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A Kid standing upon the top of an house,
spying a Wolfe pas∣sing by,
railed and reproach∣ed him.
But the Wolfe re∣plyed,
Dost heare?
It is not thou dost revile me,
but the place.
This fable signifies,
That oftentimes
the place and time
do occasion our bold∣nesse
against our betters.
HOedus super quadam do∣mo stans,
cùm lupum praete∣reuntem videret,
criminibatur & convitiis afficie∣bat ipsum.
Lupus autem dice∣bat,
Heus tu?
Non tu me crimi∣naris,
sed locus.
Fabula significat,
Quòd saepe
locus & tempus
audaciā nobis prae∣bet
contra praestantio∣res.
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ONce upon a time,
A Lyon hearing a Frog creaking aloud,
turn'd himselfe to the voice,
thinking it to be some great Beast;
But after a little expectation,
as soon as he saw what it was,
he trod it under his foot.
This Fable teaches,
that we ought not to be troubled
at the report of any thing,
before we see it.
ALiquando,
cùm Leo audivisset valde ranam cla∣mantem,
conversus est ad vocem,
putans magnum aliquod animal esse:
Cùm autem expe∣ctasset parum,
ut vidit ipsam,
conculcavit.
Fabula docet,
non oportere per∣turbari
per auditionem solam,
ante rem visam.
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A Hart flying from the Hun∣ters,
entred into a Den,
but meeting there with a Lyon,
she was seized up∣on by him.
But dying she com∣plained,
Woe is me!
that flying from men,
I am falne upon the worst of Beasts.
This Fable shews,
that many while they decline
small disadvanta∣ges,
throw themselves on greater.
CErva venato∣res fugiens,
in antrum intravit,
in Leonem autem ibi cùm incidisset,
ab ipso compre∣hensa est.
Moriens antē di∣cebat,
Hei mihi!
quòd homines fu∣giens,
in bestiarum fero∣cissimam incidi.
Fabula monstrat,
quòd multi fugien∣tes
parva hominum pericula,
magna experti sunt.
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A Sow & a Bitch did contend
about fruitfulness.
The Bitch affirm∣ed,
that she was the most fruitfull
of all Creatures up∣on the earth.
But the Sow en∣countring her,
said to this,
But for all your hast,
we know you bring forth but blinde Puppies.
The Fable shews,
that affaires are judged,
not by the quick∣nesse,
but by their perfe∣ction.
SUs & Canis certabant
de foecunditate.
Dixit Canis,
se esse maximè foe∣cundam
omnium animali∣um terrestrium.
Sed sus occurrens,
ad haec respondit,
Quando heac ja∣ctaris,
novimus te caecos tuos parere catu∣los.
Fabula monstrat,
quòd negotia judi∣cantur,
non celeritate,
sed perfectione.
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A Piper taking with him his Net and his Pipes,
came to the Sea,
and standing upon a Rock,
first plaid upon his Pipes,
hoping it would come to passe,
that the fishes would take to land,
at the sweetnesse of his melody.
But when a good while, he could not prevaile,
he put up his Pipes, and betook him to his Nets;
and casting them into the Sea,
he drew a multi∣tude of fishes.
But shaking them out of his Net,
he sees them leap∣ing.
To whom he said,
O ye worst of Crea∣tures,
since you would not dance at all
when I did pipe,
it is too late now to make me any sport.
The Fable declares,
that every thing is to be discommend∣ed,
which is done un∣seasonably.
TIbicen accep∣tis tibiis & retibus,
accessit ad mare,
& stans super pe∣tra,
primùm canebat tibiis,
putans fore,
pisces progressuros in terram,
ad suavitatem can∣tûs.
Sed cùm din nihil profecisset,
positis tibiis,
assumpsit retia,
& conjiciens in a∣quas,
multitudinē mag∣nam pisciū traxit.
Ejiciens autem ex reti eos,
videt saltantes.
Quibus haec dixit demum,
Vos pessima ani∣malia,
quandoquidem no∣luiftis exsilire,
me tibiâ canente,
nunc quidem ces∣sate mihi idip∣sum facere.
Fabula indicat,
quòd omne vitu∣perabile fit,
quod citra tempus fit.
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WHen an old man had out some Wood,
and was carrying it home,
he travailed a great way,
and when he had laid downe his burden
in a certain place,
by reason of the weight,
he called upon Death.
But when Death appeared,
and asked him the the reason
wherefore he called him:
The old man af∣frighted, said,
Only that you would help me up with my burden.
The Fable shews,
that every man loves his life,
although he be un∣happy and a Beg∣ger.
SEnex aliquan∣do ligna cùm secuisset,
& illa ferens,
multam viam ibat,
& cùm deposuisset onus
in loco quodam,
propter multum laborem,
mortem invoca∣bat.
Ipsa verò mors cùm advenisset,
& interrogaret causam,
ob quam se invo∣caret:
Perterritus senex dixit,
Ut tantùm onus meum attollas.
