH E Nation os Birds, whn

they <ivanderedfree\y, ivijbed
for a King to be ginen to Them.
The Pacock thought Him/elf
chiefly
tuorthy,
Who .
Jhould be chosen, because He ivas
the most beautiful. He being received for King, The Magpie says,
O King, if, You governing,
the Eagle lhould beg in 4o pursue
Us firenuoufiy, as Jhe is <mont,
by what Method will you drive avvay Her ? by what Means
will you prserve Us ?
Mo R

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Mor.
Mor.
In a Prince Beauty it not
In Principe Forma non est
tm
spetanda,
qura so much to be regarded, as
Forttudo Corporis J Pru- Sirengtb of Body, aiid Pru
dentia.
dence.

FABLE

LIV.

De JEckoto f
Mkdico.

Of the Sick Man and

the Physiciak.

curabat JEgrotum ; tandem 111e

morhur; tum Mdiats inquit
ad Cognatos, Hic peribat
Intemperantici.

APhysician bad in Cure a Sick

Man ; at lengtb He
dietb ; then the Phyf.cicm aid
to theKinsinenjT't Man perilbed
by Intemprance.

Mor.
Nisi
)uis reliquerit
Bibacitatem & Libidinem
Ei a turc,
aut nunquam
f>er<veniet ad Seneilutem, aut
ejl habiturus perbrcvem
Senectutem.

Mor.
Unless Any One hall have lest
Drunkennefs
and
Lust
timely,
either He never
tuill arrive to cid Age, "or
is to have a very jhort
old Age.

FABLE
De Leone & alis.
LE O,
Asinus,
&
Vulpes eunt vc/iatum ;
ampla Fcnatio capitur ;
capta est j'iffa partiri :
Afino ponente Singulis singulas Partes, Lo irrugiebat, rapit Afinum, ac laniat.
Postea
dat
id
Kr.getii Vulpeculx, hite

LV.

Of the Lion

othcr Beals.

THE Lion, the A/s, and

the Fox go to hunt ;
an ample Prey is taken
taken is commanded to be parted :
The AJi putting to eacb their sin
gle Parts, the Lion roared, he seized the A/s, and butehers
him. . Afterwards he gi-ucs that
Business to the Fox, #7>e
C z
more cunnjng,

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astutor,
cm
long more cunning, <u//r by Far
/? Partheingpropofed, flie had
cptim Parte propofit, refervaviflet vix minimam, reserved fcarce a very sinall one,
Leo rogat, Quo fie the Lion - aks, by Whom y eiola ? Cui Illa inquit, taught ? To Whom S/r soys,
Calamitas Asini
docuit the Caamity of the Afs has taught
Me.
Me.
Mor.
Mox.
Ille est Felix, htem aliena
He u Happy, Whom others
Dangers make eautious.
Pericula faciunt cautum.

FABLE

LVI.

De H^do f Lupo.

O/the Ki d and the Wolf.

H^Edus profpelans '

Fenestr
andebat
lacefiire Lupum prtereuntem
Convitiis ;
Cui
Lupus ait, Sceleste, Tu
non convitiaris Mibi, scd
Locus.

A K ID lookng put f
a
Windoix/
dared
to provoke a Wolf paJfins
by with Revilings ; to Whom
the -Wolf fays, Wretch, Thou
doit not revile Me,
but
the Place.

Mor.
Mor.
Tempus if Locus femper
Time and Place
add Boldnefs to a Man.
addunt Audaciam Homini.

F A B L E
Leone fcf Capr.
LE O forte confpicatus Capram ambulanem edit Rupe monet,
ut defeendat in viride
Pratum : Capra inquit, Fortqffe facerem, ft Tu abefses j 9ui non fuades
Mibi

alivays

LVII.

Os the Lion and the Goat.

THE Lion by chance having
seen
a
Goat walking on a bigb Rock advifes,
thatjheixould defcend'mto thegreen
Pasture : The Goat fays, Perhaps I Ihould do it, if You was
awayj Wbo do not perfuade

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4.1
Mib istud, ut Ego capiam Me to that, that I may tae
ullam Voluptatem inde ; sed any Pleasure thence ; but
ut Tu habeaSj
>uod that Thou mayst have, What
faraelicus mores.
being hungry Thou mayst de-vour.
Mor.
Mor.
Ne habeasFzdem omnibus ;
Do not have Fatb in al! ;
rtam Quidam non consulunt for Some do not consuls
Tibi, sed Sibi.
fur You, but for themelves.

FABLE

LVIIL

De Vulture aliisque
Avibus.

Os the Vulture and'clher

BlRDS,

VUltur adsimulat, Se
ce'ebrare
annuum
'Natalem ; invitt Aviculas ad Casnam ; fer
cmnes ' veniunt ;
accipit
venientes txagno Plausu
Fa<vorbufqne :
Vultur
laniat acceptas.

THE Vulture feigns, that He

ujould celebrate his annual
Birtb-Day ; He invites tbe lttle
Eirds
to Supper ;
almost
. ail
come ;
He
receives
them comng ivith great Applause
and Favours : The Vulture
butchers them received.

Mor.
Mqr.
Omnes non sunt Amici,
Ali
are
not'
Friends,
>ui dicunt Mande, aut Who
fpeak
sairly, '
or
simulant, Se facere benig-' prtend, that They ivill do kindIj.
ly.

FABLE
.

. De . Anseribus sf
Gruibus.

. .

LIX.
Os the Geese and
the Crnes.

ANferes
pascebantur "J1 H E
Geese ivere sed
mul cum Gruibus
at the fam timew/^theCranes.
eodem
Jgro.
Grues in the fam Field. The Crnes'
conspicatee
C 3
hauing seen

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SELECT FABLES OF JESOV.
confpicatiF
Rusticos, having feen the Countrymen,
lcves
avolant j Anferes bting light fly away ; The Geefe
capiuntur, Qui impediti are taken,
Who hindered
Qnere Corporis, non pote- ivith Burden of Body, ivert
rant ubvolaie.
not able to fly away.
Mo R.
Urbe expugnat ab Hofiibus, Inops facile ubducic Se ; at D>ves caprus
servit. In Bello Divitiae funt
mags Qneri qam Ufui,

Mor,
A City heing tefeged by Enemies, the poor Man eafily withdraws Himfelf; haxthe Rich taken
ferves.
Jn War Riches are
more for a Burden, than an Use.

FABLE

LX.

De Anu tf Ancillis.

0/"theold Woman WherMaid.

QUaedam Anus habebat

Demi
complures
Anciilas,
quas quotidie
excitabat ad Opus ad Cantum GalH, Quem hahebat
Domi, antcquam Ucefceret.
Anllce
tandem
commot
Taedio
quotidiani Negotii oblruncant Gailum, jperantes jam,
Illo necato, Sefe dormituras ufque ad Meridiem ; sed
liaec -Hpes decepit Eas; nam
liera,
ut
refcivit,
Gallum intcremptum, deinceps juhet tas furgere'
intenipest Nocte.

A Certain old Woman had

at
'Home
many
Maids,
Whom
daily
flte rouzed to Work at the Crowing of a Cock, which jhe bai
at Home, before that it was
light. The Maids at length
mcved with the Wearifomnefs
of their daily Businefs hehead tha Cock, hcping now,
He being killed, that They Qiould
leep even to Mid-day ; but
this H.pe deceived Thcm ; for
the Miftrefs, as foon as jhc Ane-iv,
that the Cock ivas killed, thenceforwards commands Them to rife
at Mid-night.

Mor.
Mor.
Non Pauci, dum ftudent
Not a feiv, whilst tbry ftudy
evitare Makm, incidunt in to avoid an Evii, fail int
a heavier.
gravius.
FAEE

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FABLE

LX.

De Asino Ef Equo.

Of the Ass and the HoRS.

A Sinus putabat Equum

heatum, qud ejset
pinguis, S" degeret in Otio;
ver dicebat Se- infelicem,
quod el'et macilentus, &
jirigofus, & quotidie exerceretur
immiti Hero.in
ferendis Oneribus. Haud
mult post conclamant ad
Arma; tum Equus non repulit
Fraenum
Ore,
Equitem
Dorfo,
nec
Telum Corpore. Afinus,
Hoc vifo, agebat magnas
Gratias Dis, qud un /cjsent Se Equum,
fed
Afinum,
Mor.
Sunt Mferi,
Quos
Vulgus judicat heatos ; &
nm Pauci sunt heat, Qui
Se
miferrimos.
Sutor crepidarius d'tcit
Regem selicem, non sofiderans m quantas Res y
Solicitudines
diftrabitur,
Uni interim Ipse cantllat
eum
Faupertate.

HTHE Afs thought the Horfe

JL happy, . because he ivasfat and lived in Idlenesi ;
but he called Himfelf unhappyv
hecaufe He iva* /ra, andravo-boned, and /&r/'/y was exerciled y an un merci fui Mafter ixx
hearing
Burdens.
Ntf
much after they cry taArms ; then the Horfe drove n>t
back the Bridle from bis Mcutb,
the Horfeman from bis Back, nor
theDart from his Body. The Afs,
This heing feen, gave great
Thanks to the Geds, that /) bad
sr auuse him a Horfe, but
an Afs.
Mor.
They are miferable, Whora
the Vugar judges happy; and
;f / y-xi/ are hapfy, Who
tbink Themfelves moft miferable.
The
Cobler
callsthe King happy, not ccnsder/j into oav af Assjirs and
Troubles
he
is
draivrr,
whilst in the mean time He Jingt
with bis heft Poverty.

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FABLE
Z) Leoni Ef Tauro.
T Au ru s ftigicns Leonem incidit in Hircum ;
Is mnitabatur Cornu f
caperat Fronte : Ad Quem
-Taurus plenus Ir inquit,
Tua Frons contracta in
Rugas toit territat Me ;
fed
metuo
immanent
Leonem, Qui nifi hareret
me Tergo jam /cires
esse os ita parvain Rem
fugnare1 cum Tauro.

LXII.

O/" the Lion a// the Bull

THE Bull
the Li
on _/>// upon Me Goat ;
He tbreatened with his Horn
wrinkled riu . To Whom
the Bull full os Anger y2??W,
Thy Brovu contracted intm
Wrinkles dces ml affright Me ;
but
I
fear
a
<vtf/
Lion,
Who unless he stuck
to my Back, now
JheuldAnotv
tha't it is / so lite a Thing
/s
with a .2?a//.

Mor.
Mor.
Calamitas non est addenda
Calamity U net to be added
talamitofis.
Est
Miser to the calamitous. He M miferablf
enough, Who is ea* misrable.
fat, ^kj est yw/ miser.

FABLE
, De Testitudine s?
Aqjila,
'jT^Edium
reptandi
occapa.\erztTesti/udinem;
si
tolleret
in
Caelum, pollicetur Baccas
rubri
Maris.
Aquila
sufiulit Eam ; poscit Praemium; 5f fodit Eam non
bentem Unguibus.
Ita,
Testudo, >uts concupivit
videre Astra, reliquit Vitam
in Astris.

LXIII.
Of the Tortoise and
the Eagle.

WEariness
of
creeping
had seized the Tortoise ;
if any One would lift up fifo-into.
Heaven, She promises the Pearls
of the red Sea. The Eagle
took up Her ; demands the Reward ; and pierces Her not hav~
ing it with her Talons. Thus,
the Tortoise, H'hich desired
to fe the Stars, lest her Life
n the Stars.
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45
Mor.
Mor.
Sis contentus tu Sorte.
Be eontented with thy Lot.
F u re
Nonnulli,
Qui, There have been Some, Who,
si
mansissent
bumiles, if they had remained lot,
fuissent /*//; facti sublimes, would have beenfafe;\>tzombigb,
inciderunt in Pericula.
have fallen into Dangers.

FABLE

LXIV.

De Cancro
ejus
Matre.

Of the Crab andis

MTHER.

Uer manet Cancrum

retrogradum,
ut
eat
antrorsum.
Filius
respondet, Mater, I pra,
sequar.

THE Mother advifes the Crab

going baciivards,
that
He ivould go sorwards. The Son
answers, Mother, go you before?
I will sollovv.

Mor.
Reprehenderis
Vitii,
cujus
queas reprehendi.

Mor.
Nullum.
You hould reprehend no One
Ipse of a Vice, of ivhich You Yourself
may be reprehended.

FABLE
De Sole & AojjiLONE.

LXV.
i
Of the Sun and the NortitWind.

SOL
&
Aquilo
certant,
Uter
fit
fortior.
Est conventum
ab Illis experiri Vires in
Viatorem;
ut
ferat
Palmam, S>ui excuslerit
Manticam. Boreas aggredtur Viatorem borrifono
Nimbo ; at Ille non defiflit
diiplicare Amiclum, gradiendo.

THESun^f theNorth-Wind
Jiri<ve,
Whether
is
the llronger. It is agreed
by Them to try their Strength upo:i
a Tr.'veller ;
that He bear
the Palm, Who mail have lhaken oft"
bit Chak. Boreas sels upen the Traveller nuith a ratlling
Clou d; but He does not dcfijl:
to double bis C.ct in going
C 5;
on*

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endo. Sol experilur suas
sires, Nimboque paulatim
evicto,
emittit
Radios.
Vlator incipit
testuare, sudare, anhelare :
Tandem nequiens progredi
refidet ub frondofo Nemore.
Jta VictoVia contgit Soji.

;les of sop.
on.
The Sun tries his
5trength, and theStoimlittle byittle
being overcome, fends fortb
hisBeams. The Traneller begins
to gro-w bot, to sweat, to pant ;
At length not being able to go on
HeJts doivn underaJhady Grove.
Tbut the Victory///to the Sun.

Mor.
Mor.
Id sape obtinetur ManThat cften is obtained by GenJuttudine, Quod non potej tlenefs, which is not able
extorqueri Fi.
to be extorted by Force.

FABLE
De sino.

LXVI.
Of the Ass.

ASin us itexit in Sylvam,

offendit Exwvias Leoni,
>uibus
indutus
venit in Pafcua, territat
ff
fugat Grcges
Si Armenta. Venit, %ui
perdiderat, quritat suum
Jfinum. Asinus, Hero viso,
accurrit,
im
incurr/r suo Rugit u.
At
Herus uricuhs prehenfis,
Quas extabant,
inquit,
Mi Afieile, /^-f sallere ///ioj, Ego probe novi 7.

' \ ' H E Ass cornes into th Wcod,

JL finds the Skin of a Li-'
on, nxiith Which being clad
He cornes into the Postures, affrights andpuls toFlighttheFIocs
and Herds. He cornes, Who
had lost him, feeks his
jfs. TheAss,/.tA/<7/?"beingseen,
runs to him, nay
Zzot with his Braying, But
the Mafter his Ears
/W,
Which
y?W ck,
says,
My Ass, f^oa
e able to de ceive Others,lf,ull-tvellknow 'Thee.

Mor.
"Ne simules Te f^5, Qucd
e ; non doium, cm
fis indoctus ; non jales
Te di-vtem & nobilem, cm
yz pauper & ignobilis ;
etenim,
ver comperto,
jideberis.

Mor.
Do
Thyself rc <5,What
ri not ; not learned, when
' thou art unlearned ; do not boast
'i'hyself rich and noble, when
Tic arr poor and ignoble ;
for, the TUth being found,
thou wilt be laughed at.
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47

LXVII.

De mordaci Cane.

Of the biting Doe.

T\ Ominus alligavit Nolam

Cani subinde mordenti
Homines, ut Quisq; caveret
Sibi .
Canis,
ratus
Id Decus tributum fuse
Virtuti, despicit fuos Populares. Aliquis jam gravis
Mtzte W Auctoritate aecedit
ad hune Canem, monens
Eu m, ne erret ;
nam
nqut, Ista Nola est data
Tibi in Dedecus, non in
Decus.

THE Master tied a little Bell

to the Dog often biting
Men ,that every oneJhoudtake heed
to Himself. The Dog, thinking
That an Ornament gi<ven to his
Virtue, despises his Neighbours.
One
now grave
with Age and Authority cornet
to
Dog,
ad-vijing
Him,
err not\ for
That little Bell is z'-z>
to Thee for a Disgrce, not for
ct Grce.

Mor.
Gloriosus
interdum
ducit Id Laudi Sibi,
Quod eft Vituperio Iffi.

Mor.
The Vain-glorious somelimes
takes
for a Praise a Himself,
Which is for a Disgrce to Him.

F A B I E

LXVIII.

Z><? Camelo.
CAmelus dtfpiciens Se
querebatur, Tauros ire
insignes geminis Cornibus ;
Se- inermem ejse objectum
cteris Animalibus ; orat
Jovem donare Coraaa Sibi :
Jupiter ridet Stultitiam
Cameli, nec modo negat
Votum Cameli, verm &
decurtat Auriculas Bejice.

Of the Camel.
THE Camel defpifmg Himself
complained,\dX theBulls-xvnr
remarkable muith t-wo- Horns ;
^ct///\vithoutArmsw<zjexposed
to <t%e other Animais; He prays
Jupiter to give Hcrns to Him;
Jupiter laughs at the Folly
of the Camel, nor only denies
the Wijh of the Camel, but also
crops the Ears of the Beajl.

C 6

Mor.

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Mo R.
Mor.
Quisque sit contentus
.Let every One be contented
fu Fortun:
Etenim with his own Fortune : For
Muhi
fecuti
meliorem, Many having followed a hetter*
incurrre pejorem.
have run into a ivorfe.

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FABLE
ZVduobns Amicis &f
Urso.

LXIX.
Of the two Frends and
the Bear.

DUO Aniic sac! un t TWO

Friends
make
Iter ; Urfus occura Journey ; a Bear meets
rit in Itinere ; Unus fcandens them in the Road ; One cimbiig
Arborem cvitat Periculum ; up a Tree jhuns the Danger j
Alter,. Cm non
effet fhe other, when there ivas not
Spes Fug,
procidens Hope of Fligbt, falling down
fimulat Se mortuum. Urfus feigns Himfelf Dead, The Bear
accedit, & dsacit A ures & . comes, and fmells to his Ears and'
Os. Homine continente Mouth. The Man holding iri
Spiritum & Motum, Urfus^ Breatb and Motion, The Bear,
i?ui parcit Mortuis, credens Which fpares the dead, believing
Eum esse. mortuum, abibat. that He was dead, went away.
Poftea Socio percontante Afterivards the Companion ajing
quidnam Beftia dixiflet ////' what the Beaft had faid to Htm
accumbenti in Aurem, ait, lying down in his Ear, He fuys,
Monuisse Hoc, ne un- that He had advised Tbis, that
quam
facerem
Iter I hould not ever make a Journey
ivitb Friends of tbis Kind.
cum Amicis isiius Modi.
, ' Mor.
Mor.
Adverfe Tbings and Dangers
Adverso Res & Pericula
how the true Friend.
defignant verum Amicum.

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49

LXX.

De Rustico Esf Fortuiv.

Ofthe Countryman W Fortune

RU s t i c u s,
cum
araret,
offendebat
Thesaurum in Sulcis, Fortiitia vidcns, Nihil Honoris
baberi Sibi, ita locuta est
Secvm : Thesauro reperto,
Stolidus non est gratus;.
eo ipso Thesauro amiffo,
sollicitabit Me primam
omnium
Votis
&
Clamoribus

TH E Countryman, ivbea
He
ploughed,
foitnd
Treasure in the Furrows. For
tune ke\ag,that NotbingofHoncur
was had to Her, thus spake
ivithHerfelf.-Treaxrtbcingfound,
the Fool is not grateful ; but
that self-same Treasure being /ost,
He will solieit
Me first
of ail with Vows and
Clamours.

Mor.
Beneficio accepto, mus
grati Merenti bene de
Nobis ; Etenim Ingratitudo
est digna privari etiam
Beneficio, ^uod
mod
acceperit.

Mo R.
A Benefit being received,let usbe.
grateful to Hini deserving -ive/ of
Us ;
For
Ingratitude
is nuorthy to be deprived e'vem
of the Benefit, Wbich lately
it may bave reccived.

F A B

, E

LXXI.

De Pavone Grue.

Of the Peacock and the Crne.

PAVO
fcf
Grus
cnant un: Pava.
jactat Se, ostentat Caudam :
Grus fatetur Pavonem
ejse formosiffimis Bennis ;
tamen Se penetrare Nubes
animnso Volatu, dum Pavo vixfuper'volat Tecta.

T H E Peacock and the Crne

fup together : The Peacock
boasts Himfelf, Ihows bis Ta:L:
The Crne canfefj'es the Peacock
to be of most beautiful Featbers ;
yet that He pierced the Glouds
with abold Flight, whilst the Peaoc. scarcesites owr the Hoascs.

Mor.

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Mor,
Mor.
Nemo contempserit AlNoms.nstjciddbawdefpifedAnoterum : est cuique sua ther : there is to every one bis czvit
Dos;
est cuique sua oTon;tbereisU)everyoneb:soTvn
Virtus : S>ui caret tua Virtue ; He <who wanteth thy
Virtate, sorsan habeat Eam, Virtue, perbaps may have That
Qu 7 careas.
Which thou mayst want.

F A B ], E

LXXII.

De Quercu &
Arundine.

Of the Oak and

the Reed.

QUercus ejfraa . validiore

Noto,
praecipitatur in Flumen, f,
d u m fluitat, forte bret
fuis Ramis in Arundine ;
miratur, Arundinem stare
incolumem in tanto Turbine.
Heec refpondet, Se esse
tutam fu Flexbilitate ;
Se
cedere
Noto,
Borete ;
omni Flatui ;
nec ejse Mirum, quod
Quercus exciderit, Qua;
concupinit non ctdere, sed
refistere.

TH E Oak being broken by the

stronger
South
Wind,
is thrown into the River, and,
whilst Sbestonvs, by Chance sticks
by her Boughs upon a Reed ;
Ihe wonders, that a Reed stood
safe in so great a Whirhvind.
an Avers, that Sbe was
by her
Flexiblity ;
that She yielded to Notus,
Boreas ; to every B/ast ;
nor aysl/ / a Wonder, /Zxir
the Oak Jhould sali, W ho
defired not ?o J"VW, but
to refist.

Mo R.
Mor.
Donotr/^Onemorepowerful,
Ne rsistai Potentiori
sed vincas Hune cedendo, / overcome Htm by ) ieiding,
and bearing.
3" ferendo.

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FABLE
De Leone ?
VeN AToRE.
LE O
Utigat
cum
Venator; praefert fuam
Fortitudinem
Fortitudini
Hominis. Post longa Juria Venator ducit Leonem
d Mausoleum, a-Qoo Leo
erat fculptus deponens
Caput in Gremium Viri.
Feia negat Id esse faits
Indicii ; nam ait, Homines
culpere
Shiod vellent ;
quoi si Leone; forent Arti
fices, Virum jam iri
fculptum
fub
Pedibus
Leonis.

LXXIII.

Of the Liov and

the Hunter.

TH E Lion contends with

/ Hunter ; He profers /6>
Strength to
the
Strength
of Man.
After long i>//1
the Hunter leads the Lion
to a Tomb, 0 Which a Lion
was carved laying down
bis Head on r Lap of a Man.
7^ Beaft denies that to be enough
Proof ; /r he fays, that Men
carved Wbat they would ;
but if Lions were yftv/ficers, that the Man nuiu would be
carved
under
the
Feet
of the Lion.

Mor.
Mor.
E very One,i much as he s able,
Quifque, quoad potest,
fcf dicit, facit Id, Quod both fays, and does That, Which
putat
prodesse
fu he tbinks to be prositable to bis
Caufae s" Parti.
Caufe and Party.

FABLE

LXXIV\

De Puero y Fure.

O/ the Boy and the Thief.

PUer fedebat flens apud

Puteum ; Fur rogat
Caufam flendi ; Puer dicit,
Tune
rupto,
Urnam
Auri incidijse in Aquas.
Homo
Se, /'//r'
in Puteum, quacrit. Vafi
non inventa, confcendit,

A Boy fat weeping at

a Well; A Tbief aslcs
fCctK/k'fhisweeping;/Ar#/yfays,
the Rope being broke, that an Urn
of Gold hadfallen into theWaters.
The Man undtejfes Himself, eaps
into /f Well, feeks for it.
/'^5/
not heing found, He comes up,
and

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S*
atj; ibi nec invenit Pue- and there neither does He find the
rum, nec suam Tunicam : Boy, nor bis o<wn Coat :
Qtippe Puer, Tutiic ub- For the Boy, the Coat beingtakea
latj fgerat.
away, hadsied.
Mor..
Interdum
falhmtur,
Qui soient falkre.

Mor.
Sometimes -tbey are decei'ved,
Who are ivont to deceive.

FABLE
De Rustico
JUVENCO.
RUSTICUS
habebat
Juvencum . impatientem omnis Vinculi & Jugi :
Homo ajiutulus resecat
Bestias ;
nam
Cornua
tum
petebat Cornibus ;
jungit non Currui, sed
ne
pulsaret
Aratro\
Calcibus,
*/
Herum
solebat. Ipse tenet Stivam,
effecijse
gaudens,
Industri, ut jam foret
tutus f Cornibus, & ab
ngulis. Sed Quid evenit ?
Taurus subinde reistens
sparsrendo Arenam opplet
Os" S Caput Ruftiei E.

LXXV\
Os the Countryhan and
the Steer,

ACOUNTRYMAN
had
a
Steer
impa
tient of every Chain and 2ci :
The Man a little cuuning cuts
oF the Horns of the Bait ; for
he struck with bis Horns ; then
He joins him not to the Cars, but
tothePlough, thathelho uld n otslri ke
bis Majier with his Heels, es
He was wont. HehoXs tbePlougb,
rejoicing, that He had ejsehd
by Industry, that now he sbould bt
safe botb from Horns, and /rw
Hoofs, 2?r What bappcned .?
The Bullock frequently resisting
by scattcrng the Sand sl!s
the Mouth <?W Head of the Countryman with it_

Mor.
Mo R .
NonnuHi sunt sic tnSome
are
<b
/
tralables,
Ut nexeant tralable, that 97>^y cannt
tractari ull Artr, aut be managed ^
Art, or
Conilio.Counscl.
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F A B L E
>e Satyro E Viatore.

LXXVI.
O/" the Satyr W the TRA
VELLER.

SAtyrus, S>ui olim erat

habitus Deus Nemorum, miseratus Viatorem
orutum Nive, atq; cnectum Algore,
ducit in
su um
Antrum ;
sovet
Igne.
At, dum spirat
in
Man US,
percontatur
Causam ;
respondens
inquit, ut calefiant. Postea,
tm accumberent,
Vator sufflat in Pultem,
>uod interrogatus cur saceret, inquit, ut frigescat.
Tum
continua
Saiyrus
ejiciens Viatorem inquit,
Nolo, ut Ule Jit in
Antro, Qui sit /w
4iversum Os.

A Satyr, Who formerly ivat

accounted a God of the
Woods, ha'ving pitied a Traveller
covered with Snow, and almost
dead tuith Cold, leads Him iuts
his Cane ; cherihes Him
<witha Fire. B ut,w^/'^/?Hebreathes
into his Hands, He enqutes
the Cause ; Who ansvyering
says, that they may he tuarm. Afterwards, uvhen they laid down,
theTratyelhr\\ownto\\\%Yaxge,
Whicb being afked <uihy He
did, Hefaid, that // may groivcool.
Then immediately the Satyr
cajing out the Traveller says,
I am not willing, that He be in
my Cave,
Who has yi
diffrent a Moutb.

Mor.
Evita bilinguem Hominem,
>ui est Proteus in Sermone.

Mor.
Avoid a double-tcngued Man,
fia is a Proteus in Discourse.

F A B L E

LXXVII.

> Tauro y Mure.

O/the Bull W the Mouse.

MU S
momarderat
Pedem 7W/, fugiens in suum Antrum.
Taurus <vibrat Ccrnua,
quarit, Hostem, vides nusquam. Mus irridet Eum ;
induit,

THE Mouse had Ht

the Foot os the Bull, flying
into
his
Hole.
The Bull brandijhes his Horns,
seeks his Enemy, fes him no
where. The Mouse laughs at Him ;

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inquit, quia es robuftus, says He, bccc.ufe thou art rolufl
ac vaftus, idcirco non con- and big, thcre/ore you Jhluld net
tempferis Querovis ; nunc hve defpi/ed any One ; nom
eximius Mus lit Te, & a little Mou'': hdi hurt Tbce, and
guident gratis.
indeed gratis.
Mor.
Nemo pendat
Flocci.

Hostem

MoK.
Let no Man rate his Enemj
at a Lock of Wool.

FABLE

LXXVIIL

De Rustico f
Hercule.

Of the Countryman and

Hercules.

CURRUS
Ruftici hseret in profundo
Luto.
Mox
fupinus
implort Deum Herculem ;
Vax intonat Ccelo,
Inepte, flagella tuos Equos,
S? Ipse annitere Rtis,
atq; tum Hercules <vocatus
aderit.

TH E Waggon of a Country
man sticks in a deep
Clay. By and by laying ahng
He implores the God Hercules ;
a Voice thunders out of Heaven,
Fool,
whip
thy
Horscs,
and Thyself try at the Wheeh,
and tien Hercules being caled
will be prsent.