Fabula ostendit,
quòd omnis homo amet vitam,
etsi infelix & men∣dicus sit.
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AN Asse having put on a Lions skin,
went about
frighting the other beasts,
and seeing a Fox,
he attempted to ter∣rifie him:
who said to him,
having heard his hideous noise,
You may be confi∣dent Sir,
but that I heard you bray,
I should have been terrified too.
This Fable teach∣eth,
that some unlearn∣ed persons
which seem to be of ability to stran∣gers,
are discovered by their loquacity.
A Sinus indutus pelle Leo∣nis
circumibat
alia animalia ter∣ritans,
& conspicatus vul∣pem,
tentabat & illam perterrefacere:
quae illi dixit,
postquam claman∣tem audierat,
Pro certò scias,
nisi rudentem au∣divissem,
& ego te timuis∣sem.
Fabula docet,
quòd aliqui ineru∣diti,
qui exteris viden∣tur esse aliqui,
à sua garrulitate coarguuntur.
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A Dog coming in∣to the Kitch∣in,
and while the Cook was busie,
having snatched a heart,
ran away with it.
But the Cook tur∣ning about
as he spied him running away,
Ho sirra,
know wheresoever thou be,
I will be watchfull of thee.
For thou hast not taken a heart from me,
but thou hast given me a heart.
The Fable shews,
that mens losses
are oftentimes their lessons.
CAnis insiliens in culinam,
& coquo occu∣pato,
cor cùm rapuisset,
aufugit.
Atqui Coquus conversus,
ut vidit ipsum su∣gientem, ait,
Heus tu,
scito, ubicumque sis,
observabo te.
Non enim à me cor abstulisti,
sed cor mihi de∣disti.
Fabula ostendit,
quòd nocumenta
saepe sunt docu∣menta viris.
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A Certain Widow woman had a Hen,
which every day laid her an egge.
But she thinking,
that if she gave her Hen more barly,
she would lay twice a day.
She did so.
but the Hen grown fat,
was never after worth an egge.
The Fable shews,
that they which out of covetousnesse
desire many things,
doe even lose
that which they have.
MUlier vidua queadā gal∣linam habebat,
ovum ipsi quotidie parientem.
Arbitrata autem,
quòd si plus gal∣linae hordei pro∣jiceret,
bis pareret in die.
Id fecit,
Gallina autem pin∣guis facta,
ne semel quidem parere poterat.
Fabula docet,
quòd qui per ava∣ritiam
pluria cupiunt,
etiam amittunt
praesentia.
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A Woman having a Hen,
that laid golden Eggs,
supposing there was store of Gold with∣in her,
though it necessary to kill her:
but when she had killed her,
she found her like other Hens.
And hoping to have found
infinite wealth,
she lost that little which she had.
The Fable teach∣eth,
that we ought to content our selves
with what we have, and not to be transported with insatiable desires.
MUlier quae∣dam habens gallinam,
ova aurea parien∣tem,
rata intra ipsam auri pondus esse,
putavit oportere
illam interficere:
cùm verò occidis∣s••t,
invenit similem re∣liquis gallinis.
Et sperans se in∣venturam
immensas divitias,
etiam parvis priva∣ta est suis.
Fabula docet,
quòd oportet con∣tentos esse
praesentibus,
& inexplebilem cu∣piditatem effu∣gere.
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THe Tortoise de∣sired the Ea∣gle,
that he would teach him to fly.
But he advising,
that it was farre
his nature:
The other was the more importu∣nate.
He took him there∣fore up in his ta∣lons,
and carried him a∣loft.
After he let him fall.
But when he came down,
he was broken a∣gainst a rock.
The Fable shews,
that many undoe themselves,
when they will not hearken to men that give them good counsell.
TEstudo Aqui∣lam ora∣bat,
ut volare se doce∣ret.
Hâc vero admo∣nente,
procul hoc ab
natura ejus esse:
Illa magis precibus instabat.
Comprehendit igi∣tur eam ungui∣bus,
& in altum sustulit.
Deinde demisit.
Illa verò cùm ce∣cidisset,
ad petras contrita est.
Fabula ostendit,
quòd multi seipsos laeserunt,
quum non auscul∣taverint pruden∣tioribus.
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A Certaine Man bought a Black∣more,
Thinking that his colour was such,
by the negligence of him that had him before.
And having taken him home,
he applied all man∣ner of purgations to him,
and endeavoured
with all washing to make him white:
but he could not change his colour,
and had his labour for his paine.
The Fable shews,
that natures will remaine
as they were in the beginning.
QUidam emit Aethiopem,
colorem existi∣mans esse,
negligentia ejus qui priùs eum ha∣buerat.
Et assumpto eo domum,
omnes ei adhibe∣bat purgationes,
& conabatur
omnibus lavacris mundare:
sed colorem muta∣re non potuit,
& morbum labor comparavit.
Fabula indicat,
Quòd manent na∣turae
ut provenerunt in principio.
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A Boar standing neer to a tree,
did whet his tushes.