Mor.
Mor.
Idle Vomis profit Notbing-,
Otiosa Vota proiint Nil ;
Q_uk fane Deus non audit. Which tndied God does net bear.
Ip/e juva Teipfum, tum Thyfef help Tbyflf, then
Deus ju" .bit Te.*
God will help Tbee.

FABLE
De Cicad Et Formica.

LXXIX.

Of the Grahopper and ther Pif-

CU M Cicada cantet WHEN tbe Grnjbcpper sings

in the Sunimer, the Ant
per jEstatem, Formica
exercet fuam Mefiem, tra- exercises ber Harvest, drmubeni

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hem Grana in Antsum, ing the Grains nto a Hole,
uce reponit in Hyemem. Which She lays upagainst Win ter.
Brum feviente, famchca The Winter raging, the famijhed
Cicada <venit ad Formicam, Grahopper cornes to the Ant,
& tnendicat Victum. Formica and begs Victuals. The Ant
renuit, diclitans, Sese labora- reufeSjJaying ,thatShe hadlabour*>ijse, dum Illa cantabat.
ed, whilst She sung.
Mor.
Mor.
Who is slothful in Youth,
Qui est segnis in j u venta,
egebit in Ec+.cfl ; y Qui jh.l avant in Age ; and Who>
"*>jon parclt, mox mendcabit. deth not /pare, by and byfuall bcg.

FABLE

LXX' .

De Cane lf Leone.

0/ the Dog and the Lion.

CANIS jocans occurrit

Leoni, quid Tu exhaustus Inedi percurris
Sylvas & Dvia ? specta
Me pinguem, 2f nitidum,
atque consequor Hc, non
Labore, sed Otto. Tarn
Lo inquit, Tu quidem
habss tuas Epulas, sed
Stclide, habes etiavi Vincula ;
Elto Tu Servus, >ui potes
fer-vre ; Ego rjiiicem, sum
* liber, nec <vo!o lervre.

AD O G
joking
meets
~a Lion, V/hy dfl Thcu exhausted <with Want run thro'
the Woods and By-places ? fe
Mr
fat,
and
sleek,
I obtain thse Things, not
/Sy Labour, but Idlenefs. Then
the Lion says, T^s indeed
haft
thy
Dainlies,
but
/W, Thou hast rt^ Chains ;
Be Thou a Slave,
art able
to frue ;
I indeed, am
nor am Itvilling to serve.

Mor.
Mo.
The Lion /ara/beautifuriy:
Lo respondit puichr :
Liberty
is
better
Etenim Libertas est potior For
cmnibui Rbus.
than ail Things.

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FABLE

LXXXI.

De Piscibus.

0/ the Fishes.

FLuvialis Pifcis est correptus per Vim Fluminis en Mare, ubi esserens
fuam Nobilitatem, pendebat
pmne marinum Genus vili.
Phoca non tulit Hoci fed
ait, Tune fore Indicium
Kobilitatis, i captus portetur ad Forum cum Phoc ;
Se iri emptum NcbiliBus,
autem Illum Plehe.

A River Fifo is
bor*
doivn by the Forceof the Ri
ver into the Sea, ivhere extollir;
bis Nobility,
Ile
<vau
ail the Sea Race at a loiv Raid
The Seal bore nat This, "bk
faid, Then ivould he a Proo^
of Nobility, if taken He hould \u
carried to Market ivith a Sea'1
that HeftxoAhzbougbt by Nobi
but He by common People.

Mo R.
Muki funt sic capti
Libidine Glori, ut Ipfi
jactent Se.
Sed L'aus
fui
Oris
non
datur
Homini Laudi, at excipitur cum Rifu Audito-

Mou.
Many
are
so
with the Lust ofGlory, that 7^
boast Themfelves. But the Praiji
of his own Mouth is not givai
to a Man for a Praise, but is receiied ivith the Laughter /"
Heur-

FABLE
Z) Pardo

Vulpecul.

P Ardus,
Cni
est
piclum Tergum, cteris
Feris, etiam Leonibus defpeiis ab Eo, intumefeebat.
Fulpecula accedit ad Hune,
fuadet
non
fuperbire,
dteens q u idem, lili esse
fpeciofam Pellem, vero Sibi
ejse fpeciofam Mentent.

LXXXII.
O/" the Leopard and the Fox.

THE Leopard, Who ha

a painted Back, the tths
Beasts, cven the Lions beingitfpifed by Him, was pufled usT^ .Fwe cornes
Him
peruades Him not to be proud<
faying indeed,
He ha

Skin,

H*
/W sine Mind.
Mou.

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57
Mor.
Mor.
Est Discrimen & Ordo
THere is a Diffrence and Order
Bonorum :
Botta of gnod Things : The Goods
sorporis prttstant Bonis of the Body xcel the Goods of
Fortune; fed Bona Animi Fortune ; but the Goods oftheMind
runt praferenda His.
are to be preferred to Thse.

FABLE
f'De Vvlpe Fele.

LXXXIII.
Os the Fox and the Cat.

CUM Vulpes in Collequio, Quod ///z erat

itm Fele, jajaret, Sibi
varias Ticbnas, ade
haberet W Peram
efertam Dolis :
Autem
"lis respcndit, Sibi
untaxat unicam Artem, Cai
dert,
fi'
effet _
''nid Discriminis. Inter conibulandum
repenti
"umultus Canum accurrenum auditur : Ibi Felis
;bsilit
in
altmam
'rborem', intrim Vulpes
incta Canibus capitur.

TI7HEN the Fox\n a Dis-,

VV course, Which He had
nuith the Cat, boajed, that He
various
Shists,
fo^
//6a/ He had ks a Budget
y//
of
Tricks :
But
the Cat ansuiered, That She
ony ne Art, /o which
She trusted, y there was
any Thing of Danger. In the Discourse
suddenly
the Noise os the Dogs running is heard : Then /f Cat
leaps into a very high
Tree ; in the mean time
.Fav
surrounded by the Dogs is taken. .

'
Mor.
Fabula innuit, nonnunuam uncum Consilium,
od' lit verum, & effcax,
Te pnejabilius qum plures
olos, 5f rivola ConfiJia.

Mor.
"TheFable intimtes, thatsometimes
ne
Design,
/o that it be true, and effelu/zl+
is
better
than
more
Tricks, and frivolous Desgns.

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FABLE

LXXXIV.

De Rege & Simiis.

Of the King and the Apes.

QUidam ^gyptius Rex

infltuit aliquot Simias,
ut perdiferent Actionem
faltandi. Nam, ut nullum
dnimal accedit propis ad
Figuram Hominis, ita nec
aliud imitatur humanos
Actus aut melis, aut libentis. Itaque protinus
edolee Artem faltandi,
casperunt faltare, inducs
purpureis Vejiimentis, ac
personat ; & SpeSlaculum
jam placebat longo Tempore
in mrum Modum ; donec
Quispiam Spectatoribus
facetus abjecit Nuces in M
dium,
<Quas
habebat
clanculum in Loculis. Ibi
ftatim Simi, simul atque
widiffint Nuces,
oblitte
Choreas, cperunt esse Id,
Quod suerant antea, ac
repente e Saltatricibus redirunt in Simias ; &
Perfonis & Vefiibus dilaceratis, pugnabant inter Se
pro Nuciius, non fine
maximo Ri/u Spectatorum

A Certain Egypta King

appointed
some Apis,
that tbey Jhould learn the Action .
of 'Dancing.
For, a nol
[Animal cometh nearer B,
the Figure of a Man, /o neitte*
any cther imittes humts
Actions either better, or mam
willingly. Therefore presendf
being taught the Art of Dancing
Tbey began to dance, clotk
in purple Vej'ments,
ani
mastcd ;
and

S/VS
now pleased for a long Timt,
aster a nuonderful Manner; ti
One
a/''
the
Spetatorj
facetious threw Nuts into
Mi
die,
- Which
he
hm
privatey in his Pockets. Th
presently the Apes, as foon ai
They faim the Nuts, baving forffl
the Dance, began to be Tbt't
Which They had been before, ti
fuddenly front Dancers w
turned
into
Apes ;
aq
their Majks and Clothes bejj
torn, theyfought among Them/elvi
for the Nuts, not imthn
the greatest Laughterothe Speclaj
tors.

Mor.
Mor.
This ai/ admoniflieti
kc Fabula admonet,
Ornamenta
Fortuna; tha the Ornaments of Fortunf
non
mutare
Ingenium do not change the Difpositioi
of a Man.
Hominis.

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F A B L E
De Asino i ViatoRIBUS.
DU O Quidam, cm
forte
invenirent
AJinum in Syl<v, cceperunt
contendere
inter
Se,
Uter
Eorum abduceret
^Eum Domum, ui suum ; nam
^videbatur pariter objectus
Utriq; Fortun. in
trim, lllis altercantibus
in-vicem, Asinus abduxit
Se, ac Ne u ter potjtus est
Eo.

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LXXXV.

Of the Ass andie TravelLKRS.

TW O certain Men, when
y chance they found
j^/i in a Wood, began
io contend betwecn Tbemfelves,
Whether of tbem honld lead
Hi/tt Home, as hs own ; for
he scemed equally ofFered
to Eiiher by Fortune. In the mean
time,
They
wrangling
by Tunis, the Ass nuithdreiu
Himself, and Neither obtainea
Him.

Mor.
Mor.
Quidam excidunt pr/eSome
fall from
pr
fentibus Cammodisj Quitus sent
Advantages,
Wbich
nesciunt
uti
ob they know not how to use thro'
Ignorance.
Inscitiam.

FABLE

LXXXVI.

De Corvo fef Lupis.

Of the Crow and the Wolves.

CORVU S
comitatur
Lupos per
ardua
Juga Montium ; postu
lat Partem Prd Sibi, quia seciTtus esset,
non destituisset Eos ullo
Tempore. Deinde est repulius Lupis, quia
non minus <voraret Exta
Luporum, fi occiderentur,
qum Exta canerorum
Jl/imalium.
t

THE Crow accompatiies

the Wolves tro' the high
Tops of the Moun tains; He Jemands a Part of the Prey for Him
self, becaufe he had folowed, and
had not forfook Tbem at any
Time.
Then he is repulsed by the Wolves, becaufe
no lefs nxiouldhe de<vour theEntrails
ofthe Wolves, if theyJhouldbejlain,
than the Entrails of other
Animais.
Mor.

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Mor.
Mor.
Non >uiii agamus est
Not What We may do a
femper inspiciendtm ; sed always to he looked into ; bai
quo Animo fmus, cm of What Mind We he, whea
agamus,
We do it.

F A B L E
De Mure nato in
Cist.
MUS naius in Cist
duxerat fere omnem
Vitam ibi, pastus Nucibus,
S}uts solebant fervari in
E. Autem, dum ludens,
circa
Oras
Cist
decidisset,
& qusreret
Afceifon, reperit Epulas
lautilfim parafas, Quas
cm
cpiet
gustare,
inquit, Shjhn Stolidus fui
hactenus, ^ui credebam
este
Nihil
in
toto
Orbe melius me Cistul?
Ecce ! quam vefcor fuavitribus Cibis Fie !

LXXXVII.
Of the Mouse born in the I
Chest.

A Moufe born in a Chef~

had
led
almoft ail
bis Life there, fed with Nuts,
Whch were wont /<?
kept ia
//:
But,
iv^/^ playing
about the Edges o/' the Cbt)
He fell down, and tried at
getting up, He found Dainliis
most lumptuouly/r/ctm//Whicii
<iy He had began /a ta/te,
He faid, foau foolih havelbun
hitherto/
Who
believed
there ivas nothing in the whole
World hetter than my Cf/?
Behold ! boav I am fediv/Vfwtiter Meats here !

Mor.
Mor.
Hic Fabula indicat, PaThis Fable Ihows,
S Coiu*
triam non dilgendam ita, ry is not ./o heloved fv
ut non adeamus ea Loca, / We may not go to those Places,
pbi posttmus esse heatior where Pir y ^ ct^/ to be msn
happy.
res.

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F A B L E

6t

LXXXVIII.

De Rustico impetrante, Of the Co u N T R Y M A N obtaining,

ut Triticum nafceretur
that Wheat hottld growf
ak/que Aristis.
ivitbaut Beards.
QUidam Rujlicus mpetraverat a Cerere,
ut Triticum nafceretur absq;
Aristis,
ne
lderet
Manu s
Metenium
e
Triturantium ; Quod, em
inaruit, est depafum
minutis Avibus : Tum Rusticus inquit, Qum digne
patior !
Qui
Caufa
parv commoditatis perdidi
etiam maxima Emolunienta.
Mor.
Fabula indicat, parva
Incommoda
penfanda
majori Utilitate.

A Certain Countryman had obtained

fnm
Ceres,
that Wheat jbould groiv without
Beards, that it might not burt
the Hands of the Reapeft and
Thrcfrs ;
Which,
ivhen
it grew ripe, lvas eat up by
thefmali Birds : Then the Coun
tryman faid, How ivortbily
I fusses! Who for the Sake
of a fmall Commodity ha-ue loft
even tbt greatefl Advantages.
Mor.
The Fable jhvws, that fmal
Difadvanenges are to be weighed
ivitb a grcater Prosit.

F A B L E

LXXXX.

Ht Accipitre infequente
CoLUMBAM.

Of the Ha w k purfuing
the Pigeon.

CU M Accipiter infequeretur
Columbam
pracipiti Volatil, ingreffus quandam Villam est
captus Rnflico, htem
obecrabat
blande,
ut
dimitteret
Se ;
n&m,
dixit,
non
IrrJ Te.
Cui
Rusticus
refpondit, nec Utte lcferat 7e.

W H E N the Haivk purfued

the
Pigeon
with a fpeeity Flight, having entered a certain Village He ivas
taken by a Countryman, Wbom
He befought fajrly, that
He ivould difmifs Him ; for,
faid He, / have not burt Thee.
To Whom the Countryman an~
fivered, nor had She hurt Thee.
D
Mo r..

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Mor.
Mor.
Fabula indicat,
Eos
The. Fable soows, that They
funiri merit, Qui conan- are punijhed deservedly, Who emtur ldere innocentes.
deavour to hurt the Innocent.

FABLE

XC.

De Rusnco ra/turo Amnem.

0/ the CoKTRYMANilM/(
pa/s o-ver a River.

RUsticus ,
tranfiturus
Torrentem, Qui forte
excreverat
Imbribus,
qurebat Vadum, & ctm
tentavisset eam Partem
Fluminis, Qus <videbatur
quietior,
ff placidior,
reperit Eam altiorem, qum
fuerat opinatus ; rursus
adinvenlt breviorem,
&
tutiorem Partem ; ibi Fluvius
decurrebat
majori
Strepitu Aquarum: Tum
inquit
Secum,
Qum
tutis poumus Credcre,
noilram Vitam in clamcfis
Aquis, qum in quietis &
Jilentibus.

ACountryxnanabut topafso-ver
a Torrent, ff'hich by Chance
had increased by the Shoivers,
fought a Shallom, and -ivben
He had tried tbaf Part
-of the River, Which seemed
more quiet,
and sinooth,
he sound It deeper, than
He
had thought ;
again
He came to a Jhalioiver, and
saser Part ; there the Ri
ver ran doiun with a greater
Noise
of . Waters :
Then
He said with Himsels, How
more safely are we able to trust
Our Life in the clamorous
Waters, than in the quiet and
filent.

Mor.
Mor.
Admonemur
kc
We are admonihed by this
Fabula, ut extimescamus Fable, that We hould fear
Homities verbosos, W mi- Men verbose, and threatning, lest than the quiet.
naces, minus qum quites.

FABLE

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F A B ;e

63

xcl-

Of the Pigeon and the Mac.

PIE.
**
COlumb interrogata TH E Pigeon being afked by
the Pie, What cousit induce
Pica, Quid induciret
Eam, ut nidifcaret fcmfer Her, tbat She built aluuayi
in eodem LocO, cm ejus in tbe same Place, iuhen Her
Puli scmper surriperentur Ycung always wt* taken
*\ inde, rcspundt, Simplici- from thence, anfwered, Simplicity.
* tas.
De Columba f Pica.

Mor.
Mor.
This Folle shows, tbat good
Hc Fabula indicat, onos
Men esten are deceived eaf.ly.
Viros feepe dccipi facile.

FABLE

XCII.

De Asino & VixtLO.

Of the Ass and the Calf.

A Sinus *f Vitulus, cm
pasceientur in- eodem
Pratcs, pra:ntiebant bojilem Exercitum adveniare
Sonitu Campants. Tum
Fitulus inquit, O Sadalis,
4fu.giam.us hinc, ne Holtes
abducant Nos Captivas ;
Cui
' ylf.nus
reipondit,
Fuge 'Tu, >uem JHostes
confueverunt occidere, &
este : Nibil intsrest Asini,
Cui
u bique
eadctn
Conditio ferendi Oneris
ef proposita.

TH E Ass W the Cals, tube*

they were fed in the fam
Pafure . perceived ait Enetny's
Army
to
approacb
by the Sound of a Bell. Tiicil
tbe Calf said, O Companion,
let us fly hence, left the Enemics
Icad aivay
Us
Captives';
To whom the fs anfwered,
Fly Thou, Whom the Enemics
bave leen ufed to stay, and
to eat : Itisno Interefof the Ass,
to Whom every where tbe fam
Condition ef biariig a Burden
u offered.

"HaeC
Servos,

MoR.
Mor.
Fabula admonet
This
Fable
warns
ae
forruidenc Servants, that they may not fear
mag~
D 1
greatiy

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magnopere mutare Dominos, greatly to change tbeit Lords,
modo futuri non .int provided that the future be~not
dtriores prioribus.
' ivor/e than the former.

F A JB L E

XCIII.

>De Vulpe
Mulieb.1bus edentibus Gallinas.

Of the Fox and the Wom en eating the Hens.

VUlpes tranfiens juxta

quandam
Villam,
conspexit catervam Mulierum
cpmedentem alto Silentio
plurimas . Gallinas ovipare
assatas : Ad Quas conversa
inquit, Qui Clamores
JLatratus
Canum estent
contra Me, fi Ego facerem,
,Quod Vos facitis ? Cui
qudam Anus refpondens
inquit, Nos comedimus Quae
sunt Noilra, ver Ta furaris
\ajiena.

A FOX
paJsi"g
near
JLX. a
certain
Village,
fa-iv a Heap of Women
eating
in
deep
Silence
wry many liens
dainttiy
roasted : To Whom being turned
He said, What Clamours and
Barkings , of Dogs would be
againji
Me,
if
I did
What Teu do ? To <whcm
a certain old.Woman answering
said,
We
eat
What
are Ours, but Thou stealest
other Men's'Things.

M&r.
-Quod efi meum non attint ad Te. Ne furare ;
,ilo contentas tuis Rbus.

Mor.
What s raine dots not be
long to Tbee. Do not fieal~i
be content with thine own Thingi.

f AB:, , E
De pinguibus Caponibus
W .macro.

XCIV.
Of the fat Capons
and the Jean one.

QUidam Vir nutricave- A Certain Man had brought

up wry many Capons
rat complures Capones
in eodem Ornithekofcio; Qui in the fam Coop ; Who
were
made
set
.met sunt tffiff pingues ail
txcept
prter

SB.ECT FA
frteterXJaata, Quem Fratres
irridebant, ut macilentum.
Doiinus accepturus nobiles
Hofpites laUto f fumptuofo
Ceavivio, imperat Coquo,
ut interimat, Sc coquat ex
His,
Quos
iipvenerit
pinguiores. Pingues audientes Hoc afflctabant Sefe,
drcentes, O -fi Nos fuiemus
roacilemi !
Mor.
Haec Fabula est ceifia
in Sciumen Pauperum,
fsorum Vita f/f tutior, fr/i
Vita Divitum,

LES OF ^ESOP,
6$,
A-sf/ One, Wbich his Brethren
laughed at, as /<'//:.
The
Master ako:it to recrive noble
Guefts in a neat
umptnous .
Banquet, commands /A 7c^,
that He jbould kll and cook out of
72/, which He jhould find
the fatter.
The fat hearing 72/7 aftlicted Themfelves,
faying, O /'/" We bad hecrr
lean !
Mor.
This Fable was inventeesfor f/5 Comfort of the Poor,
ivhose Life /7 fafer,
ths Life cf the Rich.

FABLE

XCV.

D* Cygno canente in
Morte, reprehenf
Ciconi.

Of the Swan fingng iit-Death, reprehendet

by the Stork.

CYgnus morieni interrogabatur Ciconi,

cur in Morte, Quam- ctera
Animalia adeo exhorrent,
emitteret
Sonos
multi
fuaviores,- quam in omn
Vit; cum potis deheret
esse mjlus. Cui Cygnus
inquit, >uia non cruciah'* amplis Cw quaerendi cm,

THE Swan dying was aked

by
the
Stork,
ivky in Dentb, Which otb<.r
Animais
fa
fear,
He fent fortb Sounds much
fweeter,
tban
in
alt
his Life; <when rather He ougbt
to be fad. To whom the S<wan/
faid, Retaufe i hall not he tormented longer ivitb the Care o
feeking Meat.

Mor.
Mor.
H-ec Fabula admonet,
This
Fable
admonihes,
le formidemus Mortem ; that We do not fear Death ;
% omnes Miferin prae- byWhlch ail tbc Mtfcriesof the pre
semis Vit* pnecduiitur.
sent Life are cut oss.
D 3
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FABLE

XCVL

De Trabe &f Bobus

trahentibus Eam.

Of the Beam
the Oxbn
draiviug It.

ULmea Trabt conquerebatur de Bbus,

dicens, O Ingrati, Ego alu
Vos' multo Tempore vteis
Frondibu?} iwVos trabitis
Me veftram Nutricem pcr
axa . ci? Lut.i.
Cui
Boves ; Nestra Sufpiria' W
Gemitus
? , Stimulus,
J^ao
pungimur,
poffunt docere Te, qud invltt trahimus Te.

AN Elm
corrplained
/"
the
pxen,
faying, O ungrateful, I /Jai< y>//
You /
1 ime iv/Vi/ Vny
Leaves ;
but
You draxo
Me . .):Kr No.uriher
Stones and Dirt.
7'a Wbcm
the Oxen ; 0*r Sighs /W
Groans
and
the
Goad,
kV v/bich We are pricked, ri
able to teach T^, that univilling We draw

Mor.
Mor.
Haee Fabula docet
This Fable teaches Us,
ne- excandefcamus
/' that we Ihould not be hot against
Eos,
aedunt Nos, non Them, Vho hurt Us, not
of their oixn Accord.
y^ Sponte.

FABLE

XCVII.

De Angui'l cenquerente,
qud infeftaretur mags,
qum. Serpens.

Of
the
Eel complainttig,
that He ivas infefted more
than the Serpent.

ANguilla interrogabat
Serpentem, cur, cm
ejsent simils, atq; cognati,
homines tamen infequerintur
Se petit,
qum lllam :
Cui Serpent inquit, "quia
rar leedunt Me impu
ni.

THE
Eel " . afkii
the Serpent, ivby, feeing that
They <were alike, and Kinsfolk,
Men
yet
purfue
Him
rather,
than
Her :
To whom tbt Serpent faid, hecaufe
feldom dp They bm t Me unpunjbed.
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6j
Mor.
Mor.
Haec Fabula indict,
This Fable hows, that They
Eos solere ldi minus, are wont to be burt leis,
^ui ulcicuntur.
Wbo revenge.

FABLE -XCVIII.
De Asino, Simia,
Talpa.

Of the Ass, the Ape, and

the Molb.

ASino conquerente, qud

careret Cornibus ; vero
Simia, quld Cauda ' derjset
Sibi ; Talpa inquit, Ta
cite, cm videas Me ejse
captum Oculis.

TH Afs camplainng, that

/ ivanted Horns ; but
the Ape, /iw a Tail ivat wantJug
to Him ; Tbe Mole faid, Holdyour
Peacc, when
yf Me /o he
deprived of Fyes.

Mor.
Haee Fabula pertinet ad
Eos, Qui non funt contenti
fu
Sorte;
Qui,
si eonjderarent Infortunia
Aliorum, tolerarent fua
aequiore Anima.

Mor.
This Fable pertains to
Them, Who are not content
with their own Condition ; Who,
if They confidered the Misfortunes
of Others, would bear their out
with a. more patient Mind.

F A B I E

XC1X.

De Nautis implorantibus
Auxiium SanSorum.

Of the Mariners imploring

the Help of the Saints.

QUidam Hauta deprehensus in Mari fulit

& a/ra Tempestate, cteris
ejus
imploranribus
Auxilium
diversorum
Santcrum, inquit, Nefcitis
Quod petitis ; Etenim,
antequam isti Sanili confe
rant

A Certain Mariner overtaken at Sea k.vlth a fudden

and dark Tcrppest, the reft
of his Companions imploring
the
Help
of
disserent
Saints, faid, if kno'vo not
What
.>
For,
hefore that rhbfe a*';;// can beD 4
take

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rant Se ad Deum pro noflr
Liberation!.",
obrneenur hc imminent Procell.
C'nf/tgite igitur ad Eurn,
Qui Abfij ue Adminicul
Alterius poterit lilerare
Nos tamis Malis. Igi
tur, Auxilio Omnpotentis
Dei
invocato,
illico
procell ctffavit.

ILES OF m%o?.
take Them/cl'ves to God for mr
Deliverance, We jhall he ijerivhelmeA in this imminent Storn.
Fly
therefore to
Hira,
Who
without
the
Help
of Anothcr hall be able to dtUver
Us from fo great Evilt. There
fore, the Help of Almighty
God being invoked, prcjenty
the Stoim ceafed.

Mo.
Mo R .
Ne confugito ad imbeDo not fly to the weaJccillores, ub Auxilium er,
ivbere
the
Helpof a mare poiuerfuJ may he had.
potentiorit potest haheri.

FABLE

C.

De Pifcibus deftlientibus
Sartagine in Pru//as.

Of the Fihes leaping out of

the Frying- Pan into the Goals.

PIfces adhuc vivi coquebantur in Sartagine ferventi Oieo: Un us Quorum

inqnit, Fratres, Fugiamus
bine,
ne
pere.imus..
Tum Ovtnes pariter exil/entes Sartagine deciderunt
in ardentes Prutas.. Igitur
afff&i majore Diore dam/abant Ccnjliuin, Quod
reperant, dicentes, Quan
ta atrociori Morte nunc
ftrimai !

FJhes yet alive vtere eockedia a Frying- Pan with sealding OU: One if Which
faid, O Brethren, Let us fly
.s, that we may not perih..
Then AU in like manner leap
ing out of the Frying- Pan fell
theburning Coals. Therefore
affetjed with greater Pain They
condemned f& Counfel, Which
They had taken, faying, By hovi
much . a more cruel Death now
do We perijh !

Mor.
Mor.
Ths Fable admonihes Us,
Haec Fabula admonef Nos,
Mi vitemus praefentia Peri- that We avoid the prefent Dan
cula ita, ne incidamus in gers i'o, t-bat ixe do not fa,U into
more grievous.
gra-viara.
FABLE

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FABLE

6$

CI.

De' Quadripedibs- ineuntibus Societatem cum

Pifcibus ad-uerfus Aves.

0/" the Four-footed Beasts entering into an Alliance imtb

the Fihes against the Birds.

Qadrupedes,
cm
.Belhim effet indictum
Sibi ab Avibns, ineunt
Fdus
cum, Pifcibus,
ut
tuerentur
Se
eorum-,- Auxilio . Furore
c-erium. Autem, cm expectarent optata Auxilia,
Pi/ces negant, Se poste
accedere ad Se per Terram.

THE Four-footed Beasts, ivhen

Warivas proclaimed against
Tbem by the Birds, enter into'
a League with ff Fijhes,
that theywoulddesend<Wv.m ivith
their Help /toot the Fury
r/" tbe Birdst But, .u'/' They expected the dejired Succours,
the Fijhes deny, that They are able
lo come to i'#2 by Land.

v
Mo r .
Haee Fabula admonet Nes,
ne ; faciatnus Eos
Socios Nobis, Qui, cm sit
Opus, non postant adfffe
Nabis.

Mor.
This Fable ad vifes Us,
that We do not make Tbem Companions to c7.s,Who, -vahen there is
Nced, are not able /o he prefent
to Us.

F.AB-LE. Cir.
De Viro, . Qui accessit ad
Crdinalem n u per creatum
Grati gratulandi.

0/ a Man, Who ivent to

a Cardinal Iatcly crer.ted for
the Sake of congratulating Ilim.

QUidam F admodum
sacetus, audiens fuum
Amicum adfumptum ad Dignitattm
Cardinalats,
accejjit ad Eum G"rati gra
tulandi :
Qui
tumidus
Honore,
dijpmlans
agnocere vettrem Amicum,
interrogabas, Quiham esiet.
.. ..
/"
Cu

A Certain
Man
very
facetiou's, hearing that bis
Friend nms preferred to the Div- *
nity of
the Cardinalsi/ip,
ivent- to Htm for the Sake of con
gratulating Him : Who pv"ssd vp
' with the Honour, diffcmbing
to know bit old Fnend,
asked,
Who
He
ivas.
V S
To

yo
SELECT fa:
Cui iffe inquit, ut erat
promptus ad Jccos, Miferefco Tui & Clerorum, Qui
perveniunt ad Honores hujus
Modi ; ' etenim, quamprimlcm . estis assecuti Dgni: ci
tes hujus Modi, ita amittiis
Vifu ID, Auditumq; & c<r
ieras Scnfus, ut non om'flii dignofcatis pristinoi
Amicos.

;LES OF .ffiSOP.
To whom He faid, as He was
ready
at
Jlst't
I
pity STA and Others, Who
arrive to Honours of this
s/W ;
for,
as
foon
ai Ye have obtained Dignities of this iCirW, fo //o j'aa lofe
Sighr, and Hcaring, and the other Senfes, tbat no long
er do ye diitinguih od
Fdends.

Mor.
Haec Fabula notat Bos,
Qui Jublat in altum depiciant veteres Amicitias.

Mor.
This Fable, denotes Thofe,
Who raifed up on bigh tlefpife ancient Friendhips.

F AB j e

cm.

De Aquil & Pic.

O/" the Eagle and the Magpie.

Pica interrcgabat Aquilam,

ut accipcret
Se inter fuos Familiares f
Domesticos ; quan.<o mereietur Id, cm Fulchritudine Corporis, ttm Voubilitate Lingu ad pcragenda
Mandata.
Cui
Aquila rcppndit, facerem
Hoc, ni 'vercrer,
ne
efterres
cunUa
.'
Loquactate,
Quae
y?,-,/ intra meam Tegulam.

'"r1 H E Magpie
the EaJL gle, that She would receive
Her among her Familiars a#d
Domesticks ; feeing tbat She deferved Tbat, both by Beauty of Body, and Volubility of Tongue . to dis
patch Commands.
To ivhom
the Eagle anfwered, I jhould do
This, unless I feared, lest Tliou
houldst bear abroad all Tbijigs
by thy Talkativcnefs, Which.
may he dons withir my Roof.

Mor.
Mo R .
This Fable dvifes, tbat talkHdc Fabula rr.cnet, linand
pra.ing
Men
guaces & garrulos Hojnines ativt
are net to he kad at, Home..
?icn bahendos Domi.
FABLE

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F A B L E

CIV.

De Turdo neunte Amicitiam cum Hirundine.

OftheThruh f//r/'fintoFricndhip ivit the Swallow.

TUrdus
gloriabatur,
Se
contraxi/se
Amicitiam cum Hirundine;
Cui Mater inquit, Fili,
es
Stultus, ji credas,
Te posse coifuvere cum
<Ea, cum Uterq; Vcstrm
foleat appetere diverfa Loca ; etenim Tu deleStaris
frigidis Locis, llia tepidis.

TH E
Thruth
boa.sied,
that He had contra:t.l
a Friendhip iv/tb thc Swallow ;
To ivhom the Mother faid, Son,
Tbou art a Fool, if Thou believ?
that Thou art able to live with
Her, feeing that Each of you
is ivent to desire different Pla
ces ; /r Thou r/ delightcd
with cold Places, She
u/arm.

Mo R.
Mor.
Monemur hic Fabula,
We are advifed )/ r Fable,
ne facia,mus Eos Amicos rct/ f^ir //o u/ ai'l'hem Friends
Nobis, Sacrum Vita dis to Us,
Life
fentit noftr.
feretb from or/.

F A B L E

CV.

'

ZJ qaodam Divise Se
Serva,

Of a certain Rich Man and

bis Servant.

ERat quidam Dives

hahens Servum tardi
Tngcni,
Quem
folebat
nuncupare Regcni Stultorum :
111e f*pe irritatus bis
Verbis jiatuit referre par
Hero ; etenim femel can
verfus in Herum inquir,
Utinam
- effem
Rcx
Stultorum ; etenim nullum
Imperium in toto Orhe
Terrarum
effet
latis
me ;

THere was a certain rich Man

baving a Servant of a foxu
Wii,
Whom
He
ufett
to call the King of Foois :
He
irritated at thefe
Word s refolved to return the like
to his Ma;.ter ; for once turned 'upon bis Mafter he faid,
I wili / ivas the ving
of
Fools ;
for
no
Empire in the whole Glohe
of Lands mould be wider
D 6
than

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72
meo te Tu quoque fub than mine ; and TouzKo wou/dst
meo;
esses meo Imperio,
be under my Empire.
Mo.
Mor.
Fabula indicat, Stultum
The Fable Jhoius, that a Fool
frtpe loqui opportune.
often fpeaks pertinents.

FABLE

CVI.

De Urbanis Canibus infequentibus Villaticum.

Os the City Do et pursuing the Village One.

COmplures urbani Ganes

injequebantur quendam
'jillaticum prcipiti Cur/u ;
Quos IUe diu f"git ;
nec au/us est repugnare :
At ubi conversus ad Eo:
nsequentes substitit, & Ipse
<juoque cpit ostendere
Dents,
Omnes pariter
subftiterunt, nec Aliquis
Urbanorum audebat approfinquari Ifli. Tune Imperator Exercits, Qui forte
aderat ibi, con verjus ad suos
Milites inquit, CommilitoHes, Hoc Spectaculum adtnonet Nos, ne fugiamus,
cum videamus prtrsentiora
Pericula imminere Nobis
fngtentibuSy. qum repugnantbus.

MA N Y
City
Dogs
pursued
a
certain
Village one with a hasty Course ;
Whom He a long whilesiedsrom ;
nor
dared
to
resilfc :
But when turned to Them
pursuing He ftopped, and He
also
began
to
show
Au 7*/-&, Ihey AU equally
stopped,
nor
any
One
as the City ones dared to approach Him. Then the General
of an Army, Wbo by Chance
mas there, turned to bis
Soldiers faid, Fellow - Soldiers,
This
Sight
admonifoes Us, that lue do not fly,
ivhen We fe more prsent
Dangers
to
tbreattn
U
flying,
than "
re/sting.

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F A B L E

CVII.

De, Testudine s"

Ranis.

Of the Tortoise and

the Frogs.

TESTUDO confpicata
Ranas, !$u pafcebantur in eodem Stagno, ade
leves, agilesque, ut facil
proftlirent quolibet,
1Sl
faltarent longijjme, accufabat Naturam, qud procreffet Se tardum Animal, c
impeditum maximo Onere,
ut
neque
posset
movere Se facile, & a/jdue
premeretur magn Mole.
At, ubi vidit Jlanas sieri Efcam Anguillarum,
& obnoxias vel Icvi/jmo
Ictui, aliquantalm recreata dicebat, Quant est
melis ferre Onus, Quo
fum munita ad omnes Icius,
qum fubire tot Difcrimina
Mortis ?

THE Tortoife baving fie*

the Frogs, Wbich were
fed in the fame Pool, fo
light, and nimble, that easily
They leaped any where, and
jumped wy far,
accused Nature, that She had
made Her a stoiv Animal, and
bindered with the greatest Burden, that neither was She able
to move Herfelf eafily, and daiy
was pressed ivith a great Weight.
But, ivhen She faw the Frcgs become the Food of the Eels,
and obnoxious even to the lightest
Blow,
a
lit/le
comforted she faid, B y how much s it
better to heara Burden, by Wbich
I am fortisied to ail Bloins,
than to undergo fo many Dangers
of Death ?

Mor. '
Fabula indicat,
ne
feramus
gre
Dona Natur, Quae fpe
funt majori Commodo Nobisr
qum Nos valeamus intelligere.

Mor.
This
Fable
hows,
that voejhouldnot bear difcontentedly
the Gifts of Nature, Which cften
are a greater Advantage to Us,
than We may be able to undersiand.

Haec

FABLE

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FABLE

CVIII,

De Gliribus iiolentibus
eruere >uercum.

O/" the Dormice viilling

to over-turn the Oak.

G Lires
deftina'verant
eruere >ueratm, glandiferam Arborens, Dentibus ; v quo
haberent Cibum paratiorem, ne
cogerentur
toties
alcendere 13 descendere
Grati
Victs.
Sed
Quidam ex His, 2>ui longe
aiteibat cscteros JEtate, &
Experienti Rerum, abfterruit Eos, dicens, Si nunc
intersicimus ncftram, Nutricem, >uis praebebit Ali
menta Nobis, ac Noihis
Annisfutris ?

THE Dormice had destgned

to over-turn the Oak, an
Acorn-bearing Tree, with their
Teeth ;
that
they
might have Food readier, tbat
They mght not he forced fo oten
to
aicend and
defcend
for the Sake of Food. But
One of Thefe, Who by far
excelled the rest in Age, and
Experience of Things, deterred Them, faying, If nova
We
deilroy
Our
Nouriher, Who will assord Nourijhmcnts to Us, and Ours
for future Years ?

Mor.
Mor.
This Fable a dvifes, that a pru
Haec Fabula monet, prudentem Virum dehere intueri dent Man ought to look into
non mod prafentia, verm not only prefent Tbings, but
longe profpicere futura.
afar ojs to forefee thefuture.

FABLE

CIX.

De Cane cf Hero.

0/ th* Dog and the Master.

Uidam hahens Canem,

quo
* diligeretur
.Jl/o roags, fcmper pafcebat
Eian fuis Manibus, &
folvebat ligatum ; autcm juLebat ligari & verbcrari
Servo, .ut Benef/cia
vidercntur

A Certain Man having a Dog,

that He hould be beloved
by Him more, alivays fed
Him with his own Hands, and
loofed Him bound ; ut ordered Him to he bcund and heat
by Servant, that rf Bcnefts
3
hould

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^
viderentur esse collata in Ihould scem to he conferred upon
lllum a Se, autem Male- Him by Himsclf, but the ill
fscta Servo.
Autem Tirns by the Servant. But
Canis ferens \/?gre, Se the Dog bearing unkindly, that He
afiidu ligari, 13 verberari, daily was bound, and beat,
aufugit ; &, cm increpa- fted aivay ; and, ivbcn He was
retur Domino, ut in gra blamcd by the Master, as ununmindfule/"fogreat
tis, 13 immemor tantorum grateful,
Wl/o
W
Benejicorum , Qui fug/Jftt Benrfits,
Se,
Quo fuisse t from Him, by H'bom He had been
femper oilectus, 3 pastus, alivqys beloved, // fed,
P autem nunquam lgatus, & but
never
boioid,
and
verhera/us, refponait, Puto heaten, He anfwered, /
Id falum Tr, Quod That done by
Which
Servus facit tuo Jussu,
a Servant
by thy Command.
Mor.
Mor.
, Fabula indicat,
Eos
The Fable
that Thofe
habendos
Malefactores, are to he accounted Evil Doers,
>ui fure Caufa Malesicio- [f'ho'haxz been the Caufe of evil
Deeds."
rum.

F A B L E

CX.

De A vi bus timentibus
Scarabaeos.

Of the Birds fearing

the Beetles.

M Agnus Timor incefserat

Aves,
ne
Scarabaei occiderent Eas
Balift, SJuibus audiverant magnam Vim Pilarum fuisse fabricatam in
Sterquilinio iummo Labore,
Tum Pa^r inquit, iVb//'/ expavescere ;
etenim
quomodo potuerunt jacere
Pilas volantes per Ara in
Nos, cn vix trabant
Eas /- Terram magno
Molimine ?

AGreat Fear had feized

/<
Birds,
lest
the Beetles jhould kill Them
ivitha Cross-Boiv, by fr/'cmThey
had heard a great Power of Bullets had been forged on
a Dungbill with very great Labour.
Then /Af Sparroiv faid, Benot ixiilling
to
fear ;
y/;
how
/y
/ to cat
Ballets flying tbro' the Air upon
Us, D/hen fcarce //y can draiv
Them on the Ground ivitb great
Labour ?
Mox.

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Mor.
Mor.
Haee Fabula admonet M/, , This Fable admonihes Us,
ne' extimetamus
Opes . that We fear not the Riche:
Hostinin, ^uius. viderons, of Enemies, to fFhomWe fee that
Ingenum deesse.
Wit is wanting. .

FABLE

CXI.

De Urso 3" Apibus. .

Of the B e a r and the Bes.

URSUS 77< ab. Ape.

est percitus /a//fa
Ir, ut difccrperet. tota
Alvearia Unguibus,
in
)uibus Apes mellificaverant.
Tune univerf Apes, cm /
viderent
yct/
Domos
dirui,
Cibariaauferri,
Filios
necari,
fubito Impetu invadentes
Urfum,
pen
necavre
Aculeis;
Qui
vix
elapsus
ex
Manibus
Forum, dicebat Secum,
S^uant erat melius tolerare
Aculeum unius ^6r/, qum
concitare tot Hoftes . in
-st/? me Iracundi ?

A BEAR heing ftung by a Bet

was stirred ivith so great
Anger, tbat .-. He /tore a//
the Hives ivtb bis Pa'ivs, in
Wbich the Bees
made Honey.
Then / // the Bees; ivhen
they
faw
their
Houles
t/verturned their Maintenances
taken aivay, their Young /7/a/',
with a fudden Oh//* attacldng
the Bear, almost killed Him
with their Stings ; Who fiarce
having ftipt out of the Hands
of Them, yst/V with Himftlf,
By boiv much was it hetter to bear
the Sting of one .Sf, than
. to raife up fo many Enemies against
Me by my Anger ?

Mor.
Mor.
Haec Fabula indicat ^
This Fable Jhows 4t 'to he
longe melius fustinere In far helter to fustain the Injuriai Unius, qum, dum jury of One, than, . whilit
vclumus
punire
Um:m, /iP /r ivling to punjfll One,comparare Multos Inimicos. to get many Enemies. -

FABLE

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-FABLE

CXII.

De Milite y duobus
E<juis.

O/" the Soldier a//the two

Horses.

Mlles hahens optimum

Equum, emit Alium
nequicquam pavem I II Bo~
mtatt, Quem nutriebat
muh ddigentis , qnm
^friorem. Tum Posterior ait
rj
priori,
Cur
Dominos curat Me impenfius, qum Te ;
ctn
fim comparandus
Tibi
neque Bulchritudne, neqi
Rore, neque Velocitate ?
Cui lllc inquit, Hc est
Natura Hominum, ut sint
y/fr beuigniores in novos
Hff/iies.

A Soldier hav'mg a very goodHorfe, hought Anothernot at ail

to Him in Goodmss,
Whom Me nourijhed
much more dUigently, than/
the former. Then the Lutter faid
thus to the former, Wby
does my Master mind Me i/v rfigently, than
; seeing that
/ am to be comparcd H Thce
neither
in
Beauty,
nos
Strengtb,
nor
Siviftnefs?
To Whom // faid, 72 is
the Nature of Mei>,
they are
alivayt more kind ia new
Gucsts..

Mo.
Hsec Fabula indicat
Amtnam Hominum, Qui
soient
anteponere
nova
oeteribus,
etiam. Jnt
deteriora.

Mo*.
This
/W
lvowj
f Modnefs of Men,
are wont /0 prefer new Things
ro
altho' they
are
worfe.

FABLE

CXIIL

De Aucupe Gf FririgiH.

Of the Fowler andthe Chafiinck.

AUCEPS
tetenderat
Retia Volucrib'us, Se
iffuderat largam Efcam
1 1 lis in Are ;
tamen
non capiebat //wm pascentes ; quia, videbantw pauc
Sibi j

THE Fowler baisiretched out

his Nets to the-Birds, and
bad" poured out much Food
to Them in a void Place; j/
He dd not take the Birds seeding j hecaufe they feemed Fini
to Him ;

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SELECT FA BLES OF .ffiSOP.
Sibi ;
Quibus
pastis, to Hiih ; Wbich being fed,
ac
avolantibus,
Ali and styillg
away,
Others
to
feed ;
Which
adveniunt paftum ; Quas come
quoq; neglexit capere propter alfo He neglected to take for
Paucitatem. Hoc Ordine their Feivnefs.
This Order
- crvnto per totum Diem, being kept tbrb< the whole Day,
ac Aliis advenientibus, Aliis and Qthers coming, O/hers
abeimtious, Ili-o femper ex going away, He always expeiiante majorem Prtsdam, pcting . a
gieater
Prey,
tandem catpit advefpe- at length if hegan to gro
rfcere :
Tune Auceps, Evening : Then the Fowler,
. Spc amiT capiendi mili the Hope being lost of taking matas, cm jam ejset Tempus ny, ivhen now it ivas Time
uiefcendi, attrahens fua of rejiing, drawing up bis
Rctia, cepit tantm unam Nets,
took
oniy
one
Fringillam, qu'mtWxAvis Chafsinch, ivbich unhappy Biri
remanserat in Are.
had remained in the void Place.
Mor.
Mor.
Haec Fabula indicat, Eos
This Fable hows, that tbty
sope vx poste capere often fearce are able to takt
pauca,
Qui
volunt a few Things, Who are willing
comprehendere omna.
to take ail Things.

FABLE

CXIV.

De Sue & Cane.

Of the Swine and the Doc*

SUS irridebat odorisequum Canem, Qni

adulabatur Domino Murti}ure & Caud, Quo
fucrt inftrutius ad aucnpatoriam , Artem
multis
Verheribus & Vllicaticnibus
Aurium : Cui Canis hiquit,
In fane,
nefeis
Quai" fum confecutus ex
l lis Vrherilus ; etenim per
Ea
vefeor
fuavj/md
Carne

THE Swine laughed at the

Scent-foliowing Dog, Who
fiattered the Master ivitb a Murmur and bis Tail, by Whm
Hejiad bee'n inftruied for thefo-viling
Art , ivitb .
many
S/ripes and Plucks of the
Ears : To ivhom the Dog fud,
Mad Wretch, That knoiveft net
What / ha<ve obtaincd frm
thole
S/ripes ;
for
h
Tbcfe I am fed vth the rnoftfwin
Flcfc

SELECT FABLES OF .ffiSOP.

Carne
,Perdicum
& Fleh
of
Partridges
Ctsturnicum.
Quails.

JCf
and

Mor.
Mor.
This Fable admonihes Us,
HxcFabula admonet Nos,
ne
feramus
ini- that We hould not bear ivitb an
quo Animo Verhera Pr,e- impatient Mind the Stripes of Maceptorum, >u<* confue- sters,
Which
have
verunt este '"Caufa multorum used to he the Caufe of manp
boaonim.
gocd Things.

FABLE

CXV.

De Traiie increpante Pigritiam Bom.

Of the Beam blaming the Slownefs of the Oxen.

TRabs, Qu* vehebatur Curru, increpabat

Boves, ut lentulos, dicens,
Pigri, Currite, nam portatis
leve ,
On us :
Cui
Boves refponderunt, rrikes
Nos ?
Ignoras,
u/e Pna manet Te.
Nos deponemus hoc Onus
tito: autem tum Tu cogers fustinere, quoad rum| paris.
Trabs indoluit,
^nec aufa. est amplis lacejsere Boves ConvicHs.

THE Beam, ivinch was carried in a Wa~gon, blamed

the Oxen, as fio-iv, faying,
Testoiv Wretches, run,yr ye carry
a light Burden; To ivbom
the Oxen anfwered, Dost Thou
laughat Ut? Thou knowest not,
.ivhat Punihment ivaits Thee.
We hall lay down tbis Burden
quiclj : but then Thou Jhalt he
.forced to bear, until thou mayell
be broken. The Beam grievcd,
nor dared longer to pro~
<voke the Oxen ivitb Revilings.

Mor. ..
Haec
Fabula
monet
^uemlihet,
ne
infultet
Calamitatibus,
Alibrum,
, cm Ipfe pojstt fubjici
myoribuf.

Mor.
Fable
advifeth
This
any One, that Ile infuit not
tbe Calamiticf of Other!,
When He Himfelf may he fubject
to greater.

FABLE

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F A B I, E
De Car duels W
PUERO.

CXVI.
O/f the Lin net and.
the Boy.

CArdnelis interrogata THE Linnet bcing ajked b'*

Puei o,_ . Qto luethe B?y, bv Whom She had
rat bali/a fuis Dclkih, bten .Wa" far-' his Delights,
te nutrita fuavibus Cibis, and nourjhed with fweet Mats';
cur
egreffa
Cavc why bauing gone cut of th Cage
neilet
legredi,
inqvit, Sbe ivas unvjtlling to return,yct/'aV
Ut pojsm pafcere mea That / /av at to feed at my.
Arbitrt u, non tuo.
Flcasure c at thine.
Mo R ,
Mo R.
Ha;c Fabula indkat, LiThis Fable shows, that Li
bertatem Vitae antepontitdam berty of. Life is to be preferrtstcandis Deliciis.
before ail Diiigbts.

F A B L E

CXVII.

Z) Scurr & Epifcopo

0/-the Jester W th Bifliop.

SCurra accdent ad quett/a/K Epifcopu"m,ti'/>OT

quidero, fed avarom, CaleStdis Januarii, pcteb&t auretim Numifma Nomine
Stfcxus :
An tistes
dixit, Hominem in/anire,
Qui crcdcrcty tartam Pcu/'
dari
Hibi
in
Sfrenam.
Tuni Starra
c.pit cjjijgiare ar^eaeu*
'Tltmmum; sed, cm lils'
diceret, Hoc 'vdcri ninlrm
Sibi, orabat, ut tr.ideret Sifi a:reum Shcadrc.n-,
Uvi i Se- cm non posi'c-t

X Jester comitig to r* xTJL tain

Biiliop,
rc&
indeed, but covetous, on the Calnds of January, ajked a Golden Piece of Mo'ney in the Name
osa New Tear's Gift : The Prelttf
faid, that the Man ivas mad.
Who believed, that f much Mawould be given flS for
a newTeerU Gift. TYentbeJeftc*
began to afk ome Silver
Money ; but,
tvben
K
yirf, that This seemed to"o mucJf
to Hita, He entreated, that He
would give Him a brafs Fw~
thing.j But iubtn he was not able

SF/LECT FABLES OF JESOV.

8-r
.-exterquere Hune ab Epico- to uorng This front the Bipe, inquii, rvrende Pater, sliop, he /ais/, rvrend Fatheri
imperti Me tu Benedilioue reward Me v.ith your .BhJJiKg
pro
i>\ren :
Tune sor a Neiu-Tear's Gifl : 1 hen
Epifcopus inquit, Fili, flecte the Bifiop ' said, Scn, bend
tua Genua, utietudicamTbi. thy Knees, that //y biefs Thee.
At Scurra inquit. Ego nolo But tbe Jejler said, / will not
tuant tum vilem Bndicti have tby so cheap Bleson em ; etenm si -ualeret sing ; for if '/ avaiitd
brals
Fartbmg,
.Iruly
sereum Jummum, profect a
wouldst Thou grant //
nunquam concederes Eam
to Me.
? Mihi.
Mor.
Hoec Fabula est conseila
contra eos Episcopos cf
.Sacerdotes, Qui a-jlimartt
Opes cif Divitias pluris,
.qum Sacra, & .Mjjeria
cclesix.

Mor.
This
iFab'j
is
madt
against tbofe Bihqps ani
Priests,
Who
.tsteem
Wealth and Riches more
than thefacred Rites, ad Mystcriu
of the Church.

F A B L E
De Upup honorat in
dign.
FEre cmnts Aves invi. tatte ad Nuptias Aqui* la;J~erebant indigtre, Upupam
prferri
cateris,
quia
^/ insignis Coron, &
ornata
versicoloribus
Pennis ; cm femper esset
folita volitare z'a/er Stercora
y Sordes.

CX.VIII.
Of the Puet honoured unworthily.

A Lmost ail the Birds being invited to the Weddir.g of the Eagle bore it unworthily , tha! the Puet
was preferred to the rej, becaufe
Jhe luas sine with a Croivn, and
adorned .with various coloured
Feathers.; when alicays She was
ouonf to r.estle
the Mud
and Filth.

Mor ,
Mor.
This Fable reproves the FolHase Fabula argut Stultitiam Eorum, Qui in ho- fy of Them, l'/ho in boncurMon
ratbtr
norands Hominibus jotis ing
are
sole-

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foleant obftrvare Nitorein are wont to mind the Splendour
Veftium, & Prftantiam of Cloaths, and Excelle^]
Formae, qum Virtutes of Beauty, than Virtues,
Ef Mores.
and Morals.

FABLE

CXIX,

De Sacerdote l
Pyris.

Of the Priest and

the Pears.

QUidam gulcfus Sacerdos

proficifcensexXraPatrinm ad Nuptiat, ad >uas
fuerat invitatus, reperit
Acewum
Pyrrum
in
lnere, Suorum attigit
ne Unum quidem ; quin polis habens Ea Ludibrio,
ccnfferjit Urin; etenim
itidignabatur, Cibos hujuf-,
modi o,serri in Itinere,
Qui accc,jehat ad lautas
Epulas. Sed- cm offendiffet
in
Itinere
quendam
T'orrentem
ita
auElum
Jmbribus, ut non. poffet tranfit e Eum fine
Periculo' Vit, constituit
redire Domum : Autem re
versais jejunusfuit oppressus
tant Fame, ut
nisi
comedisset illa Pyra, Qu
confperserat Urina, . cm
von
inveniret
Aliud,
fuijset extinctus,fame.

A Certain
greedy Prieft
going out of bit Country to a Wedding, to Wbich
He had been in-uited, found
a
Heap
of
Pears
/'*
the Road, of Wbich He to'uched
not One indeed ;
but rather having Tbem in Derision,
He fprinkled them with Urine ; sor
He refented, tbat Meats of this
Kindjhouldhe offeredn theJourncj,
Who ivas going to fumptuous
Dainties. But when He hadfound
in the
Way . a
certain
Brook
fo
increaje
with the Showers, that He was
not able to pafs over It ivitbout
Danger of Life, He resolved ,
to' return Home: But returning fasting He ivas oppressed
ixiitb fo great Hunger, that unlefs
He had eat thofe Pears, Which
Hehad fprinkled<iv/V Urine,viheA
He ceuld not find any thing elfe,
He had heen dead with Hunger.

MR.
Haee Fabula admonet,
Nibil esse eontemnendum,
cm Nibil sit tam vile W
ab*

Mor.
This
Fable
advises
tbat Notbing is to he defpijed,
sceing that Notbing hfo vile, '

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abjectum, >uod non poffit abject,
Whicb
jnay
alinuando esse U/u:.
fometime be of Use.

FABLE

83
not

CXX.

De Porco & Equo.

Of the Hog and the Ilorfe.

POrcus conspiciens F.quum

Bellatoris, Qui cata*^}hra8us prodibat ad Pugnan, inquit', Stulte, h
properas etenim fortaie
morieris
in
Pugn.
Cui
Equus
respondit,
Cultellus adimet Vitam Tibi,
impinguato in ter Lutum Sc
Sordes,
cm
gtjfers
Nibil dignum Laude ; ver
G/cria comitabitur meam
Mortem.

THE Hog bebolding th Horse

of a Warriour, Who arined
went
to
Battle, said,
Fool,
Whither
dost Thou hasten ? for perhaps
Thon uuilt die in the Fligkt.
To whom the Horfe anfwered,
A Knife will take Life from Thee,
fattened amongst Mud and
Filth, when Thou fiait bave done
Notbing worthy of Praise ; bue
Glory hall accompany my
Death.

Mou.
Hrec Fabula innut, effe
honeltius occumbre, Rbus
gej/is1 pra-'clar,
qum
protrahere Vitam actam
turpiter.

F A b :
t>e Coriario entente Pellem
Urfi nondum capti
Venatore.

Mor.
This Fable hints, tbat t s
more honest to die, Things
heing carried famouly, tban
to protract a Life spcnt
bafely.

CXXI.

Of the Tanner buying the Skirt

o/" a 2?f/?r not yet taken by
// Hunijman.

COriarius accdent ad TH E Tanner coming to

Venatorent mit Pellem
Hunier bought
Skin
Urfi ab Eo, fc? protulit of a Bear o/" Him, and proffered,
PecHiiiam pro . Ille for/r, AT;?y for It,
He faidt
Sib
that

SELECT FA
Sibi 9 tjse Pellem Ursir
in Prasenti ; cacterm postridie
profecturura
venatum, &, Urso interfecto, pollicetur, Se daturum
Pellem Illius Ei. Coriarius proselut in Sylvam,
aseendit
altijfimatn
Arborem, ut inde projpiceret
Certamen
Urfi
&
Venatoris.
Venator
intrepidus
profectus ad
AjUrum, ubi Ursus latebat,
Canibus immijfis, compulit
Illum exire, i%u, Ictu
Venatoris evitato,
prostravit Eum Humi. Tune
Venator sciefts, banc Feram
non fevire in Cadavera, suo
Anhelitu retento, simulabat
Se mortuum. Ur/us olfacens, eum deprehenderet
Illum, nec spirantem Naso,
nec Ote, abscejjt. Coriarius, cm perspiceret Feram
abesse,
ac
adesse
Niil amplis Periculi,
deducens
Se
ex
Arbcre, & accdais ad Venatorem, Qui audebat nondumsurgere, monebat Illum,
nt
surgeret :
deiade
interrogwvit, Quid Ursus
esset locutus Et ad Aurem.
Cui Venator inquit, Monuit
Me,
ne
willem
deinceps <vendere Pellem
Urfi, nisi pris ceperim Eum,

LES OF MSOV.
that Hehadnot the Skin osa ear
at prsent ;
but tbe Day
aster
He
hould
go
te bunt, and, the Bear being kilied He promises, that He <wotddg<ue
tbe Skin of it to Him. The_Tanner ba<ving gone into the Wood,
ascends
a
<uery
higb
Tree, that thence He migbt be~
hold the Engagement of tbe Bear
and the Hunier. The Hunter
unaffrighted having gone to tbe
Gave, wbere the Bear lay bid,
the Dogs being sent in, forced
Him to go ont, Wbo, the Blow
os the Hunter being avoided,
beat Him on the Ground. Then
the Hunter knowing,/Z>;MzVBeast
did not rage on Carcasses, hit
Breath being held, feigned
Himsels dead. The Bear smelling,
ivben
he
held
Him,neither breathing at the Nose,
norM.oblhy'went aniay. The Tan
ner, ivben He perceived the Beajl
to be gone, and that there was
Nothing more os Danger,
lettiug down Himsels out of
the Tree, and coming to tbe Hun
ter,
Who
dared
not
yet to arise, advised Hms*
that He Jhould arise : then
He afied, What the Bear
had spoke to Him in bit Ear.
To whom tbe Hunter said, He
nuaniedMe,that1Jhouldnot be ivlldng hereafter to scll the Skin
os a Bear, unless /first lhallhave
taken Him,

Mor.

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SELECT FABLES OF .ffiSOP.
Mor.
Mor.
This Fable stiows, that incer
Hsec Fabula indicat, incrta
non
haben- tain Things are not to be accounted fer certain.
da pro certis.

FABLE

CXXII.

De Eremit & Milite.

Of the Hermit and the Soldier.

QUidam Eremita, Vir

fanclifsima
Visas,
"hortabatur Militem, ut seculari Militi relict, Quam
Pauci exercent absque Of
fensa Dei, & Discrimine
Vta,
tandem traderet
Se S>uieti Corporis, &
conuleret Salu/i Anima;.
Cui Miles inquit, Pater,
faciam quod mones ; nam
est verum, quod hoc Tempore
Milites neque audent exigere
Stipendia, licet int exigua,
neque prdari.

A Certain Hermit, a Man

of
moft
holy Life,
ad'vifed a Soldier, that secular Warfare being lest, Whicb
Few exercise without Offence of God, and Hazard
of Life, at length, be m>ouldgivc
Himself to Shtiet of BoJy, and
would consult for Safety of Sol.
To Whomie Soerjaid, Father,
/ ivill do what You advift ; for
it is true, that at this Time
Soldiers neither dare to ajk
Pay, altho' it be fmail,
nor to plunder.

Mo*.
Ha:c Fabula indicat,
Multos renunciare Vtiis,
quia //// non possunt extrcere 111a amplius.

Mor.
This
Fable
shows,
that Many renounce Vices,
because They are not able to ex
ercise Them longer.

FABLE

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FABLE

C5CXIII.

De Viro & Uxore bigamis.

Of the Man W Wife tixsici

married.

QUidam Vir, fu Uxore

defunct, ^uam valde
dilexerat, duxit Alteram, &
Jpsam Viduam ; Qua; assi
due ohjicebat Ei Pirtutes &
fortia Faoinora prioris Mariti :
Cui,
ut referret Par, Ipfe quoque referebat prabatijjimos Mores,
3" insignem Pudicitiam defunctae Ujcoris. Autem qucJam Die,
irata fuo
Viro, dedit Partem Capoliis, Jguem coxerat in
Coenam Utrifq; Pauperi
petenti Eleemoynam, dicens,
Do /sec Tibi pro Anima
met prions Vtri; Quod
Mariius audiens, Paupere
accersito ab Eo, dedit
reliquum
Caponis
Ei,
dicens, Et Ego quoque do
Hoc Tibi pro Anima me
defunctae Uxoris. >ic lili,
d nm Alter cupit uf
Alteri, tandem non habucrunt i^/W cnarent.

A Certain Man, his , P7/>

beingdead,^fi/severy rn uch
bad loved, married Another, and
Her a Widow ; Who daily objeSled to Him //r Virtues and
valiunt Deeds o/" tar former Huiband : fo Whom, that /se mig&t
return the Like, He // related the moft appro<ved Moral s,
and remarkable Modefty of his
dead Wife. . But o*
cer
tain Day, heiltg angry ivitb her
Hufand, She gave Par/ of a Gapon, Wbich he had cooked ./r
the Supper ofEach, toapoor Man
afking
an A 1ms,
jaying,
1 give This to Thee ./br the Soul
of my former Hufband; Which
the Hujbaxd hearing, thepoor Man
being called by Him, gave
the rest of the Capon to Him,
faying,
And \ alfo give
This to Thee for the Soul of my
departed ' Wife. Thus They,
whilst One desires to hurt
the other, at Icngth had
not What They might fup on.

Mor.
Mor.
This Fable advifes, that it is
Haec Fabula monet, non
tffe pugnandum contra Eos, not to be fought againft Thofe
^ui
poilu nt
iizdicare Who are able to revenge
Theinfelves very ivtll.
Se ptim.

FABLE

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FABLE

CXXIF.

De Leone ifs Mure.

Of theLioN atid the Mouse,

LE O, captus Laqueo in
Sylv, cm videret
Se ita
irretitum,
ut
non
pofset
explicare
Se inde, rogamit Murem,
ut,
Laqueo
abroso
ab , Eo, liberaret Eum,
promittens, Se non futurum
immemorem tanti Benefici ;
Quod cm Mus Jecijset
prompte, rogwvit Leonem,
ut
traderet
Filiam
Sibi in Uxorem : Lo
non abnuit ut facerec
Rem gratam fuo Benefactori.
yutem nova nupta veniens
ad ViriiTsl, cm non
videret Eum, Cau prejstt
Illurn suo Pede, 2f contrivit.

THE L i o k , taken in a Snare in

the Wood, uvhen He saw
Himfelf so entangled, tht
He tuas not able to extricate
Him/elf thence, ajked the Mouse,
tbat, the Snare 'g- gnaived
by Him, He would free Hitn,
promising, that He would not be
unmindful of b great a Beneftt ;
Which <wben the Mouse Aa</ dont
readily, He ajked the Lion,
that He would give his Daughter
to Him /o Wife : The Lion
refused not, that He might do
a Thing grateful to his Benefactor.
But the new married Lady coming
to the Huband, ivhen She did not
see Him, by Chance prejid
Him njuith Her Foot, and trod,
him to Pieces

Mor.
Mor.
Hase Fabula indicat, MaThis Fable hows, that Martrimona & clera Consor- riages
and other Fellowtia
tmprobanda,
Qua; hips are to be condemned, Which
contrahuntur ab Imparibus.
are contratled by Unequals.

FABLE
De Ulmo & SlLERE.

CXXV.

Of the Elm and the Osier.

ULmus nata in Rip THE Elm, born on the Bank

Fluminis
rridebat
of a River, laughed at
Siler
prcximum
Sibi, the
Osier next to Him,
ut dbile, cif insirmum, as
weak
W
infirm,
quod
E 2
bcasse

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88
quod flecteretur ad otnnem because it would be bent at every
vel levifimum Impctum even -jhe
highest
Force
Undarum ; autem extolle- of the Wat,ers ; but She extolbat suapi Firmitatem cif led ber eivn Steadiness and
Robur magnificis Verbis ; Strength ivith magnisicentWords ;
quod inconcussa pertulerat because unhook Jhe had bore
aduos Impetus Amnis the daily Attacks of the River
tnultos An n os.
Autem many '
Years.
But
Uimus tandem perfracta the Elm at laj be'ng broken
maxima Violenti Unda by the very great Violence es the
rum,
trahebatur
ab Waters, was drawn along by
Aquis :
Cui
Siler the Waters : To luhich the Osier
ridens, inquit, Vicina, Cur laughing, said, Neigbbour, Why
de/eris Me ? Ui nunc dojl thoufor/ake Me ? Where now
est tua Forttudo ?
is thy F.ortitude ?
Mor.
Fabula indicat Eas effe
sapientiores, Qui cedunt
potentioribus, qum Qui
volentes refij&e uperantur turpiter.

Mor.
The Fable Jbmuetb Those to be
more
wise,
Who
yield
to the morepoiverfu!, than They Who
willing to refijl are overome ba/elj.

F AB L E

CXXVI.

De Cer appetente
Duritiem.

Of the Wax deftrng

Hardness.

CEra ingemiscebat, Se ejse

mollem, & procreatam
penetrabilem cuicunque leviffimo Iclui. Autem vidtni
Lateres saSlos ex Luto,
molliores mulio, Se pervenijfe in tantam Duritiem
Calore Ignis, ut perdurarent multa Secula, jecit
Se in Ignem, ut consequeretur eandem Duritiem ; fed
statim liquefafla in lgne
est consumpta.

THE Waxgrieved, that It ivas

soft,
and
made
penetrable to every the lightest
Sloiv.
But
seeing
the Bricks made of Clay,
softer by much,
that they
came to so great Hardness
y the Heat ofthe Fire, that They
lasted many Ages,
caj
itself into the Fire, that it might
obtain the same Hardness ; but
presently being melied in the Fire
it was consumed.
z
Mo.

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89
Mor.
Mor.
Faec Fabula admonet,
This
Fable
advise,
ne
appelamus,
Qur.d that ive defre , net,
What
est denegatum Nabis Nu- is
denied
Us
by Natur.
tare.

F A B L E
De

CXXViI.

Agricol offeciante Of the Hubandman affecling

Warfate,
"Militiam,
and Marchandife.
W Mercaturam.

QUidam Agricola ferebat

gr, Se a,jduc volvere
Terrant, nec pervenire ad
magnas Divitias fuis perpetuis Laboribus ; cm <videret nonnullos Milites, Qui
ita
auxerant
Rem
Bello, ut incederent hene
induti, cif nutriti lautis
Epuiis
agerent
beatam
Vitam. Igitur fuis Ovibus
<vendtis cum Capis ac
Bobus,
emit Equos &
Arma, & profeSus eft in
Militiam; Ubi, cm esset
pugnatum mal fuo Imperatore, non folm perdidit
>u habebat, fed etiam
reccpit
multa
Vulnera.
Quare,
Militi
damnat,
statuit
exercere
Mercaturam, ut in Qu
exiftimabat
esse
majus
Lucrum,
13 minorem
Labcrem.
Igitur Prdiis
venditis, cm implevisset
Navim Mercibus, cperat
navigare ; fed, cm effet

A Certain Hufbandman bore it

ill, that He dailj lirred up
the Earth, n or arrived to
great Riches by bis per
petuai Labours ; when He
faiv some Soldiers,
Who
fo had increafed a Estate
in the War, /to They went <well
clothed, and fed ivitb fumptuous
Dainties
led
a
happy
Life.
Therefore bis Sheep
being fcld with the Goals, and
Oxen, He bought Horfes and
Arms,
and
into
//r far ; Where, ivhen it was
fought unfuccefsfully 4? his Ge
neral,
He not only lost
/^/W
He had, but alfo
receved
many
Wounds.
Whercfore, War being condemned, He refolved to exercife
Mirchandife,
as
in what
/se thought there was greater
Gain,
and
]efs
Labour. Therefore
Farms
being fold, iuf He had silled
a Sbip with Wares, He had begun
to fail ; but, when /se ivas
E 3
in

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SELECT fa:
'n Alto, magn Tempestute
coort, Navis submersa est,
ff ]pc cum cseteris, Qui
erant in E, Omnes perire
ad Unum.

LES OF JESOP.
in tbe Deep, a great Tempest
having arose, the Ship was sunk,
and He ivith the rest, Who
were t lt, AU perished
to One.

Mor.
Mor.
Hsec tabula admonet,
This
Fable
advises,
Qutmiibet debcre esse con- that cvery One ought to be con
tentum Ju Sorte, cm tent ivitb bis cwn Lot, uubeii
Misery is ready evtry mobere.
Mise, ia Jt parata ubjque.

F A B L E

CXXVIIL

De Asino S Scurra.

Of the Ass and the Jester.

A Sinus fereits indign,

quendam
Scurram
honorari & amiciri pulchris
Veftibus, quia edebat magnos
Sonos Ventris, accejjh ad
Magstratus, petens ne <velIcnt honorare Se minus,
qum Scurram j Et cm
Magstratus
admirantes
interrogarent, cur duceret Se
ita dignum Honore, inquit,
Quia emitto majores Crepitus Ventris, qum Scurra, Sc.
tos absque Ftore.

THE Ass bearing it unkindly,

that a certain Jester
was honoured and clotbed in fair
Garments, because He made great
Sounds of Belly, nient to
the Magistrates, dering that they
<would not honour Htm lss,
than the Jester ; And when
the
Magistrales
admiring
a/ked, why He thought Himself
so worthy of Honour, He said,
Because I fend out greater Noi
ses of Belly, than the Jester, and
thofe without Stink.

Mor.
Hase Fabula arguit Eos,
Qui prcfununt suas Pecunias in IcviJJmis Rbus.

v
Mor.
This Fable reproves Tbofe,
Who lay out their Mu
nies in tbe lighteft Things.

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F A B L

CXXIX.

De Arane laccjsenle suum

Fontem Conviciis.

Of the River prevoking hi

Spring with Keproaches.

QUidam Amnis lacessebat suum Fontem

Conviciis, ut inertem, qud
jlaret immobilis, nec haberet
ullos Pisces, auttm commendabat Se plurimrn,
quod crearet estimas Pisces,
CSf serperet per Valls
b'ando
Murmure.
Fons indignatus in Amnem,
melut ingratum, reptespt
XJndas. Tune Amnis, privatus
&
Pi/cibus 8c
dulci Sono, e-vanuit.

Certain
River
provoked
bis
Spring
withReproacbes,zsfuggjh, becau se
Ht Jood immoveable, nor had
any
Fifo,
but "
commended Himself very much,
because he bred the best Filhes,
and crept tbrtP the Vallies
tuitb a peasant Murmur.
The Sprr.g angry at the River,.
as ungrateful,
kept back
the Waters. Tben the River, deprived both of the Fijhes and
thefweet Sound, vanijbed aniay.

Mor.
Hsec Fabula notat Eos,
Qui
arrogant
bona,
Quee
agunt,
Sibi,
& non attribuunt Deo,
Que, ceu largo
Fonte, nostra Bonn procedunt.

Mor.
This Fable marketh Thofi,
Who arrogate the good Things,
Which They do, to Thernfelmes,
and do notatrributeThem toGod,
from Whcm, as ^rww a large
Fountain, our 0</ Things proceed.

F A'B 1 E
2?<? maligno Firo Se
Deemone.

CXXX.
Of the wicked Man and
the Deuil.

QUidam malignus Vir, A Certain tvicked Man,

nvhen He had cominitted
cm
perpetravisset
plurima Seelera, & sopius tnany Wickednesles, and ostest
in Prison,
captus, & condufus Carcerej being taken, and
teneretur
arctissim tut detained very closely
E 4
wu/A

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pewgili Custodi, implo- nvitb u watchsul Guard, inir
rabat Auxilium Dtnonis, plcred the Help os the Dcvil,
Qui fapenumero affuit ////. Wh ostentimes was nvitb tiim,
& liberamit Eum e mulis and freed Him ok o/" many
Periculis. Tandem Dmon Dangers. At length ri<? T)e<uil
apparat E icerum depre- appeared to Him again tahenjo, & imploranti solitum ken, and imploring the uHal
Auxilium, habens magnam Help,
having
a
great
Fascem Calaorum pertuso- Bandle
os
Shoes
worn
rum super Humeros, dicens, out upon his Shoulders, sayitig,
Amice, non pojsum esse Friend, / am not able to be
Auxilio
Tibi
ampls ; a Help to Thee longer j
etenim
ptragrwvi
tot for / ha-ve tramelled thro' o many
Loca pro liberando Te, Places for freeing Thee,
ut contriverim omnes hos that I have worn out ail thse
Calceos, Si ttiam nulia P Shoes, and moreover no Motunia superest Mibi, Qu ney remains to Me, with Which
valeam comparare altos ; / may be able to get otbers ;
quare peribis.
wherefcre thou Jhalt perijb.
Mor.
Mor.
Hrec- Fabula admoner,
This
Fable
advifes,
ne
exitimeins
noftra that vue Jhould not think our
Peccata fore semper impu- Sins tvill be always unp'unijhnita.
ed.

F A B L E CXXXI.
i
De Avibus 'volentilus
Os the Birds being milling
eligere plures Reges.
to choose more Rings.
AVes consuliabant de
eligendis
pluribus
Regibus, cm Aquila fola
non pisset regere tan/os
Greges Folucrum, & fecisfent fats Voto,
nisi
destitiffent

Confilio
Monitu Cornicis,
Qus;,
cm Causa interrogabatur,

,
cur

HE Birds consulted about

cboofng
more
Kngs, feeing that the Eag 'calone
tuas not able to ru le so great
Flocks os Birds, and They had
doue enough to their Wijh, unless
Tbey had dejifted froni the Connsel
by the Advice os the Crow, Who,
luhen the Cause nuas ajked,

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cur non duceret plures why She did not think more
.Reges eligendos, inquit, Kings ivere to he chofsn, faid,
quia multi Sacci impleniur becaufe many Bags are filled
more disikultly, than one.
disicils, qum unus.
Mor.
Mor.
This. Fable teaches it to he
Haee Fabula docet esse
Jong melius gubernari ab by far hetter to be governed by
Uno, qum multis Prin- One, than by many Prin-,
ces.
cipibus.

FABLE

CXXXII.

De Muliere, ht dicebas,
Se
velle mori pro
fuo V<ro.

Of the Woman, Who faid,

that She ivas ivi1ling to die for
her Hufand.

QUaedam Matrona, admodum pudica &

amanti,jtma Vin , ferebat
aegr, Maritum detineri adverf Valetudine : lamentabetur, ingemifcebat,
tf, ut tcftzretur fuum
dmorcm in Virum, rogabat
Mrtem, ut, y eflet ereptura
Maritum
Sii,
pc:is velet occidere Se,
qum lllum. Inter h/ec
Verba, cernit Mortem venientem horribili Afpeclu,
Timore
Cujus
preterrita, f jam pnilens fui
Voti, inquit, Ego non fum,
hiem
petis ; jacet in
Lelo,
Quem
venifti
occiura.

A Certain Matron,
very
sAa/?
and
moft loving of her Huband, bore it
ill, //2/ the Huftand was kept
down by bad Health : She lamented,
She
grieved,
and, that She might teftify Her
Love to /.w Hujband, She akcd
Deatb, tha, //" He was
/a
fnatch her Huband
/fo-,
He rather ivould kill /&r,
than ////.
Among thtfe
Words, She heholds Death coming with a horrible dfpeil,
with the Fear of Whom bein af.
frighted, andnow repenting of Her
Vova, She laid, / am not He,
Whom Thou feekel ; He lies in
the Bed, Whoin thou comeft
about to kill.

Mor

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Mor.
Mor.
Haec Fabula indicat, NeThis Fable hows, that m
tninem esse adb amantem One
is
fo
loving
Amici,
Qui non malit of a Friend, Who had not rather
esse hene Sibi, qum Al- it was iell to Him, than Anoteri.
ther.

F A B L E

CXXXIII.

P Adolescente canente in
Funere Matris.

Of the young Man finging at

Funeral of his Mother.

QUidam Vir profequebatur

defunclam
Uxorem, >u esserebatur
ad
Sepulchrum
Lachrymis Sc Fletibus ; ver
ejus Filius canebat, Qui,
tm increparetur Pa
tre, ut amens, ^ui cantaret in Funere Matris,
cm deheret esse mfcus, &
fiere un Secum, inquit,
Mi Pater, ./? conduxisti
Siacerdotes, ut canerent, cur
irafceris Mihi concinenti
gratis ?
C/
Pater
inquit, Tuum Officium, &
Sacerdotum non et :Vb.

A Certain
Jt/a followed
bis
dead
Wife,
Who
was
bore
to
the
Grave
</wrA Tears and Weepings ; but
Son
Who,
<w he was blamed by the Father, as mad, /F//o could
ng at the Burial of a Mother,
when he ought to be fad, and
to iveep together ivith Him, faid,
My Father, if You have hired
Priefts, that /ify might fing, why
ar joa angry ivith Me finging
gratis ? To IVhom the Father
faid,
Thy
Office,
and
//6ar s/r / Priefts'n not

Mor.
Haec Fabula indicat,
Omna non esse decora Om
nibus.

Mor.
This
hows,
that
all Tbings are not decent for Ail
Men.

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CXXXIV.

De zelotypo Viro, Qui dederat Uxorem cufiodiendam.

0/ the jealous Man, Who had

given his Wife to he guarded.

ZEIotypus Vir dederat

Uxorem, Quam compererat vivere parum pudic, cuidam Amico, Cui
fideret plurimm, custodiendam, pollicitus ingentem
Pecuniam, si obfervaret Eam
ita diligenter, ut nullo
Modo
violaret 'coujugalem Copulam. At Ilie, ubi
expertus
esset
banc
Custodiam nimit difsicilem
aliquot Dies, cf comperisset
Juum Ingenium vinci Verfuti Mulieris, accedens ad
Maritum,
dixit,
Se
nolle gerere banc tam
duram Provinciam amplis ;
quandoquidem ne Argus
quidem, Qui fuit totus
oculatus, poffet cuftodire impudicam Mulierem : Addidit prterea, si fit necesse,
Se
malle
deferre
Saccum plenum Pulicibus in
Pratum quotiriie integro
Anno,
te, Sacco cluto,
pafeere Eos i/iter Herbas,
13
Vepere
redu<ere omnes Domum, qum
fervare impudicam Mulie
rem uno Die.

A Jealous Man had given

bis Wife, Whom He had
found to live but a little chastely, to a certain Friend, to Whom
He could trust very much, to be
guarded, having promifed much
Money if He could obferve Her
fo diligently, ibat by no
Method She might violateM con
jugal Tie.
But He, ivhen
He
had
experienced tbs
Charge
tco
difsicult
fome Days, and had found
bisWitto he overcome by the Cunning cf the Woman, going to
the Hulband, faid, that He
ivas univilltng to bear tbis fo
hard
a Province
longer;
feeing
that - not
Argus
indeed,
Who
ivas
ail
eyed, could be able to keep an unchaste
Woman :
He added moreover, if it ivas necessary,
that He had rather carry doivn
a Sack full of Fleas into
a Meadow daily for a whole
Year, and, the Sack b.-ing loofed,
to feed Them among the Gnfs,
and in the Evening to bring them
back
ail
Home,
than
to krp an unchaste Wo
man one Day.

Mor.
Mor.
Haeca^/i/* indicat, nullos
This Fable hows, tht no
are
fo
diligent,
Custodes ejsc ita diligentes, Guards
Qui
E 6
Who

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valeant custodire Who can he able to keep
Qui
impudicas Mulieres.
unchafte Women.

FABLE

CXXXV.

De Viro recufante Clysteres.

Of the Man refufing Clysters.

QUidam Vir, Germanus

Natione,ad m od u mdives ,
aegrotabat ; ad curandum
>uem
plures
Medici
accesserunt, (etenim Mu'cae
convolant catervatim ad
Mel) Unus Quorum dicebat
in ter
Cetera,
esse
Opus Clysteribus, fi vellec convalefcere ;
Quod
cum Vir audiret, infuetus
Medicin hujufmodi, percitus
Furore,
juhet
Medkos
tjici
Dgmo,
diceirs,
t'.os
effe infamos, Qui, cm
Coput
do?eret,
velltnt
mederi Pedicem.

A Certain Man, a German

by Nation, very ricbr
was
sick ;
to
cure
Whom
many
Phyficians
came,
(for
the
Flies
fiy
in
Heaps
to
the Honey) One of Whom faid,
amongotherTbings, that there was
Need of Clysters, if He was
willing to gro<w ivell ; Which
vohen the Man heard, unufed
W a Medicine of this Kind, moved with Anger, He commands
the Physicians to he caft out
of the House, faying, that They
ivere
mad,
Who,
when
i7/W grieved, ivere ivlling
to cure Breech,

Mor.
Haec Fabula indicat,
Omnia, quamvis falutaria,
videri & afpera df obfutura infuetis & inexpertis.

Mor.
This
/ct/e
hows,
that all Things, altho< healtbful,
seem
rough /W huitful to the unaccuftomed and inexperienced.

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CXXXVI.

De Ano grotante, &

Lupis visitantibus Eum.

Of the Afs leing fick, and

the Wolves visiung Him.

A Sinus grotahat, &

Fama exiverat, Eum
moriturum cita ; Igitur,
cum Lupi veniffent ad
vifendum Eum, fcf peterent
Filio, quomodo ejus Pater
valeret, Me refpondit per
Rimulam Qsti, melis,
quam velletis.

THE Afs ivas fick, and

Fame had gone out, that He
would die quickly ; Thercfore,
ivhen the Wolves had come to
fce
Him,
and
afted
of the Son, ho-zv his Fathcr
did,
He
anfwered
thrc<
the Chink of the Door, better,
than Ye wouid have Him.

Mor.
Mor.
Hsc Fabula indicat,
This
Fable
Ihows,
qbd Multi fingunt ferre that Many feign to bear
Morem
Aliorum
cum the Drath of Others ivhb
Molesti, Quos tamen cupi- Trouble, Whom yet They deunt interire celeriter.
fire to perih quickly.

F A B L E
De Nuce, Afino, 8c
Muliere.
QUaedam Mulier interrogabat Nucem,mkentem Viam fecus, Qux impetebatar Saxis Populo
praetereunte, quare esset
ita amens, ut qui cderetur pluribus f majoribus
Verheribus, e procrearet
pures 5^ praestantiores
Frulus ?
Cui
inquit,
Ehe immemor Proverbii
dcin-

CXXXVII.
s
/
Of the Nut-tree, the Afs, and
the Woman.

A Certain
Woman
aft
ed a Nut-tree, growingbytheWay-Side, Vihichivasheaten with Stones by the People
paffing by, ivhy It was
fo mad, that by how much 7/ ivas
heaten with more W - greater
Stripes, by fo much it yielded
more
W
better
Fruits ? To whom it faid,
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dicentis ita, Nux, Af/nus, faying thus, A Nut-tree, an Afs,
Ef M u lie r, funt ligati and a- Woman, are bound
fimili Lege.
Hc tria by a like Law. Thefe three
faciunt Nil m?, si serbera do Nothing rightly, if Blows
cessant.
cease.
Mor.
Mor.
Haee Fabula indicat,
This
Fable
stiows,
Homines siepe folere conMk often are <want to
fodere
Se
propriis wound Thtmfelves with. their own
Jaculis.
Darts.

F A B L :S

CXXXVIII.

De A si no, non inveniente

Finem Laborum.

Of the Afs, not sinding

an End of his Labours.

A Sinus angebatur plurimm hyherno tempore,

qibd
afficeretur
nimio
Frigore, l haberet durum
Victum Palearum ; quare
optabat vernam Temperiem,
c teneras Herbas. Sed
cm Ver advenisset, f
cogretur

Domino,
Qui erat Fgulus, deferre
Argillam in Aream, &
Lignum ad Fornacem, &
inde Lateres f Tegulas ad
diverfa Loca ;
pertaefus
Veril, in Quo tolerabat
tot
Labores,
fperabat
^Estatem, ut
Dominus
impeditus
Messe
pateretur Eam quiefc.re; Sed
lune quoque, cm compelIcretur ferre Messes in
Aream, & inde Triticum
Domum, nee effet Locus
Qui.

THE Afs ivas grieved very

much in ivinter Time,
tbat He was assected ivitb too much
Cold,
and . had
hard
Meat of . Chaff;
wherefore
He defred the Spring Seafon,
and the tender Grafs.
But
when
Spring
came,
and
He was compelled by the Master,
Who was a Potier, to carry
Clay into the Yard, and
Wood to
Furnace, and
thence Bricks W Tiles
diverfe
Places ;
tired
e/" the Spring, in Whch He bore
yo y Labours, Zse hoped for
Summer, tbat the
Master
heing bindered by the Harvest
iL-ould fuffer Him fa refc ; But
alb, ivhen He was com
pelled to hear the Corn m
the Barn, and thence the Wheat
Home, nor was there Spact

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99
Quieti Sibi ; faltem fperabat for Restfor Him ; at least He boped
Autumnum fore Finem that Autumn vnould he the End
Laborum : Sed, cum ne of bis Labours : But, ivhen not
tune quoque cerneret Finem then also He pereewed an End
Malorum,
cm quotidie of Evils, feeing that daily
Vinutn, Poma, & Lignum Wine,
Apples, and Wood
essent
portanda, rurfus were to he carried, again
tfflagitabat
Nivem
f He longed for the Snow and
Glaciem Hyemis, ut tune Ice of Winter, that then
s faltem aliqua Requies can- at least fome Rest might he
cederetur Sibi tantis granted to Him from so great
Laboribus.
Labours.
Mor.
Mor.
Haec Fabula indicat,
This
Fable
hows,
ejse nulla Tempora praesen- that there are no Times of the pre
tis Vit<t, Quae ko y/ fub- fent Life, Which are not fubjecta perpetuis Laboribus.
ject to perpetual Labours.

F A B L E

CXXXIX.

De " Mure, Qui volebat

contrabere Amicitiam cum
Fele.

O/" the Moufe, Who was willing

/o contrael a Friendhip w'/
the Cat.

COmplures Mures, commorantes in Cavo

Parietis, contemplabantur
Felem, Quae incumhebat in
Tabulato,
Capite
demijso, & trijii Vultu.
Tune Unus>*. iis inquit, Hoc
Animal videtur admodum
benignum,
y
roitej
etenim praefert quandam
Sanlimoniam ipfo Vultu ;
volo
alloqui
Ipfam,
ff nectere indijsolubilem
Amicitiam cum E; ^a<*
Cm dixijset, & accejjftt

M AN Y
Mie,
dwelling /'* the Hollow
of
a
Wall,
efpied
a
Cat, - Who
/y
on
the boarded F'loor, with her Head
hungdoivn,anafadCointei\&nce.
Then One ^ them faid, This
Animal
feems
vcty
kind
a^
mild ;
./ir She hows a
certain
SanSlity in Her very Countenance ;
I am willing to fpeak xo Her,
rfW to knit an indissoluble
Friendihipn//'/Z/Her; WbichTbings
when He had faid, and
approached

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set propis, erat captus, proached nearer, He -ivas taken,
t diiaceratus Fele. and torn to pieces by the Cat.
Tune Ctexi, videntes Hoc, Thcn the Rest, feeing Thi%
aiebant Secum, profecTo faid with Themfelves, truly
non est credendum temer Jt is not to he trufted rahly
to the Countcnance.
Vvitui.
Mo R.
Haec Fabula innuit,
Homines non esse judicandos
Vultu, sed ex Operibus ;
cm atroces Lupi faepe
delitcfcant fub evin Pelle.

Mor.
This
Fable
hints,
ihat Msn are not to he judged
by theCountenance, but by Works ;
feeing that sierce Wolves often
lie bid under a Sheep's Skin.

F A B L E

CXL.

De Asino, Qui ferviebat

...
ingrato Hero. . .

0/ the Afs, Who ferved

an ungrateful Master.

A Sinus, Qui ferviverat

ingrato Hero mullos
Annos
inoffenso
Pede,
'/emet, ut ft, dum effel
pressus gravi Sarcin, tif
incederet falebrof Vi,
recidebat fub Qnere. Tum
implacabilis Dominus cempellcbat Eum furgere multis
Verheribus,
nuncupans
ignanum & pigrum Animal.
At Miser A/nus dicebat
Secum, in ter hc Verbera,
Infelix Ego, Qui fortitus fum
tam ingrat u m Hcrum ! Nam
quamvis ferviverim Et multo
Tempore sine Ojpnfd, tamen
.non cempeufat hoc unum
Delictum meis tot prifinis
Benesiciis.

THE Afs, Who had ferved

an ungrate/ul Master many
Years ivitb an inojsenfivi Foot,
onee, as it hnp}ens, whilst He ivas
preed ivitb a heavy Load, and
went in an uneven ' Way,
fell under the Burden. Then
the inlplacable Master eextpelkd Him to rife with many
Bloivs,
calling
Him
an idle and dutt Animal.
But the miferable A/s faid
ivitk Himfel/, among the/e Stripes,
Vnhappy 1, Who have got
fo ungrateful a Ma/er ! For
altho< I have ferved Him a long
Time without Offence,
yet
He doet not ivegh this ont
Fault ivith my so many former
Benesits.
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Mor.
Mor.
Hase Fabula conlcta est
This Fable was feigned
in EosJ Qui immemores againft Thofe, Who unmindful
Seneficiorum
collatorum of
Benefits
conferred
Sibi, profequuntur etiam on fhtmfelvts, profecute . even
minimam OJsenfam fui Be- the least Osfence of their Benefailoris in Se atroci nefaclor on Him with a cruel
Pa-fia.
Punijkment,

FABLE

CXLI.

De Lupo, fuadente Hiftrici,

ut
deponeret
fua Tela.

O/the Wolf, perfuad/ng the Porcupine,Mct/She wouldlay down

her Darts.

LUpus efuriens intenderat Animum in His

tricem, Quam tamen non audebat iirvadere, quia erat
munita undique Sagittis.
Autem Aftuti excogitat
perdendi am, cpit fuadere ////,
ne
portaret tantum On us Telorum
Tergo
Tempore
Pacis,
quandoquidem Sagittarii non
portarent Aliquid, nifi cm
Trmpus Praelii inftaret :
Cui
Histrix
inquis,
Est credendum femper esse
Tempus praeliandi adverfus
Lupum.

THE Wolf hungering had

bent bis Mind upon the Porcupine, Which ncvertheles He dared not to a/tac, becaufe She ivas
fortisied every ivhere with Darts.
But a Cunning being thought on
of deftroying Her, Hc hegan to peruade Her, that i'he wonld not
carry fo great a Burden of Darts
on her luek in a Time of Peace,
feeing that the Archers did not
carry Any Thing, unies when
the Time of Batlle -approached :
To whom the Porcupine faid,
It is to be believed alwiays to be
a Time of sighting againfi
a Wolf.

Mor.
Hxc Fabula innuit,
fapientem Virum oportere
femper
ejse
munitum
adverfus Fraudes Inimicorum, Si Hoftium.

Mor.
This
Fable
hints,
that a <wife Man ought
a'.ways
to
he
fortihed
againft Deceits
of
Enemies, and Foes,
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CXLII.

De Mure librante
MlLVUM.

Of the Mou se -eeingthe Kite.

MU S,
ccnspcatus
Miivum implicitum
Laqueo Aucupis, misertus eit
jt-vit, quamvis Inimicar Sibi ;
Vinculfque
abrosis
Dentibus,
secit
Viam
Sibi evolandi.
Milvus,
immemor tanti Bcneficii,
ubi vidit Se folutum,
corripiens Murtm fuspicantem Nil taie, lacerwvit
Unguibus, 1$ Rostro.

THE Mouse, hafing espt

the Kite
entanghi
in the Snare of the Foiuler, pitied i
the Brd, altho' an Emmy to Her;
and the Bands being gna\ve!
nuith her Teelh, She made a IVay..
for Her offiying out. The Kite,l
unmindsul of fo great BenefitA
when He sa<w Himself loosed,
feizing the Mouse suspecting no such Thing^ tore Her
with her Claws, and Bill.

Mob.
Mor.
Haec Fabula indicat,
This
Fable
hows,
malignos Viros fclere repen- that nvcked Men are uuont to redere Gratias hujus Modi pay Tbanks of this Kind
fuis BenefaSloribus.
to their BenefaBors.

F A B ]

CXLIII.

De Cochle petetite Jove,

ut
poffet
ferre
Juam Domum Secum.

Of the Snail defring of Jupiter,

that She might be able to bea?
Z/irr House n/ith Her.

CUM Jupiter, ab Exordio

Mundi,
elargretur fingulis Anima
itbus Munera, >u peissent,
Cochlea
petit
ab
Eo,
ut
posset
cjrcumferre suam Domum.
Interrogata Jove, quare
exposceret taie Munus ab
Eo,

WHEN Jupiterjram tbeBeginning of the World,

beftoived
on
ail
^maxt/j the Gifts-, Which They
hnd desired, the Snail desired
of Him that She might be able '
to bear about her Houfe.
Being aked bj Jupiter, nuhj
She demanded fuch a Gift front
Him,

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IOj
Quod futurum erat Him,
Whch
would
be
grave, & moleftum illi, heavy, and trouble/ome to Her,
inquit, malo
ta m She faid, I had rather hear so
grave Onus perpetua, qum heavy a Burden perpetually , than
non posse vitare malam not to be able to avoid a bad
Vicinum, cm J'/& libuerit. Neighbour, when / list.
Mob.
Mor.
Haec Fabula indicat,
This
Fable
hows,
Matorum that the Neigbbourbood ofbad Men
Vcinitatem
^ugiendam omm Incom- h to he avoided with every Disadvantage.
meda.

FABLE

CXLIV.

De Herinaceo ejieiente
Viperam Hofpitem.

Of the Hedge-Hog, ca/iing out

the Viper Her Hoft.

HErinaceus, prxfentiens
Hyemem adventare,
rogavit Viperam, ut conceieret Locum Sibi in fu
Cavern adverse Vim
Frigoris ; Quod cm Illa
fecijset, Herinaceus, pervolvent Se hue atque illc,
pungebat Viperam Acu'.yine Spinarum, Sc torquebat
rehementer; Illa videns Se
mal
tra&atam quando
fufcepit Herinaceum Hofpitio, orabat Eum blandis
Verbis,
ut
exiret,
cm Locus effet nimis
anguftus
duobus.
Cui
Herinaceus inquit, Exeat, Qui nequit manere
c; quare Vipera fentiens, non esse Locum
Sibi

TH E Hedge-Hog, pereewing
' the Winter to approach,
a&ed the Viper, that She ivould
grant a Place to Him in her
Cavern agavift the Extremity
of the Cold ; Which ivhen She /
had done, the Hedge-Hog, roll- I
ing Him fel f bither and tbither,
pricked the Viper with the Sharpnefs ofbis Darts, and tormentedHer
vehemently ; She seeing Herfelf
itl
treated,
<when
She took the Hedge-Hog Guestwise, entreated Him viith foir
Words, that He would go out,
feeing that the Place ivas too
narroiv for both. To ivhom
the Hedge-Hog faid, Let Him
go out, Who cannot abide
here ; ivherefore the Viper perctiving, there was not a Place
for

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SELECT FABLES 0F -ffiSOP.
Sibi tbi,
ceffit illime for Her there, departed thenu
ex Hospiio.
out of her Lodgiug.
Mor.
Mor.
Haec Fabula indicat, Eos
This Fable Ihows, tbat 7'bcy
non esse admittendos in Cw- are not te he admitted into FelA
fortium, Qui poffunt ejieere oivjhip, Who a/ e able to cai out
Aw.
~
Us.

F ABLE

CXLV.

Z) quedam Agricol Sc
Pot.

Of a certain Hujbandman and

a Poet.

QUidam Agrkola accedens ad Potam, cujus

A gros colebat, cm offendiffit Eumfdum inter Libros,
interrogabat
quo
Pctia posset vivere itay/a/ /"
Cui Ille inquis, Tantm
cpi ^ solus, poftquam
advenisti hue.

A Certain Hujbandman coming to a Poet, iubofe,

Fields He ploughed, when He ba
found Him
among bis Books,
aked
by
what
Means He was able to live fo ct/o ?
To whom /se faid, / only
began to he alone, jinet
You came bither.
,*
Mor.
This
Fct/
hows,
tbat learned Men, TX continually are tbronged with a Crowdi
of the mojl learned Men/
then are /W, when tbej on
amongrt illiteraie Fellows.

Mor.
Hc Fabula indicat,
eruditos Viros, i^ui contiJ1U , flipantur
Turb
doclifimorum
Virorum,
tune esse folos, cm fuertnt
inier illitcratos Hommes.

FABLE

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FABLE

10$

CXLVI.

9e Lupo, nduto Pille

Ovis, Qui devorabat
Gregem.

O/the Wolf, clothedwxhtheSkm

of the Sheep, Who devoured
the Flock.

LUpus,
indutus Pelle
Ovis, immiscuit Se
regi
Ovium,
&
q/tidie occidebat Aliquam
f. Eis : Qupd cm Par animadvertijset, fufpenlit lllum in alti,jm
\rbore.
Autem caeteris
"apJorbus interrogantibus,
ur
fufpendisset Ovem,
iebat, Shtidem Pellis est
vis, ut videtis ; autem
3pera erant Lupi.

A Wolf, clotbed with the Skin

of a Sheep, mixed Himfelf
with a Flock of Sheep, and
daily
flew
0
of Them: Which ivhen the S hep
herd had obfer<ved, He hangon a very bigh
ed
Tree.
But
the
other
Shepherds
aking,
ivhj He had hung /f Sheep,
He faid, Indeed the Skin m
a Sheep's, a/ you fee ; a/
the Works ivere a WolPs.

Mor.
Hzc Fabula indicat,
ines non esse judicanex Habitu, sed ex
eribus ; quoniam Multi
unt Lupina Opra fub
<tfiimentit Ovium.

Mor.
This
Fable
Ihows,
tbat Men are not to he judged
by
Habit,
but
4/
Works ;
hecaufe
Many
do
Wolves Works
under
the Clotbings of Sheep.

FABLE
U Cane occidente Oves
fui Domini.

CXLVII.

Of the Do g killing the Sheep

of bis Master.

Uidam Paftor dederat A Certain Shepherd had given

bis Sheep to bis Dog to be
^ fuas Oves Cani custofeedtng
Him
lendas,
pafccns lllum kept,
mus Cibis. At Ille fpe ivith the hest Meats . But He
fome
one
Sheep ;
:cidefaat aliquam Ovem ; killed
cd cm Paftor animad- Wbich when the Shepherd had obferVed,
veitisset,

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lO
SELECT FABLES OF .ffiSOP.
vertisset, capiens Canem, served, taking
the
Dog,
*volebat
occidere
Eum. He ivas tulling to kill Him.
Cui Canis inquit, Quare To whom the Dcg said, Wberefort
cupis
perdere
Me? dost Thou dsire to destroy Me!
Sum unus ex tuis domestics ; I am one of thy Domefici;
potis interfice Lupum, Qui rathcr Jlay the Wolf, Tio
continue infediatur tuo continually Za/r -tuait for your
Ovili. Im, inquit Pa- Sbeepfold. Nay, yyj the Shepstor, Pao Te zsaj/ dignum herd, I tbink You mors worthy
Morte, qum Lupum: Etenim e/1- Deatb,, than
Wolf: Fori
J//<r profitetur ' S* nieum /l; professes Himfelf
m
Hojicm palam ; "fr Tu,
Enemy openly ; r Thou, undfSpecie Amicitite, quotidie the Show of Friendjbip, daii|
imminuis meum Gregem,
diminijhejl my Flock,
'
Mor.
Hsec Fabula indicat, Eos
esse puniendos long mags,
Qui leedunt Nos y Specie
Ajnicitia, qum ia/ profitentur Se nostros Inimicos
palam.
,

Mor.
This /a/f ihows, that Thiy
are /c
punijbed by far arc,
Who /W/ \J under a Pretence
of Friendjbip, thanTbey Wboprofess Thernfelves our Enemiu
' openly.

FABLE

C&LV1II.

De Ariete pugnante cum

Tauro.

0^ the Ram figbting with

Bull.

ERAT quidam Aries

i'ar
Oves,
habebat f; firmum Caput
te Cornua, ut featim Se
facil fuperaret ctercs
Arietes ; quare cro intieniret
nullum Arietem amplis,
>u auderet objijere Sibi
occurfanti,
elatus
crebrii Victoriis, aufus est
provocare Taurum ad Pugnam } fed primo Congressu,
cm

THERE was a certain R 3*

among the Sheep, WLt
had
fo
firm

//m./
and Horns, that prefently and
aA/y He overcame M
Ram s ; tuherefore when fom
no
mon
JPa dared to tvitbftnnd Hil
running againj Him, puffed
ivilb frquent Victories, be darl
to provoke a Bull to B
tle; but at the frst Ons

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IO7
cm
arietavisset
in ivhen He had butted against
Frontem Tauri, est reper- the F'orehead of the Bull, He was custus tam atroci Iilu, struck back ivitb fo cruel a Bloiv,
ut fer moriens, diceret that almtfi dying, He faid
haec,
Stultus
Ego ! thefe Words, Fool that 1 am !
quid egi ? Cur aufus ium i'/hat ha\ e I done ? Why dared I
lacejfete tam potentem Ad- to provoke fo poiveifal an Adverriuni,
Cui Natura verfary, to Whom Nature
katb created Me unequal?
cnavit Me imparem
Mor.
^
MoR.
HC Fahula indicat, non
This Faile hows, that it
.esse certandum cum poten- is not to be strove ivtb the more
powerful.
tioribus.

FABLE

CXLIX.

De Aquil rapente Filios

Cuniculi. .

O/' the Magie fnatebing the Young

of the Coney.

AQUILA, nidulata in
altijjm Arbore, rapuerat
Filios
Cunicidi,
,Qui' pafcebatur ncn longe
illinc, in Praedam fuorum
Pullorum ; >uam Cuniculus orabat brandis Verbis,
rit
dignaretur restituere
Filios Sibi; At Illa,
arbitrans Eu/n esse pujillum
Ut
terre/ire
Animal,
.dilacerabat Eos Unguibus,
Quos appenebat fuis Pullis
epulandos in Confpectu
Matris : Tune Cuniculus,
commotus Morte fuorum
Filiorum, haud permisit
.banc Injuriam abire impuaitam ;
etenim
essodit
Arborem, radicitus, f^u
1
usti-

'JpHE TLzg\e,having built aNe/'iri

a very bigb Tree, hadfnatched aivay the Young of the Coney,
Who
ivas fed not far
from thence, for the Prey of her
Young ;
When the
Co
ney hefought with fair Words,
that She vaculd vouchfafe to restore
her Young to Her; But She,
upposing Him to be a little
and
earthly
Animal,
tore Them ivitb her Talons,
Which She put to ,her Young
10
eat
in
the
ight
of the Dam : Then the Coney,
moved at the Dcalh of her
Young,
permitted
not
tbis Injury to go unpunihed ;
for
She dug up
the Tree by the Roots, Whicb
fustain-

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108
sustinebat Nidum, Qu sustained the Nef,
which
procidcns
levi
Impulfu falling with a light Blajt
Ventorum,
dejecit of the Winds, threav don;
Pullos Jquil adhuc implu the Young of the Eagle, as yet unmes in Humum, Qui fledged upon the Ground, Who
depafti Ftris
pras- being eat up by the njild Bafts afbuerunt Solatium Doloris forded Confort of
Grief
Corniculo.
to the Cottty.
Mor.
Mor.
This Fable sliows, that m
Hsec Fabula indicat, Neminem fretum sud Potenti Man relying on his Power
debere despicere imbecilliores, ought to despise the Weaker,
cm alquando infirmiores seeing that fometimes the Weaker
uki/cantur Injurias poten- re<venge the Injuries of the mort
tiorum.
poiverful.

FABLE
De Lupo, Pi/ce Fluvii,
affilante Regnum
Maris.
ER A T Lupus, in quodam Amne, Qui excedebat
cteteros
Pisces
ejufdem Fluminis in Pulchritudine, Magnitudine, ac
Robore; unde Omnes admirabantur, 13 afficiebant
Eum
maximo
Honore %
quare
elatus
Superbi
capit appetere majorent
Pnncipatum. lgitur Am
ne rclio, in Quo regnaverat multos Annos, ingreffus est Mare, ut vendicaiet Regnum Ejus Sibi ; sed offendens Delphinum mira; Magnitudinis,
Qui

CL.

the Pike, a Fijh of the River,

ajsecling the Dominion
of the Sea.
THERE was a Pike, in a cer
tain River,
Who exceeded
the
other
Fisties
of the fam River in Fairness,
Greatmfs,
and
Strength ; whence AU admira
ed,
and
affected
Him with the greatest Honour ;
wherefore puffed up with Pridc
He began to dsire greater
Command. Tkerefore the Ri
ver being lest, in Which He had
reigned many Years, He entend
into the Sea, that he might chai,
lenge the Dominion of It to Him.
self;
but' findng a Dol.
phin of a uucudtrful Greatnefsj
Wb,

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IO<?
Qui regnabat in lllo, est Who reigned in Is, He -ruas
ita infelatus ab lllo, ut au- fo pur/ued by //, that stying
fugiens
vix ingrederetur avuay fcarce could He enter into
Ostium
Amnis,
unde the Mouth of the Ri-ver, whence
He durst to go out no more.
aufus est exire non ampls.
Mor.
Haec Fabula admonet iVo/,
ut contenti nostris Rchus,
ne appetamus, i^v^ funt
longe majora nostris Y<iribus.

Mor.
This Fable admonihes Us,
that content with ou r own Tbings,
We do not desire, ^a/ are
by far greater tban our S trength.

FABLE
De Ove convitiante
Pastori.
OVis convitiabatur Pa
stori, quod non sotentut Lacte, hiod mulgebat ct K in iuum Ufum,
&
C^/
Filiorum,
infuper denudaret J//W
Vellere.
Tune
Pastor
iratus trahebat ejus Filium
ad Mortem. vis inquis,
Suid pejus potes facere
MM ? Pastor inquit, ut
oecidam Te, f projieiam
devorandam
Lupis
&
siluit,
Canibus.
Ovis
formidans adhuc majora
Mala.
Mor.
Haec Fabula indicat,
Homines non debere excandefcerc in Deum, si permittat
Divitias f Filios auferri
Ipsis ;
cm
pofit
inferre etiam majora Sup
plicia

CLI.

O/" the Sheep r-ailing on..

the Shepherd.
ASheep railed cn a Shep
herd, that not s;/?tent with the Mi! k, JFtA -He
milked fr.am Herfor his own Ufe,
and //S'
of his Children,
moreever He
stripped Her
of the Feece. Then the Shepherd
dragged her Young one
to Death. The Sheep fays,
^Xct/ worfe are You able to do
to Me ? The Shepherdfays, that
//ct)///7/Thee,a//throwTheeout
devoured. by the Wolves
Dogs. The Sbcep held her Peace,
fearing
yet
greater
vils.
Mor.
This
Fable
how?,
Men ought not to groio
viarm againstGcct<, Mlle permittetb
Riches and Children to he ta./t.-n
from Them ; ivhen He is able
to bring even greater PunihF
ments

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SELECT FABLES OF JESOP.
plicia Ipjs Si viventibus ments upon Thsm both livng
& mortuis.
and dead.

FABLE
De Aurig tff Rot
Currs ftridene.
AUriga
interrogabat
Currum,
quare
Rota, $>uts erat deterior,
strideret, cm caeteri non
facercnt
idem ?
Cui
Currus inquit,
^Egroti
femper confueverunt ejse
moroli S* queruli.

CLII.

Of thc Waggoner and the Wheel

of the Waggon creakixg.
THE
Waggoner
astted \
the Waggon, ivherefore s
the Wheel, Wbich was ivcrj'e, 1
creaked, <when the rest did
not do the fame ? To ivbom
the Waggon faid, The bick
alivays have used to be
morofe and complaining.

Mor.
Mor.
This Fable hows, that Emis
Hec Fabula indicat> Mala
femper solere impellere aways are ivont to drive
Men to Complaint.
Homines ad QuerimcBiam.

F A B ], E

CLIII.

De Viro itolente experiri

Amieos.

0/ the Man ivilling to try

his Friends.

QUidam Vir admodum

d<ves &c likeralis,
habebat magnam Copiam
Amicorum, Cuos fpe invitabat ad Cnam; ad Quem
accedebant
libentiffim.
uiutqn vole n s experiri, an
essent
fideles
Sibi
in Laboribus 3" Periculis,
conaocavit Eos cmnes, dicens, Inimitoi esse obortos

A Certain
Man
very
V
and
liberal,
had
,gr7/ Abundance
p/" Friends, Whom often He invited to Supper ; to Whom
They tuent most willingly.
But willing to try, whether
They would be faithful to Him
in Labours and Dangers,
He called together Them all, seying, that Enemits were rism p
against Him/

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III
Sibi,
$>uos
statuit against Him, Wbom He resolved.
occidere ; qure, Armis cor- to kill ; whercfore, Arms being
reptis,
irent
Sccum, taken up,they jhouldgo withHim,
u t ulcifcerentur Inj u ri a s axTbcy might re<venge the] nj uries
Matas Sibi. Tum Omnes offered to Him.
Tien AU
casperuni
exc ufore
Se, began to excuse Thernfel-ves,
prxter Duos. Igitur, aeteris except T-ivo. Theresore, the rejf
repudiatis, habuit tanim being rejected, He held only
111os Duos in Numro Tbofe Two in the Number
of Friends.

Amicorum.
P

Mou.
MoR;
H*c Fabula indicat, adThis Fable hows, tbat ad~
uerfam
Fortunam
ejst verse
Fortune
is
optimum
Experimentum the
best
Experimeitt
of Friendhip.
Amicitias.

FABLE

CLIV.

De Vulpe laudante Carnem,

Lepcris Cani.

Of the Fox pmising the FIth

of the Hai e to the Dog.

CUM Pulpes fugeretur

Cane, i jamjam
ejfet
capienda,
nec
cognoscerat ullam aliam
Vam evadendi, inqut, O
Canis, quid cupis perdere Me, cujus Caro non potest esse ulli Ufui Tibi?
cape potis illum Leporem ;
[etenim Lepus aerat prop)
cujus carnem Mortales dicunt
esse suaviffimam,
Igitur
Canis,
motus
Consilio
Vulpis,
Vulpe
cmss,
inlecutus est Leporem ; Quein
tamen non potuit capere ob'
yus incredibilem Veloci"item. Polt paucos Dies
Lepus

WHntleFax was put to flight

by the Dog, and just now
was to be catched,
or
knevv
avy
other
IVay of escaping, Ht faid, O
Dog, vvhy doft 7hou deftre to de.
stroy Me, whose Flejh cannot be of any Use to Thee?
taie
rather
tbat Hare ;
(for the Hare <was nigh)
n/bofe
Fleih
Men
say
m most sweet.
Theresore
the Dog, meved with the Counlel
of the Fox, the Fox being let alone,
pursued the Haie; Whieh.
yet He could no taie for
ber
incredible
Swiftnef**
At'ter a fev> Days
F z '
/^ Hare

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SELECT FA BLES OF JESOV.
Lepus conveniens Vulpcm the Hare meeting the Fcx
accusiibat Eam vehemen- accused
Her
vhmentter, [ctenim audirat ejus ]y, (for He had heard ber
Verba) qibd demonstrsset Words) becaufe She had howri
Se "
Cani.
Cui Hitn to the Dog. To ivbem
Vulpes inquit, Lepus, quid the Fox said, O Hare, ivhy
accusas Me, cm lauda~vi do You accuse Me, when I ha-ve
Te
tantopere ?
Quid praised Thee so grcatly ? What
fieercs,
si
vituperrjscm ivould Tonfay, if / had dsgracei
Te ?
You
Mor.
Mor.
Hsc Fabula indicat,
This
Fable
shows,
Homines machinai! Perni- that Men contrive Destruc
cem Aliis fub
Spccie tion for Others under the Pretence
Laudationis.
of Commendation.

F A B L E

CLV.

D: Lepore fetente Calliditatem, & Vulpe Celertatem Joue.

O/" the Hare ajking Craftiness, and the Fox Sivftness from Jupiter.

LEpus & Vulpes peteLant Jove ; Hxc,

ut adjungeret Celcritatem
fuse Calliditati ; Me, ut
adjungeret Calliditatem sua;
Cderitali : Quibus Jupiter
ita rc/pendit ; Elargiti sumus
Munera singulis Anmantbus,
ab
Origine
Mundi, e nostro liberalifpma inu ; J'ed ddisse
Omnia Uni ju'Jfet la}\tdAlcrum.

TH E Hare
the Fcx beged of Jup':trr ; This,
/^/ He would join Stviftnrfs
to her Crastinrss ; That, that
He would join Craftinefs to his.
StvifmefsT To Whom Jupiter
thus anfivered ; We have beilowed
G//>x to ail li-ving Cra
tures, from / Beginning
of the World, o/// o/" our a/ li
bral Bosom ; but to have given
Ail to One ivculdhave been the Injury of Others.

Mor.
Mor.
Haec Fabula indicat,
This
Fable
sliows,
Deum effe largitum sua &tt G<?</ has , given his
M w m ra
Gifts

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I3
IVIunera ita asquali Lance, Gifb nvitb so cqual a Balance,
ut puisque debeat esse con- that Evety One ought to be contentUb sua Sorte.
tcnc ivih bis owu Lot.
FABLE

CLVI.

De Equo incutto,
sed
ve.'cci, & cateris irrideutibus Eum.

0/ the ITorse ugly, but

swift, and / r.y? rnock*
ing ///>.

/"^ Omplures Equi fuerant

"" V_y addulii ad Circenses
J>udo% ornait pulcherrimis pbaleris, prseter Unum.
Qucm cecter irridebint, /;/
incultum, if ineptum ad
talc Csrtanten ; nec ofinabantur, fu uruni unquam
Vict /rein. iVrf' ubi Tempus
currendi aduent, &,
a
Tu bue
cuncti exsilire Carcere,
lu.n demum innotuit, quanio
Hic />/ ant irrifus uperaret cteros Velocitate ;
ttenm, omnibus a/r/s re!icti /oy? Se /c/ya intervallo,
asfeutus est Palinam.

MA N Y
Z/br/k
wer-
brought to /v Circensiun
Games, aderntd with mort beautiful Trapp'mgs, except CW,
VVhom f> r/ laugheJ at, as
Ugly,
and
u 11 fit
for
such w Engagement ; lior dtdThey
ibinh, that.He would be evjr
Vilor.
But when
7
Of r u n n i n gapproa ched, Hn d , th.-4' - a nal os the 'J'rumpet bemg givtn,
ail leaped from tbt Goal,
thena/ lajlz ppeared, by bona taucb
This little before drided excelled the rejl in Swiftnes ;
for,
ail /* otbers being
lest iebtd Him a long-Distance,
Hegained the Victory.

"

Mo R.
Mo R.
Fobvia, signi/icat, Homincs
The Fable signifies: that Meo
nen judicandos ex Habita, are not to be juged by Hab.t,
ft d ex VirtHte.
bxxt by Viriue.

FABLE

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SELECT FABLES OF JESOT.

FABLE

CLVII.

De Rustico admi,sa ad
Jurifccnfultum per Vocem
Haedi.

O/" the Countryman admitted lo

the Laivyer by the Voici
of the Kid.

QUidam Rufiicus, im
plicites gravi Lite,
accejjit ad quondam |urifconiultum, us, Eo Patrono,
explicart
Se.
At
Ille impediuis aliit Negotiis
juhet
renunciari,
Se n une non poi vacale
//// ;
quare
abiret
rediturus
alis,
Rusticns,
Qui sidebat Ei plurmm,
.ut veteri f sido Amico,
nu - qu a va
o dmitteatur.
T,-nUem dtfertns Iixdum
ei<'buc
lacaniem,
U
j'inguem i'ccum, stabat ante
tores
Jurifferiii,
&
velLcans HaUum, coigit
lum balare.
Janitor,
i solebat admiitere Eos,
pertarent Dona, ex
P/ ceslo
Heri/
/V
Haedi ^
audit,
illico aperlens Januam,
juhet Hcminem Jntro'ire.
Tune Rufiicus/ conver
fai ad Haeduij, inquit, Mi
Hdule, ago Grat<as Tibi,
|*,* effecisti
Fores /a/
iaciles Mibi.

A Certain Countryman, entangled in a hea<vy Suit,

ivent to a certain Lawyer, that, He being Patron,
He might unfold Himfelf. But J
se hindered <iv<7 c/er Af- 1
fairs orders Him to be told,
that He now ivas not able to be et
Leifure for Him; wherefore
He jhould g aivay to return
another Time. The Countryman,
Who trusted to Him very mach,
as an old and faithful Frimd,
never
ivas
admititd.
At length brin&ing a Kd
as
ytt
fucking,
and
fat ioith Him, He stood ^r
the Doois af the Laivjer, and
plucking
the Kid, forced
Him /o ifi/.
1 he Porter,
Who was wont /a admit Thofe,
Who
brought Gifts,
by
the Command of his Master, 4
the Voice of the Kid heing heard,
presently opening the Gate,
orders the Mari to enter.
Then the Countryman, . having
turned to the Kid, faid, My
liltle Kid, I give Thanks to Thee,
Who hast made
Doors fi
eafy /

Mo r .
Mo,
The Fable jhoixis, that
F/<bnla indicat, nullas
.Ru esi /a duras 2' d/ffi no Tbings are y hard and difficult,
ciles,

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ciles, ghias Mutera non cuit, Which Gifts
apcritint.
opcn.

FABLE

l5
do not

CLVIII.

De
Sene
dejicente
S axis
jfwuenem
diripientem Poma iiibi.

O/" the old Man dri<ving doivn

with Stones tbe young Man.
stealing Apfles from Him.

QUidam Senex orab.it

jswveriem diripientem
Poma Sibi blandis Verbis,
ut
descenderet
ex
A rbore, . nec vellet aufcrrt
suas Res ; sed cm funderet Verba incassm, ywvene
contemncn'te Ejat ^Etntem
# Verba, injuit, Audio,
ejse aliquam Virtufem non
tanthn in Fer bis, verm
ttiam in Herbu; igitur ccept
vellere Gramen, & jscere in
lllum ;
Quod Juvenis
conspicatus ridebat vehementer,
arbilrabatur
Senem delirare, Qui crederet,
Se posse depelere Eum ex Arbore. Tune
Senex,
cupiens experiri
Omna, mcpxx, Shtando Verba
f Hcrbse niaient Nil
adversus Raptorem mearum
Rerum,
agam
, Eum
Lapidibus, in Quibus quoq;
\dicunt esse Virutem ; &
jaciens Lapides, Quibus
impleverat Gremium, cogit
lllum deseendere, cf abire.

A Certain old Man besought

a young Man stealing
Apphs from Him ivithfairWords,
that He would descend out of
the Tree, nor would taie axvay
his Things; but ivhen He pourd
out Words in vain, the ycung Man
despising
his
Age,
and Word s, He faid, I hearj
tbat thire is some Virtue not
ow/y
in
Words,
but
st^/ in Herbs ; therefore Z/l? began
to pull tbeGrafs, and tothrom itzt
Him ; Which /A young Man
having seen laugbed vehemently,
and
thought
the old Man to doat, Wbo believed, that He was able to drive
doiun Him out of the Tree. Then
the old Man, desring to try
// Things, faid,
Words
a^/ Herbs a<vail Nothing
against the Stealer
my
Things, / ivill driue Him
ivith Stones, in Which lfo
77>ry yj that there is Virtue; and
thro-vji>!g Stones, with n>hich
He had filled his Lap, he forced
if// to descend, and to go away.
Mor.

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Mor.
MoR.
Haec Fabula indicat,
This
Fable
hows,
Omnia
tentanda that all Tbings are to be tried
Sepienti,
priusquam by a ivi/ Ma?:, before that
confugiat
ad
xi.xilium He
fleetb
to the Help
Armorum.
of Arms.
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FABLE

CLIX.

3e
Lufcini pdliccnte
Accipitri Cantum pro
fu Vit.

Of the Nightingale prom'fng

to the Hawk a Hong for
hcr Life.

LUfcini
(cinprehcnf
famelico Accipitre,
cum
intelligerct,
Se
fore devorandam ab Eo,
rogabat Eum bland, ut
dirritteiet
Se,
pollicita,
Sefe
relaturatn
ingentem Mercedem pro
tanto Benefcio. Autcm ntm
Accipiter rogares, Quid
Grati
posset
reftrre
Sibi ; inquit, Demuiccbo
tuas Amcsdulcibus Caniibus.
Accipiter refpondit, Maso,
cemukeas meum Ventrcm ;
pcjsum vivere ftne tuis
Cantibus, fed ntn sine
Cio.

THE Nightingale heingcaugbt

by a hungry Hawk,
iLeu She understood, that Sht
stiould be devoured by Hitn,
aked
Him
fairly,
that
He would difmifs Her, having
promifed, that She would retura
a ' iaft
Reward
fer
fo great a Benef/t. But ivbea
the
Hawk ajked,
What
Faveur -She was able to relurn
to Him ; She faid, I will fasien
thy Ears ivith fiveet Songs.
The Haiv anfwe;ed, lhadralher,
thou houldst foften my Bellyj
/ am able to live ivitbout thy
Songs,
but
net
without
Mtat,

Mor.
Mor.
Haec Fabula docet, utiThis Fable teacheth, that pnlia
anteponenda stable Tbings are to be preferred
jucundis.
to plecifant.

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FABLE
De Leone eligente Porcum
Socium Sibi.
LEO,
cum
vellet
adj'ciscere Socios Sibi,
& multa Animalia tptarent
adjungere S.e/e Illi, cf
exposcerent Id Votvs &
Precibus, cteteris fpretis,
volait
inire
Societatem solm cum Porco.
Autem rogatus Caufum,
respondit, S)uia hoc Ani
mal elt adcb fidurrs, ut nunquam relinqucre: suos Amicos
& Socios in ullo, quantumvis
magno, Discrimine.

HJ

CLX.

Of the Lion choojng the Hog

a Comfunion for Himself.
rT"> HE Lion, ivhen He would
X get Companions to Himself,
and
many Animais luijbed
to join Tbem/el'ves to Him, and
required // with Vows and
Players, tic osiers being despised-,
He uuas -ivilling to enter into
Society only uuitb the Hog.
But baing aked the Cauj'e,
He answered, Because this A/is so faithfu!,. that He ner
ver ivoud Icave his Friends
and Companions in <?_}-, altho*
great, Danger.

Mor.
Mo R.
Hsc fabula
docet,
This
Fable
teache?r
Amicitiam Eorum appeten- that the Friendjhp os those is to be
datn, Qui Tempore Adver- dejred, Who in the Time'oi Adtatis non referunt Pedem versity k ?zo drmu back a Foot
_/>a asording Assistance.
prstando Auxilio.

FABLE

CLXI.

D Culice petente Cibum if

Hospitium ^ Ape.

Of the Gnat asting Meat ct/^

Lodging of the Bee.

CUM Culex hyfeerno

Tempore conjieeret, Se
periturum
Frigore
&
Fam, acceffit ad Alvearia
Apum peteus Cibum sf
Hospitiam ab Eis ; Qu
fi fuijfet cenfe-cutus ab Eis
pr.o-

W Hen tbeGhatin theWinter

Twrconjcctured-, that He
hould perih ivih Cold and
Hunger, He vvent to the Hives
of the Bees ajking Mea atid
Lodging front Them ; WbUb
if He Jhould obtain from Them
F 5
He prd

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promittebat, Se edocturum He promifed, tbat He would teach
Filial
Eorum
Arttm the Cbildren of Them the Art
Musical.
Tune quaedam of Mufick. Then a certain
Apis- refpondit, At Ego Bce
anfwered,
But
1
malem, qud mei Liberi had rather, that my Children
edifcant meam Artem, Qu jhould learn my Art, Which
poterit eximere Eos ivil he able to exempt Them from
Fericulo Famis f Frigoris. the Danger of Hunger and Cold.
Mor.
Mor.
This
Fable
admonihes
Haec Fabula admonet
nos, ut erudiamus nostros Us, that We instruit our
Liberas his Arlibus, Quae Cbildren in those Arts, Which
valent vindicare Eos ak are able to defend Them from
Want.
Inopi.

FABLE

CLXII.

&

Of the Afs the Trumpeter, and

the Hare the Letter-Carrier.

LEO, Rcx Quadrupedum,

pugneturus
adverfus Volucres, instruebat
suas Aies : Autcm inter. rogatus ab Urso, Shtid Iner
tie Ajni, aut Timiditas Leporis conferret Victoriam Et, Quos cernebat
adesse ibi inter Cteros,
refpondir,
AJinus,
Cbngore fuar
Tubc,
(ondtabit,
Milites
ad
Fugnam ; veto Lepus fuugetur Officio Tahellarii
ob Ccleritatem Pedum.

THE Lion ,theKingo( the fourfooted Beasts, abeut to fight

a gai n st the Birds, dispoied
bis Troops : But being aked by the Bear, Hoiv the Sluggihnefs of ihe Afs, or the Fearfulnefs of ihe Hare iiouldbring\ ctoly to Him, W hom He fa-vs
to be prefent there among the reft,
He
anfwered,
The Afs,
with the Sound of bis Trumpes,
ivill roufe the Solders to
the Fight ; but the Hare ivill perform the Office, of a Letter- Bearer
thro< the S<wiftnefs of his Feet.

De

Asino Tubicine,
Lcpore Tabellario.

Mor.
Mor.
Fabula jignficat, NemiThe Fable fignifies, that no
stem ejse ade contemptibilem, One
U
fo
(ontemptible,
Who

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II
Qui non pojfit prodesse Nobis Who can not be prositable to Us
in aliqua Re.
in fome Thing,

F A B I E

CLXIII.

De Accipitribus Inimicis
in ter
Se,
Quos
Cclumbar compouerunt.

Of
the
Hawks Enemies
amrng Themfelves, Whom
the Doves reconciied.

ACcipitres Inimici in ter

Se decertabant quot/die,
&c occupati fuis Jnvid/is
minime infeftabant alias
Aves. Columbae dolentes,
Legatis mifis, compoure
Eos : Sed lili, ubi funt
essecti Amici, inter Se,
non desinebant <vexare &
occidere caeteras mbtcillcrts
Aves,
maxime Columbas.
Tum Columb dicebant,
Quanta
erat Difeoraia
Accipitrum mehor Nobis,
qum Concordia.

TH E Hawks Enemies among

Tbcmfilws contended daily,
and hujed with theirown Enm/tks
they very litle infefied the other
Birds. The Doves grieving,
A mbassadors heing
reconcikd
Them : But They, when They ivtre
made Friends among Tktmjelves,
did not leave oss to vest and
kill
the
other
iveaker
Birds, and mo!lly the Doves.
Then
the
Doves
faid,
By bolxi much was the Difcord
of the Hawks hetter to Us,
than their Agreement.

Mo R.
H.-ec Fabula admones,
Odia
malorum Civium
inter Se potis alenda, qum extinguenda, ut,
dum
certant
inter
Se,
permutant
bcnos
V't/es vivcre quiet.

Mor.
This
Falle
admonifhes,
that the HatreJs of bad Citizens
among Themfehitl rather are to he
nourijhed ihan extinguijhed, that,
vcbilft They contend among
Themselves, They maypermit geod
Men to live quietly.

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E

CLXIV.

Sene wolente- differre Mortem.

Of the old Man belng ivillirtg to

defer Death.

QUidam Senex rogabat

^.Mortem, Qu* ad<venerat
creptura
Eum

Vt,
ut
deferret,
tlum
couderet
su u m
Teja/nenlum, & prpararet
tera
necej/aria
ad
tantum
Iter.
Ca/
"Mors inquit, Cur monitus
toties Me non prparst
Te?
Cam ille diceret,
qucd nunquam Kiiderat Eam
twtca, inquit, Cum quocilie rapiebam non modo tuos
JEquales, Quorum Nulli
ser jam restant, -vcrum
etiam fwvenes, Pueros, 13
Infantes, nonne admonebam
Te tuee Mortalitatis ? Cum
ientiebas
tuos
Oculos
tabefcere, tuum Auditu/n
minui, & tuos cteros
Kcnsus defcerc indies, nonne
dicebam Tibi, Me ejfe
propinquam ?
& negas,
Te
ejfe
admonitum ?
quare non est dijferendum
ulteris.

A Certain, old Man asiced

Death,
Who
rame
to
fnatch Htm
out
of
Life, that He ivould' defer it,
tifl
He
made
his
WM,
and
prepared
the other necefsary Things for
fo great a Journey. To ivbont
Death faid, Why luarned fo
often by Me ^j/? //?>0K s/ prepared
Thyself A/, when i faid,
/to He never had feen Him
before, He faid, Jf& daily / fnatched aicay not o/y tiiy
Equah,
of
Which iVW
almost
non
remain,
but
alfo Toung Me, Boys, and
Infants, did not I admcnijh
Thee of thy Mortality When
Thou perceivedst tbine Eyes
to groiv dm, thy Hearing^
to be lessened, and thy other
Senss to decay daily, did 1 net
fay to Thee, that / ivas
near ? and dos Thou deny,
that Thou hast been admonihed ?
ivherefore it is not to be deferred
longer.

Mor.
Mor
This Fable stiows,
that
Hxc Fabula indicat, quod
debemus <viuere, quasisemper We ought to li<ve, as if ahvayt
We saw Death to be prsent.
cernamus Mortem adelle.

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FABLE

121

CLXV.

De Avaro Viro alloquente

Sacculum Numnli.

Os the covetous Man fpcakistgto

the Bag of Money.

QUidam avants Vir

miriturus, & relicturus ingentem Acervum
Aureorum male partum,
interrogabat
Sacculum
Nummorum, Quem j/iff/t
.afferri
Siti,
Quibus
eJJ'et allaturus Voluptatem ?
Cui Sacculus inquit, Tuis
Haeredibus, Qui profundent Nummos quaesitos
Te
tauto
Sudore in
Scortis if Conviviis ; &
Daemonibus, Qui mancipabunt
tuam Animam
tetcvnis Suppliciis.

A Certain covetous Man

about to die, and aheut ta
leave
a
vast
Heap
of golden Pieces ill gotten,
afied
a
Bag
of Manies, which he commanded
to be brought to Eim, To whom .
Ht ivas about to bear Plcafure ?
To Whom the Bag laid, To tbine.
Heirs,
IVho
will
fpend the Monies gotten by
Thee ivith fo great Sweat npon
Whores and Feastt ;
and
to the Devils, Who will torment
thy
Soul
ivilh eternal Punihtnents.

Mo R.
Haee Fabula indicat e,sestultiffimum
laborare
in
Eis,
Quac
jnt
allutura Gaudium Aliis,
autem Tormenta Nobis.

Mor.
This Falle hows t to le
a most foolih Thing to lalour
in thofe Tbings, Which may le
about to bear Joy to Culiers,
but Torments ta Us.

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FABLE

De Vupe

Capro.

VUIpes W Capcr st.ibundi dtfcenderunt in

quendam Puteum; in Quo
Cm perbibifint, Vulpes
ait Capro circumfpicienti
Reditum, Caser, elto bono
Animo, namq; excogitavi,
quo pao uterque jmus
reduces.
Siquidcm Tu
eriges Te reum, prioribus
Pedibus
admotis
ad
Parietem, W reclinabis
tua Cornua, Memo adducto
ad Pectus, Ego tranhhens
per tua Terga & Cornua,
Sc evadent extra Puteum,
edttcam
Te
isthinc
pistea.
Cujus
ConJ.io
Capro halcnte Fdem, atq;
obtemperante, ut 111a juhebat, Ipfa prosJit. Puteo,
ac deinde gestiebat pr
Gaudio in Margine Putei,
te exuliabat, habens Nibil
Curae de Piirco. Cterm,
Cm incujaretur ab Hirco,
ut fadifraga, refpondit,
Enimvero, Hirce, j esset
Tibi tantum SenJt in
Mente,
quantum
est
Setarum in Memo, non defcendijset
in
Putcum,
priusquam kabuifet explo- ratum de Reditu*

CLXVI.

Of the Fox and the He-Goat.

A FOX and a Goat heing tbitxfty
defcended
inta
a certain Well ; in Wbicb
when They had ivel drank, the Fox
says to the Goat locking about for
a Retum, Goat, be of gocaf
Cheer, for 1 have thougbt
by ivhat Meant We both tnay be
brought back. If truly Thon
<t;ilt raife upThy{distrait ,thyforeFeet
being
fet
to
the Wall, and wilt lean forward
tby Horns, tbyCbin being drawn,
to tby Breast, / leaping
over thy Back and Hornt,
and efeaping out of the Wfll,
will biing out Tbee thence
af/ervardt. To whofe Counfel
the Goat ha-ving Faith, and
obeying,
as
She
commanded, She leaped axxi cf theWell,
and
jumped
./ir
Joy
the Brink of the W'ell,
and
rejoced,
having
no
Care of the Goat.
2i/rf,
hen She ivas aceufed by the Goat,
zsaLeague-Breakcr, She anfwered ,
Indeed, Goat, if there had been
to Thee as much of Senfe in
r/y
Mind,
as
//'/ m
of Hairs on thyChin , thou zvouldst
not haiie defcended into the Wcll,
before that thou h'bdst examisi
ed about a Retum.

Mou.

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Mo R.
Mor.
Haee Fabula innuit,
This
Fable
hints,
prudentem Virum dehere. that a prudent Man ought
explorare Finem, antequam to examine the End, before chat
veniet ad peragendam Rem. He comes to do the Thing.

FABLE

CLXVII.

De Gallis l Perdice.

O/" the Cocks and the Partridge.

p U M Quidam habeet
Gallos Domi, mercatus eft
Perdicem, ff dedit Eam
in Societatem Gailorum
alendam,
& faginandam
un cum Eis.
Galli
ptifque pro Se mordebant
cf abigebant Eam. Autem
Perdix afflictabatur apd
Se,
exiftmans
tala
inferri Sibi Gallis,
quod fuum Genus esset
alienum ab lllorum Genere.
Ver ubi non mult poft
afpexit Illos pugnantes
inter Se,
cif mutu
percutientes,
recreata
M'rore f Tristiti, inquit,
Equidem poft Haec non affliciabor ampli s, videns Eos
dimicantes etiam inter Se.

W'HE N a certain Man had

Cocks at Home, He bougbt
a Partridge, and gave //fr
into the Company o the Cocks
to le frd,
and fattened^
together <v.itb Them : The Cocks
Every one for Himfclf bit
and drove away Htr.
But
the Partridge was afflicted \vith.
Herelf, tbiuking thatfuch things
ivere offered to Her bj the Cocks,
becaufe
her
Kind
was
different rom fbor Kind.
/Sa/ when u/ much aster
She
f/w
sighting
amongft Themfelves and mutually
ftriking,
recovered
from
Grief and Sadnefs, She faid,
Truly after thefe ThJngs 1jha',1
not he a jiBed more, feeing Them
fighting cy m amongft Tnemfelves.

Mor.
Mo R.
This
Fable
Haec Fabula innuit,
prudentes Viros dehere ferre that prudent Mcn ought
Contumelias illatas ab Ale- the Contumelcs ossered
nigenis, Quos vident ne reigners, JVhom They
abltinere
ab
Injuria to abstain from the
Domefticorum.
of ther oivn Countrjmen.

hints,
to bear
by Fofee not
Injury

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F A B L E
De Jactatore.

QUidam Vir peregrina- tus alquandiu, cm

fuisses
reverus
Domum
iterum, cm jactabundus
pnedicarct multa a!ia gesta
a Se viriliter in diversis Regionvbus, tum vert Id maxien, quod Rhodi 'uperfcl Omnes faliendo : Rbodios, Qui adfuerant, esse
Tejies
ejufaem
Rei :
Uuus
Eorum,
Qui aderans, refpondens illi
inquis, O Homo, si Ijtud est
iierum, Quod loqueris, Quid
Opus est Tib Teiibus?
Ecce Rhodium ! Ecce hc
Certamcn faliendi !

CLXVIII.

Ofthe Boaster.
>
A Certain Man haviug travefled a long ivbile, when
He
ivas
returned
aga in,
. botb
boasting
told maay other Things carried en
hy Him manfully in divers Re
gimis, and truly That e$ecially, that at Rhodes He haJ e.\celled All'in. leaping ; tbatthe Rbor
dians, Wiio had heen prefent, were
Wienejjset of tbe fame Thng:
Otie
of
Tbm,
Who ivcre prefent, anwering him
faid, O Man, if That is
frue, Which you fpcah, What
Need ijthere to You of Witnessesf
Behcld a Rhodian ! Bchold here
a Trial of leaping !

Mor.
Haee Fabula indicaf,
Tliis
quod, ubi ' vera Teflimonia that, . where
cdfunt,
est vibil Opus are prefent,
of Words.
Verbis.

F A B
De Viro tentante
Apo-llinem.

Mor.
Fable
hos,
true Testimonies
there is no Neti

CLXIX.
Of the Man tempting
Apollo.

iv'tcked
M.ia
QUidam facinomfus Vir A Certain
hetook Himfelf to Depbos
w contulit Se Delphos
tentaturus Apollintm, & about . to tempt Apollo, and
a
Sparrow uncr
habcns Passerculum fub having
Pallio, >ucm tenebat fu his Cloak, Wh'tcb He held in bis
Pugno,

SELECT FA!
Pugno, Ef accedens ad
Tripodas, interrogabat Eum
dicens, Quod haheo in me
Dextr, viviene, an est
mortuum? Prolaturus Paifcrculum irivum, si /// re(pondisset, mortuum : rurfus
prolaturus mortuum, st
refpondisset, <vivvm ; etenim
tccidi/jstt
Eum
statim
iuh Pallia clam, priufqaam
proferret.
At
]3eu5,
iutelligens fubdolam Calliditatem Hominis, dixit,
O Confultor, facito Utrum
mavis .
facere ;
etenim est pnes ft ; 1$
proserto stve vivum, five
mortuum, l^uod habes in
tuh Manibus.

iLES OF ^SOP.
125
Fit,
and
going
to
the Trevet, He ajked Hitn
faying, What / have in my
Right Hand, liveth it, or is H
dead About topluckforth theSparrow alive, if lie had anfwered,
dead:
a gui n
about to pluck it forth dead, if
He had anfwered, alive; for
He ivould have kilcd Jt pnfentlf
under the Clcak prrvily, hefore that
He plucked it out. But theGod,
understanding the deceitful Craftinefs of the Man, faid,
O Confulter, do Thou Whetber
Tiou art more willine to do ;
for /'/ is in the Power ofThee ; and
pluck out ei/her alive, or
dead, What Thou hast in
thy Hands.

Mor.
Mor.
This Fable hints, that NeHaee Fabula innuit, Nihil latere, neque faliere tbing lies hid from, /- deceives
the divine M in d.
divinam Mentem.

F A B ]

CLXX.

De Pifcatore & Smaride.

Of the Fiherman and the Sprat.

QUidam Pifcator, Retibus

dimijsts
in
Mare,
extulit pufillam Sinaridem,
Slure sic objecrabat Piseatorem ; Noli capere Me tam
pufillam in prfent; ne
Me
abire 3' crefcere
ut
postea
patiaris
Me fie adult eum i-./jori
Comniodo.
Cui r j f -

A Certain Fijkerman, his Nets

^'<j- // doivn into
/S'a,
brought out a fmall Sprat,
Wbieh thus hestmght the Fisherman ; Be not ivilling to take Me so
//'///<
at
prefent ;
fu fter
i!f? to go away, W to grow,
r-W afterwardi Thou mayst obtain
Mf fo grown up ivith greater
-.avantage. To whom the Fist?erman

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tor inquit, Vero Ego efsem erman said, But I JhvxIJ
amens,
Jl
omitterem mad, if I ftiould
ornif
Lucrum lict exiguum, Quod G/ altho' smal, Which'
habeo //?r meas Manus ' I have benvcen my Handt
Spe
futuri
Boni sor the Hope o/" sature Good
quam-vis magni.
altho' great.
Mo r.
Ha;c Fabula indicat Eum
esse Jlolidum, Qui propter
Spem majoris Commodi
non ampleitur Rem Cf
prscntem cf certam, lict
parvam.

Mor.
This Fable stiows
Him
to be foolijb,
Wh
Hope of a greater Advantage
does -not embrace a Thing lotb
prsent and certain, altbougb
small.

F A B L E
Dt Equo & Asino.
QUdam Pir hnhebat
^ Eqtrum & Jsmum ;
autem dum faciunt lier,
Asinus inquit Equo, Si
vis, Me esse salvum,
leva Me Parte otv Oneris :
Equo non obsequcne Illius
Verbis, Asinus cadens sub
Onere moritur. 7 Dominus Jumeniorum imponit
Equo
omnes
Sarcinas,
Qaas Afnus portabat, Sf
simul
Ccriutn,
Quod
exuerat
.
mi>rluo
Asino;
^aa
Onere
Equus depressus y gemens
* inquit, Vas jtfr infeliciffi-'rno fumentcrum !
Quid
Mct//
evenit
mij'ero
IVIihi!
Nam
rcusons
Paricm, nunc porto totum
Ontis,

CLXXI.
O/the Horse W ihc Ai.

A Certain
Man
had
/fer/- and an Afs ;
but wvbfjt they tnake Journey,
the Ass /yu to the Horse, If
You are wiling, that I be
lighten Meva Pznofmj Burden :
The Horse not obeying His
Words, the Afs falling under
/A Burden dies. Tfo the Master e/"
Beajs puts on
//w-y? ail /ta iV/.r,
Which
./(/} carried, and
at the fam Time the Hide Which
fie had ftripped off from the dead
Afs :
Wtb tvbicb Biirdcr
the Horse depressed and groaning
faid, . Woe to Me most unhappy
of Benss!
What
an Evil has happened to wrtcbld
Me!
For
refuling
a Part, no w / car y the whole
BurdiK,

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2J
Onus, & infuper Illius Burden,
and moreover his
Corium.
Hide.
Mor.
Haec Fabula innuit,
majores debere ejse Parti
cipes in minoribus Laboribus,
ut
Ulriq;
sint
incolumes.

This
that the
takers
bours,
faje.

FABLE

Mor. '
Fable
hints,
greater ought to bc r*arin the ksser La
that Botb may be

CLXXII.

De Tubicine.

0/ the Trumpeter.

QUidam Tubiccn, interceptus ab Hostibus in

Mi/iti, proclamabat ad Eos,
Qui cireum/ijiibans, O
Nolite eccidere Me innocuum
Se infoutcm; etcnim nunqv.am occidi TJilum ; quippe
baheo Nihil aliud, qum
c Tubam.
Quem
////' responderunt vicijsun
cum Clamere ; Ver 7
trucidaberis magis
hoc
;
qud
cum
Tu
//y
nequeas
dimicart, potes impellcre
aeteros
Certamen.

A Certain Trumpeter, taken

the Enemies in
the War, cried tut to T&Mi/
Who sud about, O M,
Be n-ot willing to kll Me barmless
and
innocent ;
for
fiw have I kiilcd any One ; for
7 bave Nothing elfe, than
Trumpet.
To Whom
anf.vered
m
Tari
with a Nu/fe ; But Tbou
hak be flain rather on this
fa/ne Account ; becaufe ot^fs
not
Thou Thysclf can't
fiEht< Thou art able fa (fr/V*
the Rest /o the Engagement.

Mor.
Hrec Fabula innuit,
yK// peccant prter coeteros,
Qui perfuadent malis 13
improbis Principibus ad
agcndum inique.

Mo.i.
This
Fable
hints,
fActf They sin beyond O chers,
Who
perfuade
bad
a/id
wicked
Princes
to
aSl unjnflly.
FABLE

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F A B L E

CLXXIII.

De Vatkinatore.

' Of the Fortune-teller.

VAtcinatcr fedens in
Foro fermocinabatur ;
C ni Quidam denuncias,
f'jus Fores effe essractas,
3
Omnia
dinpta,
Qnre fu'Jsent in Domo.
Vaticinator,
gemens &
prcperans Curfu, reeipichat
Se
Domum :
Que m
Quidam
intucns
currentem, inquir, O Tu, Qui
promittis, Te divinaturnm
aliena Ncgoti;t, certt Jpe
non d-vinjt tua.

AFortunc-telcr tting in
the Market dijccurjti ;
To whom
One ' declares,
that bis Doors.<u.')- bnke open,
and ail Things taken alvay,
Which had heen in the Houje.
The Fortune-teller, figbing and
ha'ing in his Pace, bilook
Himfeif
Home:
' Whom
a .scrtain Man perreving run.niag, aid, O Thou, - Wbk
promiscst, that Thou wilt divine
ttbtrt* Assairs, Jurely Thyse
haf not di-viucd thint" uwn.

Mo R.
Haee Fabula fpectat ad
F.os, Qui, ncn re ad
ministrantes
fuas Res,
conantur
providere
$
confulere Alienis,
Qua;
non pertinent ad Eos.

Mor.
This
Fable
looks to
Them, Whr, ' not rgbtly administring their o-ivn Assa/rs,
endeai'our
to forefee an-i
coniult for other Mea<s, WHch
do not helong to Them.

F A B L E

CLXXJV.

De Puero &f Matre.

OJ ihe Boy and his Mother.

QUidam Puer in Schol

furatus
Libellum,
attuiit Ju<e Matri ; /
Qn castigatus, y.votidie furabatur ?nagis atque
mags ; Autern Progrcffu
Temporis coepit
furari
mrj:ra.
Tandem depre-

A Certain Boy in Schcsl

JTL having stolen a little Boii,
brought it to lis Mother ; h
Whom not being chastifed, daly
He
llole
more and
more ;
But
in
Prcgrtfi
of Time He bsgan to iteal
grenier 'biugs. At last heing }.prtbaii

SELECT FA
bensus Magijratu, ducebatur ad Supplicium. _frero
Matre fequenfe, ac 'vocif
rante, Ille rogwvit, ut licerei Sibi loqui paulisper ctm
E ad Aurem. Illo permisi'o, y Matre profrante,
Sc admimante Aurem ad Os
Filii,
cuisit Aunculam
Matris fuis
Dentibus.
Cm Maier, Lf cacteri,
Qui adilabant, increparent
tum, non mod ut fr'urem,
fed etiam, ut impium in
su a m Parentem, inquit, Hrec
fuit. Causa mei Exiii ;
etenim fi castigsset Me ob
Libellant, Qnem furatus fum
pris, feciffem Nil ulteris ;
ruine ducor ad Supplicium.

5LES OF JESOV.
I2
prehendedbythe Magistratc, Hewa
led
to Punihment.
But
the Mother following, and ctying,
Hc afhed, that z> might te la<wful for Him
a little <w/f
Her in her Ear. iV being permi tted, and he Mother bastening,
and mo'uing her Ear /o the Mouth
c/" /Af Son, He tore oft"
Ear
of. his Mother u7 bit Teeth.
JVhen the Mo:herz7/A-/the Others,
Wbo stood about,
Llamed
Him, s/ on!y <jt a Thief,
but also, .r impious to
his Parent, He faid, M?
vvas /^ Cause of my Destruction ;
for 1/ She had chaslised Ase sor
ibe little Book, Which / stole
first, / had done Nothing furtber ;
now / am led to Punjhment.

Mor.
Ha;c Fabula indicat,
quod, C2_ui non corcentur
inter
Initia peccandi,
e-vadunt ad majora Fagitia.

Mor.
This
Fable
shows,
They, Who are net restraiued
t the Beginnings of sinning,
on to greater Crimes.

FABLE

CLXXV.

De Hircis ff Capelis.

O/theHeGoatsWthe SheGoats.

CUM Capellat obtinuisient Barbam Jcve,

Hirci cperunt offendi,
quia Mulieres haberent
parem Honorem cum Eis.
Jupiter inquit, Sinite Illds
frui aau Glori, &
usurpare Ornatum vestrje
4
Dig-

WHE N the She- GoatshnoblmuBeardfromfupitcr,

the H -G oats began tobeorlended,
becaufe the
Females
had
eqn il Honour with Them.
Jupiter faid, SufFer ye Them
to enjoy the 'vain Giory, and
to usurp te Ornamcnt of ybur
Dig

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SELECT FABLES OF ^SOP.
Dignitatis, dum non aquent Dignity, whilst Tbey do not equa
veltram Virtutem.
your irtut.
Mor.
Mor.
Haec Fabula edocet Te,
Tbis Fable teaches Thet,
ut stras lllos u/urpare. that ihoumay'f bearliofe tousurf
tuum Ornatum, Qui surit thy
Ornament,
Who are
insonores Ttbi in Virtute.
inferiors to Thee in Virtue,

F A B L E

CLXXVI.

De Filio cujusdam Senis

W Leone.

Of the Son of a certain old Ma.

and a Lion.

QUidam Senior habebat

unicum Filium generofi Spiritus, y Amatorern
venaticorum^ anum. Viderai
Hunc/r Quietem trucidari
Leone. Jgitur terrisus,
ne /or/ aliquando E-ventus
sequeretur 2>s Somnium,
extruxit quandam poltijjtnam,,
&
amnjfimam
Dcmum ; inditccns Filium
illc, affiduus Cujlas aderat
///;'.
Depinxerat
Doms omne Genus Animalium ad Delectationem
Filii, cum Quibus etiam
Lecnem.
Adolescens infpiciens HaC, conlrahebat
Molestiam
Ea
mags.
Autern quodam Tempore,
adstans . propius Leoni,
inquit, O truculentifitma
Fera, afferuor in bc
Domo
propter
inane
Somnium me Patris : >uid
aciam Tibi-f Et ita dicens,

A Certain elderly Man liad

Son of a gne
rons Spirit, and a Lover
of bunting-Dogs. He bad feen
Him in a .Dream to be killed
by a Lien. Therefore a/raid,
lest by Chance W.etime an E-vent
hould fo'low ths Dram,
He built a certain wry
fine,
and
mojl
plenfant
House ;
bringing his Son
thither, a daily Guardian was pr
sent to Him. He had painted
in the Houfie every Kind of Ani
mais
for
the
Delight
of his Son, with Which also
a lie*.
The Youth hoking on thse Things, contraled
Trouble by fo much the more.
?/ on a certain Time,
standing nearer to the Lion,
He said, O
most cruel
wild Beast, / am kept i/p in this
House
for
a
vain
Dream of my Father : What
lhall I do to Jbee ? And / say

SELECT FABLES OF ^SESOP

!3T
ceis,
incujjit
Man u m ing. He ftruck his Hand
Pareti,
volens
eruere on the Wall, willing to pluck ont
Oculum Leonis, Sc ojsende- the Eye os the Lion, and He bit
kat in Clavo, Qtti latsbat it on a Nail, Which lay bii
ivith ivbich Blow
illc,
qu
Percusione there,
Manus emarcuit, & Saiies the Hand rankled, and the Matter
succrevit, & Febris fubfe- greiv under, and a Fever fol
cuta est,
brevi Tempore iowed, and in a ihort Time
Thus the Lion
mortuus est. Ita Leo He died.
occidit Adolefccntem, Arte killed the Youth, the Art
of the Father a<vailing Nothing.
l'atris ju-vante Nihil.
Mo R.
Haec Fabula indicat,
Nminem pojfe devitare,
%/ silttt <Ventura.

Mor.
This
Fable
hows,
that no Man ft able to avoid
tbo/e l 'bings Which are to come.

F A B L E

CLXXVII.

De Vulpe y Rubo.

0/ the Fox and the Bramble.

VUlpe, cnm afcenderet quandam Sepem,

ut
vitaret
Periculum
".uod videbat imminere Sib,
comprehendit
Pvubum
Manibus, atque ptrfodit
Volam
Senti\bus ;
Sc
cm
foret
j'aucia graviter, i<rquit, ra
mens, Rubo, Cm confugerim ad Te, ut juveris
Me,
Tu nocuilfi
Mihi.
Cui Rubus ait,
Vulpes,
errsti,
Quae
putfti capere Me pa
ri
Dolo quo con/usviji capere ctera.

rT",HE Fox, iuhen She got up

JL upon a certain Hedge,
that She migbt avoid a Danger
Which She aw to hang o<ver Her,
catched bold of a Bramble
ivith her Hands, and pn\ked
the Hollow of her Hand mit the
Tkorni ; and ivhen She was
ivtundedgrievo u l y ,jhefaid,groa n H9J, to the Bramble, When I have
to Thee, that Thou mightejl
havt helped Me, Tbou hast hurt
Rs. To ivhom the Bramblesays,
O Fox, 7/W
frr//, W ho
hast thcught to take Ai with the
lice Deccit, with which Thou hast
uftd to take other Tbings..
,

Mo*,

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SELECT FABLES OF ZESOP.

Mor.
Mor.
Fabula Jgnificat, qud
The Fable signifies,
that'fl
est
stultum
implorare it is a foolilh Thing to implcri ]
Auxilium ab Mis, Quitus Help from Them, to If'bom '
est datum Natur potis it is given by Nature rather
obejse, q-um prcdjse.
to burt, than to profit.

FABLE

CLXXVffl.

De Vulpe i3 Crocodilo.

Os the Fox and the Crocodile.

VUlpes ff Crocodilus
contendebant
de
Noilitate. Cm Crocodi
lus adduceret Multa pro
Se,
&
jalaret
Se
y^ra
Modum
de
Splendore fuorum Progenitorum; Vulpts subridens,
ait Ei, Heus, Amice,
etfi quidem Tu non dixeris
Hoc,
apparet
clar ex tuo Corio, qiid jam
multis A n ni s ftsti dcnudatus Splendore tuorura
Progenitorum .

THE Fox and the Crocodile

conlended
Concerning
tbcir Nobility. When the Croco
dile brought tnany Tbings for
Himself, and boasted Himself
beyond
Measure
concerning
the Splendour os bis Ancestors ;
the
Fox miling,
fiaid to Him, So Ho, Friend,
allhough indeed Thou hadst not
have said This, it appears
clearly by thy Skin, that now
tnany Years Thou baft becn deprived of the Splendeur of thy
Aucefiors.

Mor.
Mor.
Fabula jgnificat, qud
The Fable signifies, that
Res ipsa potijfimm refellit the Thing itself cbiefiy rfutes
xieiidaces Homines.
lying Men.

FABLE

'

S,ELECT FABLES OF jESOP.

F A B L E
.D Vulpe y Venatorib'us.
VUlpes, ejsugiens Venatores, r jam deftfa
currendo
per
Viam,
Cafu reperit Lignatcrem,
, Qnem rog-at, ut abj'co:tdat
Se /'# quoquo Loco. Ille
/ efendit Tectorium ; Vulpes
ingrcdiens Id, abfcondt Se
in quodam Angulo. Venatores adveniunt,
rogant
Lignatorem, fi videret
Vulpem. Lignatov negat
Verbis quidem, Se vidiie ;
ver
pstendit
Lo.cum
Manu,
ubi
Vulpes latebat ; ver Venatores, Re non pcrccpt,
ftatim
abeunt.
Vulpes,
ut
pro/picit
lllos
abijse,
egredi,ens Teilorio, recedit tacite.
I Lignator
criminatur
Vulpem, qud, cm fecerit
Eum fuivans, ageret AA/7
Gra:taram Sibi,
7a?/<r
, V upes) con<vertens Se, a/V
f tacite ////', Hcus, Amice,
\ si
habnjses
Opera
Alannum, & Meres similes
t/r Verbis, perforrem
meritas Grattas T'ibi.

l'JJ

CLXXIX.
Of the -Fox and the Hunters.

THE Fox,fyingfrom the Hun

iers, W now tired
with running /sag- the Way,
by Chance found a Wood-Cutter,
Whom Ile aJks, that He may bide
Himself in any Place.
He
jbawed the ' Cottage ; T& /W
entering It, hides Himfelf
in certain Corner. 77/c //ters
come
up,
the Wood-Cutter, if He faw
the Fox. The PVood-Cutter denies
in Words indeed, that He had
seen Him ; but He howd
.the Place with his Hand, ivheri
the Fox lay bid ; but the Hun
iers, the 'I hing mt being perceived, immediately go away.
The Fox, as on as He perceives
Them to he gone aivay, coming
out of the Cottage, retires jilently.
The
Wood-Cutter
accufes
the Fox, that, w h en He had tnade
Him j"afe, He gave no
Thanks -to
Him.
Then
the Fox, tuming Himfelf, foys
foftly /<? ///'ot, Hark ye, Friend,
\ : thou ivouldfi have had\z Works
cf thy Hands, and /y MoralsXx
to thy Word, / ivould paj
the deserved Thanks tothee.

Mo R.
Mor.
Fabula ' fignifcat, qud
The ' Fable fignifes, that
.nequam Homo, f// polli- a ivicked Man, altho< fie pro^
cetur 0//a, tamen pra- miles /W Tbings, yet fli
Jl-at mala f improba.
formeth bad
Wicked Things.
G
FABLE

..SELECT ..FABLES OF iESP,

FABLE
De Cane <uecao ad
Cnam.

CLXXX.
Os the Dog invited to
Sipper.

,-^QUdam ,/"/>, cm faA Certain A/a, when Ht

^*-rJset opiparam Cae- xX had prepared a dainty V/Sct/,
vocavit
quendam per,
invited
a
tertai*
Amicum Domum; Ejus Friend
Home;
His
. Canis quoque insuitavit Dog
also
invited
Canem Alterius ad Car- the Dog of the other Man to Sup. nam.
Canis
ingre/sus, J/er. The Dog ha=v'mg entertd,j
cm vtderet tantas Dapes when //> faio so great Dainties
apparatas, lte/us, nitSecum, preparedjoyful.hysivith Himfelf,
Sani expkhoMe ita hodie, Tru\yljha/ifHMyelf fo 2%,
non indigebo ccmedere tbat I hall not want to tat
cras.
/V
Coquus To-morrow. But the Cook
confpiciens, tacitus xepit per Jeeing Him, silent toi JSse'w by
eCaudam,
atque rotant the TaU, and ivbirling Hia
terque quaterque, projecit both three andfour Times, threw
JlIum per Fenejham. Ille Him thro<
WJndoiv. He
..attonitus assurgens Humo, xtmaxed rising upfrom the Ground,
dum
damans, cteri whilst He fies crying, the thtr
Canes accurrunt Ei, atque Dogs rut up to Him, and
rogant, qum opipar cas- ak, boiv daintily He bad Jupna<verit : At IHe languens ped :
But He languining
<iit,
Ita explevi Me fays, So bave I flied Myself
JPotu & Dapibus, qud <witb Drink and Dainties, that,
. <ri exiverim, *os sptVt iubin I came out, / faiv nst
Viam.
the Way.
*
Mor.
Mor,
Fabula fignfcat, mulThe FMe fguises, thatmany
:a cadere inter Calicem Things
between the Cup
Sc.Labca.
and the Lips.

FABLE

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FABLE

135

CLXXXI.

De Aquil y Homine.

Of the Eagle and the Man.

CUM fnide: Homo

cepijset ' Aquilam,
Pennis
Alarum
avuljls
Ei,
dimifit
Eam morari inter Gallinat.
Deinde Quidam, mercatus,
munit "
Alas
Pennis :
tum
Aquila
volans eapit Leporem, f
fert lllum fuo Benfaclori.
Quam Rem Vulpes confpitiens, ait Homini, Noli hahere hanc Aquilam
Hofpitio,
ne
venetur
3V, <cque //s I.cporem.
ffa/o Homo item evullit
Pimas Aquilae.
.

"T7f?"HEN a certain Mail

VV had taken an Eagle,
the Feathers of the Wings
heing pluckedromYtr,Hedistni//sd
Her to divell among the Hens.
Afterwards a certain Man, having
purchascd Her,/)Y{/$/herWings
ivith Feathers : then the 3agle
flying takes a Han;, and
bears //(Vw to her Benfaor.
Which Tbing a Fox percei-vrf, He fays to the Man, Be unwilling to .have this Eagle
in Entertainment, lest She hunt
77w, as well as the Hare.
Then the Man alfo plucked off
the Feathers from the Eagle.

Mor.
Mor.
Haec Fabula ignisicat, quld
This
signisies, that
Benefaftores quidem iunt Eenefactors
indeed
are
remunerandi, o/fr improbi to be requited, but the Wicked
omnino vitandi.
altogether to be avoided.

FABLE
De Agricol.
aUidam Home, exiAens
Agricola, cm ecgnojeeret
adesse
Finem
Vitfe Sibi, & cuperet Filios
yseri peritos /' Cultu
Jlgrorum, vocavit Jos, atq;
t/iquit, Filii, ja decedo
Vit;

CLXXXII.
Of tlie Hubandmat. .

Certain
Man,
being
Xjl. a Hujbendman,
wheft
He kneiv that therc was an End
of WfetoHim, andd.<fredh'ts Son
/9 hecoir.e kilful in the Tilling
0y Lands, called Thon, and
vV, O Sons, / depart cut ef
G 2
Life;

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SELECT FA BLES O F iESOP,.
^'it; omnia mea Bona unt Life;
// my Gcods "are
cnsita in Vint. WXu post placed in /^ Vineyard. They, sl/7T
Obitum Patris, pistantes the Death os the Faher, thinking
rcperire hune Thefaurutn in ta find tliis Treasure in
Vine, Ligonibm, Marris, M<? Vineyard, Spades, Mattocks,
ac Bident:bus sumptis, /- and Pror.gs being taken, entiriV.'j elfodiunt Vineam, & ly dig up the- Vineyard, and
o in-veniunt Theseurum ; </o c find the Treasure ;
ver, Vinea
prob but, --w/jeit the Vine <.f well
effhffa, produxit Icng phires slVjr up, it produced ^ /r more
Frutus blito, aij; fecit Fruits thaii ui'ual,
made
lllos divites.
Tbem rich. ' .
M ci R.
Mor.
Fable
signifies,
Hc Fabula signifiest, This
jW affiduus Labcr parit that daily Labour bringeth forth
l'bejauruml
Treasure.

FABLE

CLXXXIII,

De quodam Piscatore.

Os a certain Fijbermaiu

Uidam Piscator inexQ pertus pi/candi, Reti

ac Tibiis ajsumptis, accedit
juxta Littus Maris, atq;
superexijlens quodam Saxa
cpit imprimis tubicinarev
futans, 5e cupmrum tjse
Pisces facile Cantu ; uerum
cm co.nsequeretur nullum
EJseclum Cantu, Tibiis
depofitis,
dimijit
Jlete in Mare, ac cepit
ferplures Pisces ; sed cm
extraberet Piscjis e Reti,
itquc p<-' spiceit Eos sel
lantes, ad non in/aJs, O
improba Animalia,
tubicinareia , noluijiis sel tare ;

A Certain Fijherman unklful / //fc/Bj-, Ws Net

tw// pipes
taken, goes
e.-ir the Shore of tbe Sea, and
standing up on a certain 7?o<-
He began at firj to pipe,
thnkivg, that He Jkould taie
Fisties eafily with a Tune ; but
when
?
cbtained
no
^Vct with a Tune, the Pipes
being laid down, He let dontn
the Net nto the Sea, and took
<very many Fihes ; but when
Hedrenu the Fisties outof the Net,
and perceived Thcm dan
cing, He fays, not unnvittily, O
wicked Animais, ivhen I piped, 7V vjere utpwlling to dance ;

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^J
Tiunc quia cejso tubicinare, noiv because / cease to pipe,
Jaltatis continu.
Te dance continualJy.
Mor,
_ . Mo R,
HaC Fabula docet, qbd
This Table shows, that
Qmnia . iiunt probe, Qmx AU Thir.gs are done tvell, Whicti
fiunt uoTempore.
are doue in theirown Seajon.

FABLE

CLXXXIV.

De quibufdarn Fiscatorilus.

Of certain Fifoermcn:

Psscatores
profeSi
picatum, 3' deei
jjifcarido -du,
prterea
oppreffi Fam & Mrore,
qud
cepijseht
Nihil,
cltm
dcernant
abre,
ecce, quidam Piscis fugitni
Aliam tnsequeniem S saltat
in Naviculam, Piscatores
admcdum kei comprehendu;it
Jllum, ac vendunt in
Urbe grandi Pretio..

Flhermen
boving. . g: n
to
fifl,
and
fired
uaitb fijhing a long while, bcf.des
oppressed luitk Hun.ger avid Crirf,
berause The.y had taken Nothinp,
nvheu They rsolve to %o anay,
behold, a certain Fih jfyng
another purjting Hirst leaps
into the Boat. The Fisliermer
njery
'joysul
taie
Him, and fell Him in
the City at a grt Price.

Mor.
' Mor.
Hase Fabula indicat,
This
Fable
shows,
qi/id Fortuna exhibes Id ihat Fortune
That
frequentis, Quod Ars non. very frequently, Which Art is not
able to ejsel.
potest ejjicere.-

FABLE

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FABLE

CLXXXV.

De Inope ff insirmo.

Of the poor and infirm Man,

QUidam Pauper, cm
rrgrotaret,
vovit
Hits, qud, fi liberare.
tur ab eo Mario, immolaret
ctntum
Eoves*
Quod Dii wolentes experiri,
facile reddunt Sanitatem ]lli.
lgitur liber Morbo,
cm non haberet Bores,
<juia trot pauper, cellegit
Oa
cent i. m
iJom,
f
depocens
fuser Altare, ixquit, Ecce,
nunc persolvo Votum, Quoi
veai Vobis. Dii audientes Hoc affisiunt 27 in
Somnis, atq; inquiunt, pergito ad Littus Maris;
etenim ihi reperies centum Talenta Auri semoto
Locc.
llie expergcfaus,
ir.emor
Scmnii,
dum
pirgit -ad Littus., incidit
in Latrones, Qui spolknt
\erberant Eum.

A Certain poor Man, whe

He tuas fick, vowed
to the Gods, that if He sliould bc
freed from that Difcafe, He
would sacrifice a bundred Oxen.
WhLh the Gods willing to tiy,
eafily restore Health to Him.
Therefore free from the Diseafe,
tuheu he had not the Oxen,
because he <was poor, He gathered the Bones of a hundre
Oxen, and putting them dotvn
upon the Ahar, He said, Behold
nctv I pay the Voua, Which
] noived to You. The Gcds hearjng This stand before him ia
Dreatas,
and
fay,
Go
to the Shore of the Sea ;
for there Thou stiait find a hurtdred Talents of Gold in a secret
Place.
He ha'ving arofe,
mindsul of the Dream, whilst
He gces ott to the Shore, falli
amor.g Thieves, Who rob,
and beat Him.

Mou.
Mo*.
Haec Fabula indicat,
This
Fabk
eued Mendaces accifiant that
Liars
Praenjia Mendaciorum.
the Rewards
tiu.

,
1

*
shows,
rectivt

FABLE

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FABLE

l^g.

CLXXXVI.

De Piscatoribus.

Of the Fihermen,

QUIDAM
Pfcanres
trahebant Rete Mari;
S>uod cm fentirent esse
grave, laetabantur magnopere, putantes suijse multos
Pifces;
fed, ut traxiffent Rete in Terrans,
cm perfpciunt paucos Pifcesquidem, verb ingens Saxum
inesse Reti, siant tristes.
Quidam ex Illis, jam
grandis uftate, inquit prndinter
Sociis,
Eftete
quietis Animis;
quippe
Mcestita est Soror Laetitiae ;
etenim oportet Noi profpicere futuros Cafus, &
ut
uis
ferat
illos
levis,
persiiadere Sibi
esse eventuros.

CERTAIN
Fijhermen
drew ther Net out of the Sea ;
Which when tbiy perceived to b
heavy, They rejoiced greaty, thinking that there ivere many
Fijhts ; but, as faon as They haddragged the Nef unto the Land,
when They perceive fe\v Fijhes
indeed, but a vast Stont
to be in the Net,They becomefaJ.
A certain One of Them, novn,.
great by Age, fays prudently to his Companions, lie V*
of
quiet
Miudt {
for
Sorreiv is the Sister of Gladncfe;
./r it behoveth Ut to forefee future Mifchances, and
that ct*y' Man may bear Them
io/- lightly, to perfuade Himfelf
that They will come to pafs.

Mo R .
Mor.
Tbis
Fable
fgnifiett
He Fabula jgnisicat,
remembereth
qud
Qui reminiieitur that #1r
Lot,
m
officie<s '
humanre Sortis, afficitur human
the least iV adverfe Things,
minime in adversis.

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SELECT FABLES OF JE S OP.

FABLE

CLXXXVJI.

De Cat mutat in
Fceminam.

Os the She-Cat beng changed VRX.Q

a Woman.

QUasdam Cata, capta

Amore
Cujusdam
Jpccios dolescentis, era-vit
Venerem,
ut mutaret
Eam in fceminam. Venus
misrta Illius muta'vit Eam,
in Formam l'a-tainie ; Quam,
tum esset valde formofa,
mc.!or addu.xit Domum.
Sed cv.m fdrent Jmul in
Cubiculo,
Venus vdots
experiri, fi, Facie mutai,
mutsset
y
Mores,
conjlituit Murern in Mdi
um ; >uap> cm 111a
profpexit, oblita Forrr.ae &
Amoris,
perscutaej
Murera,
ut
caperet ; super * qu Re Venus
dignata, denuo muta'vit
7.zm in priorem Formam

A Certain
Cat,
taken
ivith the Love of a certain
btautful Young Man, besought
Venus, ti.at Slic would change
Her into a Woma*. Venus
hauing pitisd Her changed Her
s into the Shape osa IVcman; Whom,
ivhen She was <very beau iul,
the
Louer
led
Home.
K ut nuhen They fat together in
tht Charnier, Venus luilling
to try, is, the Face bcing changed,
She had changed also her Morals,
placed a Mouse w the Middie ;
Wbch
when
faw, ha-ving sorgot her Shape W
Love,
Me
pursutd
the Mouse,
She might take
Her ; up:n vvhich Tbing Venus
bcing angiy, again changed
Her into the iprmer Shape
cf a Cat.

MOR. '
Mor.
Fabula sgnificat, qud
The Fable sg"ises> that
Homo, '
jict
muiet <j Man, altho' He may change
Personam, tamen reiinet, his
Perfon,
jet
retains
tcsikm. Mores,
the same Manners..

ABL

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141

1
FABLE

CLXxxvnr.

De duobus Inimicis.

Os the two E.emies.

DUO Quidam habentes

Intmcitias intr Se
navjgabant un in Na-vi.
Et cum Alter non pateretur
AI ter u m Jare in eodem
Loco, Unus sedit in Ptippi,
Alter in Pror. Autem,
Tempestatt! ort,
cum
Navis csset in periculo, 4J*
sedebat
Pror rog-cf Gubernatorem Nc-vis, Quae
Navis
submersa
prius ; & r Gubernator
dixjset Puppim, ///< ait,
A/crj nunc os f/? ade
molesta Mihi, y? perspicio
nieu m Inimicum monpris.

TWO certain Men having

Enmities between Them/el-ves
sailed together in a Ship.
And whe/t the Oneivould notsuffer
the Other to stand in the jame
Place, One fat at the Head,
tr at the -Stem. But,
a Tcmpel having arose, wheu
the Ship was in Danger, He that
fat at the Prow
the Governor os
the Ship, What
Part ot the Ship, tuould he sanlc
yfry? ; and <z,uf# the Pilot
had said the Stern, //? said,
Deatb
now
m er so
troubesome to Me, //" I perceiv e
my Encmy to die

Mor.
Mor.
Hxc Fabula redarguit
This
Fable
reproves
Inimicilias Hominum; cm the Enmities of Men ; uuien
Inimicus frcpus
eligit one Enemy <very eften chcoses
perdere Seipium, ut per- to destroy Himsclf, that He uy
destroy bis Enemy.
dat Inimicum.

FABLE
De Cane & Fabro.

CLXXXIX.
Os the Dog and the Smith.

QUidam Faber habebat A Certain

Sot/VA
had
Canem, Qui, dum
a Dog, Which, <whlft
Jpse
cudebat
Ferrum, He
ftruck
the
Iron,
dt.rmiebut continu; <vero
continually ;
but
cm manducabat, Canis when /se ct, the Dog
statim assurgebat, & sine immedately rose up, and withput
Mo-

142
SELECT TA
Mor
corrodebat Quts
erant dtjecla sub Menf,
ceu
O/fa,
c
Ma
hujusmodi.
2>uam Rem
Faber animadvertens, ait
ad Canem, Heus, Miser,
mescio
Quid
faciani ;
i?ui, dom cudo Ferrum,
dormis
continii,
i3
teneris Segnitis ;
rurfus
cum moveo pentes-, statim
Jurgis, & applaudis Mihi
Caud.

BLES OF ^SOP.
Deay gnawed thofie things ivbicb
were threwn doivn under thtTabie,
as Bines, and other Tbings.
of this Kind. Whicb Thing
the Smith- minding, He, fays>
to tt Dog, So Ho, Wretcb,
I know not What I sliall do ;
Wbo, whilst / strike the Iren,.
Jleepeft
continually,
and
art possessed tuitb Slotb ; again,
u/ben 1 move my Teetb, presently
Thou ri/eft, and flattereft MeWith tbj Tail.

Mor.
Fabula signifient, qud
The Fable signifies, trit
Socordes & Somnolents, Qui
Slothful and Drovjsy, Who,
<vi<vunt ex liaboribus aliorum , li-ve out of /^ Labours ot Others,
sunt
corcendi
gravi ar to be rellrained w;'/i a bea-uj
Censura.
Censure.

FABLE

CXC.

De qudam Muid.

Qf a certain Jl/a/f.

QUxdam Mula, essecta

pinguis nimio Hordeo,
lasviebat ' nimi Pinguedine,
nquiens Secum,
Equus fuit meus Pater, >ui
erat celerrimus Cursu, &
Ego sum imilis Ei per
Omnia. Parum posi contigit, qud opertuit Mulam
currere quantum potuit ;
fed crft cessait Curfu,
inquit, Heu ! Miseram Me,
gu putabam Me esse Sobeltm Equil ^/ nunc

A Certain Mul, bing made

/ct with too much Barley,
wantoned ivib too much Fatnefs, saying with Herfelf,
A Horse was my Father, Wbtwas swistesi in the Race, an^
I
atn
like
.Wm
in
a// Things. A little
It hap.
pened, that [t behoved the Muh
to run
mucb as She coud ;
but whenSbeceasedfrom R unning,
W said, A las ! ivretched Me,
#^> thought Myselsto be t 0^spring of the iiore !
now

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Asinum.

SELECT FABLES OF JESOP.

I43
Patrem
fuijse I remember that my Father tuas
an Ass.

Mor.
Fabula fignficat, qud
Stulti non agnoscunt Seipsos in' prosperis ; sed in
advrsis persape recognoscunt suos Errores.

Mor.
The Fable signifies, that
Fools do not know TfjemJ'el<ves in prosprais Things ; but in
adverse Things <very ofiteti They
again know their Errors.

FABLE

CXCI.

De Medico if.
Mortuo.

Os the Phycian and

the dead Man.

aUidam Medicus, Qui

cura<verat iEgrotum,
>ui paul poft moriebatur,
aiebat Illis, >ui efrerebaht
Fnus, Si ifie.Vr abjinuijset Vino, i fuislet usus
Ciysteribtts,
non fuisset
mortuus. Quidam ex His,
Qui aderant; ait Medi
co haud infacet, Heus,
Medice,
sta Consilia
fuerunt dicenda, cim quibant prodeffe, non aawycm
valent Nil.

A Certain Fhysican, Who

had looked aster a sick Man ,
Who a little st/rr died,
fatd to Them, J^la bore the
Funeral, If /-W Man had abstained from Wine, and had used
Clyfiers, He would not have been
</e<7i/. A certain One os Thse,
ffshowere prsent, fuys to the Physician not unwittily, So Ho,
Physician,
thtse
Counsels
ivere to be toid, ivhcn They were
able to profit, not no'iu, whet
They avail Nothing. ,

Mor.
Mor. .
The Fable signifies, that
Fabula significatj qud
ubi Consilium non prodcft, nvhen Counsel does not prifit,
dare Id eo Tempore est fane to give // at that Time is truly
to flay upon a Friend, . deludere Amicwn...

G 6

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SELECT FABLES OF JEZOV,

FABLE
De Cane iff Lupo.

CUM Cst/V d(frmireta/

Aulam, Lupus f/pervenkns statim cepit Eum,
& s vellet eccidere
Eum,
Canis
orabas,
ste octideret Eum, inquiens,
Heus, mi Lupe, nvnc noli
occidere Me ; nam, ut vide,,
um tennis, gracilis, f
macilentus ;
meus Htrus est facturus Nuptias,
ubi, si expeclabis parum,
Mgo manducans opipare, atq;
faclus pinguior, ero utiJior
Tvs.
Lupus
hahens Fidem bis Verbis
dimifit
Canem.
Post
paucos Dies Lupus accedens,
Cm reperit Canem dormientem Domi, ftans ante
Aulam, rogat Canem, ut
pr-staret
Promissa
Sibi. Canis imquit, Heus,
Lupe, cepiffes Me ante
Aulam,
non
expeaveris Nuptias frustra.

CXCII.
0/ the Dog and the Wols.

WHEN the Dog flept hefirr

the Hall, the Wolf coming
upon Him/ prej'ently took Him ;
and ivhen He \vas willing to ftay
Him, the Dog besought Him,
that heivould net kll Him, faying,
So Ho, myV4cM,noiv be un willing
to kll' Me ; for, as ' you Jee,.
,\ am tbin,
lean,.
and
lender ;
but
my
Master is about to make a Wedding,
when, if you ivill ivait a little,
/
eating
daintily,
ia
heing hecome fatter, jhall he more
advantageous to Thee. The Wolf
ha<ving Faith im thefe Words
dfmjfd the- Dog.
Jftetr '
a few Days the Wolf coming,
when f found the Dog
at Home, standing besore
the Hall, alks the Dog, thfc
He ivould perform his Promifes
to Him. The Dog /y/, Hark ye,
Wolf, if Thou hadst taenMehefore
the Hall, Thou ivouldst not havtexpeed the Wedding in, vain.

Mor.
Mom.
Haec Fabula indicat>
ThisFable
shows,
qud Sapiens, cm ./e/ that a ivife Man, when oncf
vitaverit Periculum, con- He hath avoided a Danger,s conttnu cavet in futuro,
tinually takes Cave foi the future..

FABLE

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FABLE
De Cme

G.illo..

C^Anis l Gallus Socii

J f.iciebant ber; autem
Vefperi
fuperveniente,
Gallus dormiebat inter Ramos Arhoris ; at Canis ad
Radiccm. Cm Gallus, ut
ajolet,
cantabat Nolu,
Vulpes audi-vit Eum, accusrit, & ftans inferis rogabat,
Ut descenderet ad V,
qud cuperet complrcti
Animal ade commendahile
Cantu ; autem, cm //
dixiTet, ut pris excitaret
Janitorem, dvrmientem ad
Radicem,
ut
descenderet, cm
aperuisset ;
quajrente, ut vocaiet
Ipsum,
Canis prosJiens
dilaceravit Vulpem.

CXCIII.
Os the Dog and the' Cock.

\ Dog anils. Cock Companiom

jLjl made a Jfurnej ; but
F/rening
coming
on,
the Cock lfpt among the Branches rrf-a Tree ; but the Dog at
the Rocs. When fie Cock, asHe is ivont, crowed in the Night,
a Fox heard Him, runs ta
him, and standing belovv ajked,.
that //f uooud conte doivn to Hot,
because He dejred to embraccan Animal so cominendab?
for Song ; . but, when He
had fad, /Z>ct firit He ftouldtvake
the
Porter
Jleepivg
at
the Root, that i/f tnight corne
</-iy when He had opencd ;
He a&ed, that He woud call
Him, the Dog leasing oui
tore the Fox.

Mo.r.
Mou.
Fabula sgnifteat, pru
The FaMe signifies, that pru
dentes Homines mittere Ini- dent
Men
fend
Ene*
micos potentiores qu7im mies more powerful tbart
Se,
ad
fortiores Themlelves, to the more brave
by Craft.
Aftu..

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F A.B L E

CXCIV.

Be Ranis.

Of the Frogs.

DTJJE Rana pascebantur

in Palude; autem
/Estate
Palude
siccat, quarcbant aliam ; eaterm
invenerunt
prcfundum
Puteum ; Quo viso, Altera
dixit Aluri, Heus Tu,
Jescendamus
in
hunc
Puteum i Ilia respondent ait,
ii Aqua aruerit hie,
juomodo ascendemus ?

TWO Frogt were fed

in
a
Marsh ;
but
in Summer
Marjh being dried
up, - They J'cught another ; but
They
found
a
deep
Well; Which being seen, One
said to the Other, So ho You,
let us descend / this
Well ; the Other answering fays,
the Water should dry up here,
j&tiu shall we get up ?

Mo*.
Mor.
Fabula dclart, qud
The Fable declares, that '
mila Res sunt agendas in- no- Things are to be done in
:onfederate.
considerately.

F A B L E

CXGV.

Z)i Leone 5 Urso.

O/ the Lion and the Bear.

LEO y Ursas,
cepissent
magnum
ffinnul um, pugnabant de u,
k nulnerati graviter
"eipfis jacebant defatiga:i.
Vulpes, videns Eos prostrates,
3 Hinnulum jacentem in
Medio, rapuit Hunc, & furiebat. I Hi <videbant, fed
tuia non potuerant furgere,
iicebant, Heu ! miseros
Vos,
quia laboraiimus
i ulpi.

THE Lion and the Bear, tube*

They had taken great
Fawn, fought about
and wounded grievously by
one another they lay dozvn tired.
A Fox, feeing Them laid down,
and the Fawn
in
the Middle, snatched Him, and ran
aivay. They sanu Him, but
because They could not rise,
They said, Alas ! wretched
Us, because We have laboured
for the Fox.
Mor,

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147
Mor.
Mo.
Fabula fignificat, qi*d
The Fable signifies, that
km Alii laboranty Alii nuhilst Some labour, Others
enjoy the Brejr
othintur. Prsed..

FABLE

CXCVI.

De Gassitav.

Of the- Lark.

CAssit, capta Laque,

dicebat plorans, Hei !
Wihi miserte & infelici,
on surripui Aurum neque
rgentum
cujusquara ;
tutem Gran um Tritici. fuit
Zausa mea: Mortis.

T HE Lark, taken in a Snare,

yrW lamenting,
Alas !
to Me misrable and unhappy,
I have not taken away theGoldnor
the Silwr of any One ;
a Grain /" Wheat has been
/^ Cct/< of my Deatb.

Mor.
Mor.
Fabula
in Sis,
Tb Fable tends to 73m*
Qni subeunt magnum Prir- Who undergo great Dafr for unprofitable Gain.
culuta ob inutile Lucrum.

FABLE

CXCVII.

De Leone conseclo Senio.

Os the Lion ivor out with Age.

CUM Lo senuisse't,
ne posset queerere Victum, macbinabatur Viam,
gui Alimenta baud deesssnt
Sibi.
Igitur ingressus
Sfeluncam, jacens, fimulabat Se <vebementer agrotare.
Animalia,
putantia Se
v er agotrare, accedebant
ad Eum Grati visitandi ;
Qute Lo capiens manducabat Jtngulatim.
Cm

WHentbeLionwas grown old,

mr could get his Living, He contrinied a Way,
boiuYiO\'\C\omJhouldnot beivanting
toHim. Thcrefore having entered
the Den, lying down, He seigned Himself <vebemently to be sick.
The li'vi/igCreatures, thin king Him
verily to be sick,
went
XoHixnsortheSakeo visitingHim ;
Wbom the Lion taking eat
up
stngty'
When
nan

543
SELECT F/
jam occidisset malta Animalia, Vulpes, Arce Leonis
cognit, accedens ad yW/tum Speluncae, ftans~ exteris, rcgat Leonem quomodo
vsltrt.
Leo refpondens
bande Ei y /V,
F/lia
Vulpes, cur
ingrederis
intr a// Me ? Vulpes ait e?/
ilicpid,
Quon/am,
mi
V/', cerno equidem perplura VejHgia Animalium in
gredientium, fed nulla Veiigia Eorum eg/edientium.

BLES OF iESOPi
noiv He had killed many Ani
mais, STA Fox, the Art a/" i. hn
being known, coming to ffo
trance of the Cave, fanding without, ,&s the Lion boiu
He did. The Lion anfwering
fairly to Him fatd, Daughcer
Fox, why doft Thon not enter
in /o Me ? 'Zita Zo.* faid not
umvittilv, '
Becaufe,
my
Mafter, I percer ve indeed very ma
ny Fcotfteps of Animais enter
ina
in,
but
0 Foorileps o/"
coming out.

Mor.
Mor.
Fabula fignificat, qud
The Fabie fignifies, that
pmdais Homo, S^ui pro-f a prudent- Man, Who forevidet imminent:a Fericula, fees
imminent
Dangers,
facile devitat Hia.
eafily avoids Them.

F A B L E

CXCVIII.

De Leone ^ Tauro.

Of the Lion // the Bull.

LEO fequens ingentem

Taurum per Infidias,
cm acce,jit prop, mocavit
Eum
Ccenam, inquiens,
Amice,
amVi
Qvem,
cnabis Me/.um bodie, si
places Tibi.
Postquam
dicubuissent,
Taurus
confpiciens plures Lobetes,
tf Ohelifcos parates, &
C//e^ nullam Ovem lili,
voluit decedere ; S^uem
Leo perfpiciens jam aheun~
trm, rogavit, r abiret.
Tl-utus refpondit,; Equidcm
4
non

A LION folloivng a great

Bull
by
Treachery ,
when //ir / near, invites
Him /o Supper,
fay/ng
Friend, / bave killed a Sheep,
70 jball fup wi:h Me f Day, if
/V pleafes You.
^/ //w
They had fat down, the Bull
feeing
jnany
Cauldrons,
and
Spits
ready,
a.nd
that there ivas no Shecp for Him,
uw ivilling to depart ; Whom
theLionperceii/ingtiawgoing away t
aked Flim, <iuy Hc woulil go.
tht Bull anfwered, frufy
I do

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non abeo de Nihilo, I do not
cum videam Instrumenta nuhen
pars.ta non ad coquendum prepared
O-vem, f/d Taurum.
a Sheep,

JESOP.
go away for Nothing,.
I
see Instruments
not
to
dress
but a Bull.

Mor.
Mor.
Fabula fignificat, qud
The Fable signifies, that
jrtes Improborum non tbe Arts of the VVicked do not
latent prudentes.
lie hd frcm the prudent.

I
FABLE

CXCIX.

De iEgroto Medico.

Of the Sick Man and the Phy

fician t

/s.,GER, rogoius
jTmIj Mdt-
de .
Sa lu te,
refpondit,
Se
fudjse violenter;
Mdi
ans ait, /ij' fuisse bonum ;
rogatus ab eodem Medko
secundo quomodo inveniebat Se, ^Egrotus inquit,
Se fuisse mprnum whementi Frigore : Medicus
quoque ait, Id fore ad
Salutem*
Inlerrogatus
tertio ab eodem, quomodo
reperiebat Se, JEgrotus
inquit, Se non potuijse
digerere fine magn Dijficultats. Medicus ait rursus,
Id fuisse optimum ad
Salulcm ;
deinde,
m
Quidam.
Domefticorum
.interrogaret
^Egrotum,
quomodo valeret; ait llle,
ut Medicus ait, y
Mihi multa k optima Signa

THE Sick Man beingastcdby

the Phyfician- about hitHealth, anfivered, That He
had fiveated violenty; the Phyfecian fays, that That was gond ;
aked by the fam Phyfician-a second time, ^otv He round
Himself, the sick Man faid,.
that i/? waj seized uuith a 'vh
ment Coldness: The Phyfician
also fa-ys, that That ivas for
Health.
Aked
a //J>t/
by the fam, how
//> /oW Himself, the sick Man
faid, that He tuas not able-to digeil ivithout great Z)/^culty. The Physician yv ag'un,
that That was the bejl for
Health ; aftervvards, wuhensome One of his Do/nsfiicks.
aked
ftck
Man>
how /se //V,
fays He,
as
Phyfician fays, Mrf? r?
to Me tr.aity and
Sign
for

I^O
SELECT FABLES OF iESOP.
ed Salutem, lamen difper- for Health,
yet
o illis Signis.
rih by tbof Signs.
Mor.
Fabula indicat, AJsentatores esse culpandos.

DUM quidam Lignator scindebat Lignam

juxta Flumen, dicatnm Deo
Mercurio,
Sec ris Cafu
decidit in Flumen. Igitur
arectus multo Mcerore,
confidebat gemens juxta
Ri para Fluminis.
Mercurius, motus Mifericordi,
apparuit
Lignario,
&
rogavit Caufam fui Flets ;
Quam simul ac didicit,
afftrens aurcam Securim,
rogavit,
utrm
esset
Illa, Quam perdiderat. At
Pauper
negavit
cffe
fuam. Secundo Mercurius
detulit alteram, argentcam ;,
Quam,
em
Pauper
negaret quoque effe fuam,
pcftremo Mercurius detulit
ligneam ;
cmPau
per afentiret, Illam esse
fuam, Mercurius, cognofcens
lllum este Hominem verum
fcf justum, dedit Omnes Sibi
Dono.
Igitur
Ligna *ius> accedent, ad Socios,
dclarat SQU acciderat
Sibi.

pe-

Mor.
The Fable haws, that Flatter*
ers are to be blamed.

F A B L E
De quodam Licnatore.

CG.

Of a certain Wood-Cutter*
H IL ST a. certain WoodW Cutter cleaved Woci
near a River, dedicated to the God
Mercury, his Ax by Chance
fcll into the River. Therefcrt
assected viitb much Grief,
He fat doivn sighing near
the Bank of tht River. Mer
cury,
moved with
Pity,
appeared to the Wood-Cutter, and
jked the Caufe of bit Weeping ;
IVhch as foon at He learnt,
bringing to bim a golden Ax,
He afeed, Whether It ws
That, Which he had loft. But
the pt,or Man denied that it ixias
his. A fecond Time Mercury
brcught another, a filver Ont ;
Which, when the poor Man
denied
also
to he
his
at
laft
Mercury reacheA
the wooden One ; ivhen the Poor
Man agreed, that That ives
his,
Mercury
knowing
Him to be a Man true
and just, gave Them Ail to Hir*
for a Gift. Therefore the WoodCutter, coming to bis Companiens,
declares Ifhat had happenei
/* Him.

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151
Bm. One 5^ his Companions
Si&i.
Unus Sociis
volent experiri Id, cm willing to try /, when:
eccej/jset n Flumen, dejecit /se c<5uw to //f Ri-ver, threw
A- into the Watcr, then
Securim in Annam, deinde
con/dit siens in Rip ; //i? yi weeptng on the Bank j
Caysam G'ujus Flets cm thc au/e of Whose Weeping when
Mercurius audivisset, effc- RLrcury had heard, brngHe afced,
(Wiauream Securim,rogavk, ing- a golden
lllnne
esse*,
>uam Whether Tbat was It, Which
perdiderat : Quam, cm He had lost : Which, whea
fjsereret esse suant, Mer- se ajjerted to be
, Mer
Impudence 47kj
icurus, cjut Impudenti rg- cury,
\nit, nec tradidtt lii kno'vjn, neither delivertd to Hir
the gdden One, nor bis own.
euream, nec suam.
Mo R.
Mor.
The Fable signifies, thaf
Fabula significat, qad
^>i3tu wrv& God is more propiquanta Deus r/? propitior Prdis, exiilit /</>- tious to the Hinest, He is tht more
nftstuoiu to the Wicked.
Improbis.

FABLE

CCI.

De Medico, >ui curabat

Infanos.

Of the Physician, Who cured

PLures eollojueantur de
fuperfiud Cur Eorum,
TPui alunt Canes ad Aucupium.
Quidam ex lis
itiquit, Stultus Mediolani
riiit /se* rect.
C
Fabula pofceretur, itiquit,
Fuit Medicus, Ciuis Medio
lani,
Qui
suicipiebat
fia'iare infanos, delatos. ad Se
intra
certum Tempus :
aiitem Curatio erat hujus
Mod ;
habebat
Demi
Aream, cf in- t Lacunam
fattida

MA NY
//^
of
fuperfiuous Care ofThem,
Wha feed Z)j; for FouclJng. A certain Man o/T Them
yj'i, The Fool of Mediolanum.
laughed t Thse rightly. When
the Story <wa: demanded, Hefaid,.
There <was a Physician, a Citizen
of Mediolanum, Who undertook
to cure the Mad, brought to Him
within
a certain Time :
but the Cure ivas of this
Manner ;
He had at Home
a Courts and' in it k Pond
siitikr

SELECT FA
fcetid Aqu, ** Qj
tigavit Eos nudos ad
ralum, A'ios v,sq; ad Genua,
Alios u/que ad Ventrem,
Nonnullos profundis, secundum Gradum Insan's;
ac tamdiu maceialat Eos
dqu, quoad miderentur
fini
Mente.
Quidam
/? aatus in ter Cateros,
Qoeni pofuit in Aquam
trique ?*^ Fmur, J^ai rcepit refipifcere poil quinde.m
Dies, f rogare sutim Medicum,
a/ reuceretur
ex Aqn ;
Ille exe mit
Hominem CruciaJu, tamen
e Conditions, 'm egrederetur
Aream.
Cum
parufset aliquot Dicbus,
primt, ut perambularet totam Domum ; et
ut non egrederetur exteriorem
Januam ; (Sociis,
Qui erant multi, reliiis in
A'pi ;) paruit Manda.tis
Medicidil'geli
ter ; ver Jians super Liinen quodam TempoVe ; (nam
non audebat egredi,) nidit
Juvenem venientem in Equo
cum duobus Canibus, ci?
Accipitre ; motus Novitate Rei ; (elenim non texebat
Memori
Qureviderat
ante
Infani.im ;)
cm
jfsw'i acteilt,
11U
inquit, f/eus, Tu, cro, responde Mibi paucis ; ?u/d
est. Hoc,
iJjw veheri ? Inmiit, est Equus.

BLES OF .TSOP.
of finking Water, ih Whicli
fie b(i..nd Them iked to
a Stake, Sonie up to the Knees,
Others
' to the Belty,
some mors decply,
accordjng to the Degree ,of Madncsi;
and so long He starued Thera
in tbe IVater, till Tlky feetned
ound in Mind. A certain Man
ivas ronght among the Reji,
Whom He put. into tbe Water ^
np to . the shjgh ; Who be-gan to repent aster ffteen i
Days, and to ak his Phy- 1
siciati,
le might be brought
ont of the Water ; He tok ut
the Man srom tbe Tormen, yct
o ri>c/ Condition, tbat He JEcul'i
not go ont of the Court. When
He had obeyed some Days,He perrnitted, that He might
walk over tbe <wbole House? but
that be Jbould not go out of the outward Gte; his (Companions,
Who ivere many, being lest in
the Water ;) He obeyed tbe Commands ot the Phycian diligently ; but standing upon r/_> Threjbotd on a certain 7i*/b ; (for
He did not dare to go out,) He fan
a Young Man coming on a Hor/ej
with
/too
Dogs,
ana-K
a Hawk ; mo-ved whh the No- .'
velty of tbe Thing; (for He did mt^,
retain
in
Memory ,
the Things Whicb He had scen
bere his Madnefs ;)
when
the Young Man came near, He
said, So ho, You, / prtry, answer Me in a few Things : Wbats This, on Which f hou art carried ? Sajs He, It is a Horff.
Thea.

SB1ECT FABLES OF JESOP,

Ijg

Tum deinceps, Qiiid woca- Then astcrwards, What is calltur Hoc, Quod gestas cd TJus., , JVbich thou beareit
Manu, Si in qu Re cn thin Hand, and in what Tbing
uteris?
/// refpondit, doit Thou use it? fie answered,
/ Accipiter, ifs aptus it is a Hawk, and fit
Captui
Predicum. _/r the cafching of PartridgeF.
Insanns petit, &
the Madman ajks, and
f, Qui comitantur Te, Thse, That accompany Thee,
Qui funt,
fis Quid f/te are they, a/ra' What
prosunt
Tibi ?
do they profit to Thee ? He says,
vtunt Canes, & apti Au- They are Dogs, and fit for Fowlcupio, V inv'estiganduin ing,
<?
*
trace
Aws. Autem ta Aves, the Birds. But thse Birds,
Causa
capiendi
2>uas for the Sale of catching Whicb
paras
iot
Res, You prpare so many Things,
cujus Pretii funt, si con- of what Price are They, if Ton
feras
Capturant totius put tgethertheCatchingofa'whok
" Anni in nnum ? C:/z re- Year z'/o one ? When He had anpondisset parvum, nelcio svvered a little, I know not
, -quid, & yiW nen ex- <whai, and ta it could not exi cederet sex aureos, Insanus ceed fix Guineas, the Madman
xogat, Qutsnam sit Impensa afles, What may be the Expence
Equi,
Canum,
& of the Horfe, of the Dogs, and
fjccipitris ? affirinavit Im- of the Hauuk ? He affirmed the Exfenfant . Eorum esse quotan- pence of Them to be yearnis, uinquaginta Aureos. ly
sfiry
Guineas.
Tum admira tus Stulttam Then having admired the Folly
Javenis,
inquit,
oro, of the Youj^g Ma.n,says he, Ipray,
abi hinc' ocys, antequam go hence quickly, before that
^Xedicus redeat Domum ; the Phyfician return Home ;
nam fi Hic compererk Te, for if He fiould find Thee,
tconjiciet Te in suam fie nuill throta Thee into his
Lacunam, veluti nfanijj- Pond,
as
the
mofi
jnum Omnium, U collo- mad of ail Men, and He will
cabit Te in Aqu ufque,ad place 7 in //>* Waier up
Mentum.
the Chin.
Mor.
Mor.
Hsc Fabula ostendit,
This
Fable
shows,
snultas Infanias ejfe quotidie many Madnesses to le dailyi
j/iobfcrvatas.
.
unohjerued,
FABLE

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SELECT FABLES OF JESOT.

FABLE

CCIL

De obstinati Muliere, >ucc

vocavit Virum pediculosiim.

Of the obstinate Woman, Wk

called her Hujband loufy.

QUadam Mulier, supra

Modum contraria Vi
ra, ita ut vellet esse superior, semcl in granit Altercatione cum Eo vocavit
Eum ptditulosum. Me, ut
retractaret illud Verbum,
eontundebat Uxorem, ctedeas
lllam Pugnis & Cauibus.
Qu
mags cxdebatur,
eo plus vocavit Illum
fediculofum.
Vir tandem
laflus verberando lllam,
ut
superaret
Pertinaciam
Uxoris,
dmifit
in Flumen per Funem,
dicens,
Se fuffocaturiim
Eam, fi non abstineret
talibus Verbis. llla perstabat nibi minus continuare illud Verbum, quamvis fixa usque ad Mentum
in Aqu.
Tum Vir
demerfit Eam in Flumen,
ita ut non pojftt loqui
amplis, tentans fi poflet
avertere Eam Pertinaci
Timor Mortis. At JUa,
Facuhate loquendi adempt, exprimebat Digitis,
Quod
nequibat
Ore :
tam, Manibus erels supra
Caput, Umguibus utriufque
Pollicis ccnjunlis, ddit
quod

A Certain Woman,
above
meafure contrary to her Huj
band, so that he would le uppermoll, once in a heavy Quarrel
vath
Him
tallei
Him
lousy.
' Hej
that
She might retract that Word,
bruifed his Wife, ieatiitg
Her -ixith his Fifis and Heels.
Byhowmuch/Zwcrehewasbeaten,
by so much the more Jhe called Him
/a/y.
The M:in /sffA
tired
ii-ith
beating Her,
/.W He might overcome7<? Obstinacy of his Wife, let her dcu r.
into a River by a Rope,
saying, th^t He vjould suffocate
Her, r/*" She would not abstain
from Juch Words. She persted in nothing the lss to conti
nue
that
Word,
al
tho' fixed u p /o the Ch'nv
in the Water. 7r the Mart<
plunged Her / the River,
^ that
raa/rf not speafc
more, l trying if He could
avert Her firem her Obftinacy
by the Fear of Death. But She,
the Faculty of speaking ^j tait n
a-way, expressed tuith her Fingers,
What-Sef5W?.'/withherMouth:
For, her Hands being raiftd above
her Head, the Nails of eacb
Tjhuriib being joined, She gave

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155
fuid Opprobrium .potuit nuhat Reproach Sbe could
Viro, Mo Gestu.
to her Huiband, by tbat Gestuie.
Mor.
Mor.
Hc Fabula indicat, quod
This Fable sliows, tbat
Quidam retinebunt suam Some
uuill
retain their
Pertinaciam etiam Pcriculo Obstinaey even at tbe Haxard
Mati.
of Dcafh.

FINIS.