But a Fox asking the cause,
why upon no necessi∣ty that urged him,
he did sharpen his teeth?
He answered,
I doe not this with∣out reason:
for if any danger surprise me,
I shall not then be at leisure
to whet my teeth,
but rather to make use of them.
The Fable signi∣fies,
that it behoveth one to be alwayes pre∣pared
against a danger.
A Per cùm cui∣dem adsta∣bat arbori,
dentes acuebat.
Vulpe autem ro∣gante causam,
quare nulla pro∣positâ necessita∣te,
dentes acueret?
Inquit,
Non abs re hoc fa∣cio:
nam si periculum me aliquod in∣invaserit,
minime tunc opor∣tebit esse occu∣patum
ad acuendos den∣tes,
sed potiùs paratis uti.
Fabula significat,
paratum esse o∣portere
adversus pericu∣lum.
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THe Crow being sick,
said his Mother,
Mother pray to God for me,
and doe not lament.
But she answering said,
O my Son!
What God will take compassion of thee?
For whose flesh hast thou not preyed upon?
The Fable shews,
they that have ma∣ny enemies in this life,
shall finde no friend
in their necessity.
COrvus aegro∣tans,
dixit matri,
Mater precare de∣um,
& ne luge.
Illa verò respon∣dens ait,
O fili!
quis deorum tui miserebitur?
Cujus enim caro à te non surrepta est?
Fabula monstrat,
qui multos habent in vita inimicos,
nullum inventuri sunt amicum
in adversis.
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THe Fox having never seen a Lion,
when he met him by chance,
was so terrified at the first,
that he was ready to give up the ghost.
Afterward,
the second time he saw him,
he was indeed af∣frighted,
but not so much as before.
But when he saw him the third time,
he gathered that confidence,
that he approached and talked to him.
The Fable teach∣eth,
that familiarity doth make
things otherwise formidable, easily to be attempted.
VUlpes nunquā conspicata le∣onem,
cùm quodam ca∣su ei occurrissiet,
primùm quidem sic territa est,
ut pene moreretur.
Deinde,
secundò conspica∣ta,
est territa quidem,
non tamen ut pri∣ús.
Tertiò autem hunc cùm vidisset,
sic ipsi confidit,
ut accedens collo∣queretur.
Fabula docet,
quòd consuetudo facit
etiam terribilia ne∣gotia, facilia ag∣gressu.
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IN the Winter time,
when Corne was moist with heat,
the Ants did aire it abroad.
The Grashopper be∣ing very hungry,
desired some food from them.
But the Ants reply∣ed,
Why did you not ga∣ther food in the Summer?
But she answered,
I had no leisure,
I spent my time in singing.
Then they laughing at him returned,
If you have sung a∣way the Summer,
you may now dance in the Winter.
The Fable shews,
that it becomes not a man
to be negligent in businesse,
left he repent too late,
when he is thrown upon necessities.
HYemis tem∣pore,
cùm frumenta fer∣vore madefie∣rent,
formicae frigefacie∣bant.
Cicada esuriens,
poscebat ab ipsis cibum.
Sed formicae dixe∣runt ei,
Quare aestate non congerebas ci∣bum?
Illa verò respon∣dit,
non erat otium,
ego canebam mu∣sicé.
Tum subridentes dixerunt,
Si aestatis tempore cecinisti,
hyemis nuuc sal∣ta.
Fabula ostendit,
quòd non oportet, quenquam
negligentem esse in aliqua re,
ne dolore afficia∣tur,
cùm in periculum adducatur.
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JƲpiter celebra∣ting a Marri∣age,
invited all the Beasts to a ban∣quet.
Onely the Tortoise coming late,
wondring at the cause of his slow∣nesse,
He asked her
why she came not to the supper.
But when she said,
My house is a friend,
Home is the dee∣rest.
He being inraged condemned her,
that she should al∣wayes carry her house like a Por∣ter.
The Fable shews,
that many men choose rather
to live sparingly at home,
then with the high∣est entertainment abroad.
JUpiter nuptias celebrans,
omnia animalia convivio excipi∣ebat.
Testudine verò so∣lâ tardè adveni∣ente,
admirans causam tarditatis,
Interrogabat eam
cur ipsa ad coenam non adfuisset.
Illa cùm dixisset,
Domus amica,
domus optima.
Iratus ei, condem∣navit,
ut domum tan∣quam bajula cir∣cumferret.
Fabula docet,
quòd multi homi∣nes eligunt potiùs
tenuiter apud se vivere,
quàm apud aliòs splendidé.
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A Certaine man had an Horse and an Asse.
As they were tra∣velling upon the way,
the Asse said to the Horse,
Take a part of my burthen,
if thou wilt pre∣serve me.
But he would not be perswaded.
The Asse sinking under his burthen dyed.
But the Master laying the whole load upon the Horse,
and the very skin of the Asse,
The Horse com∣plaining cryed out,
Woe is me misera∣rable!
What is hapned to me a wretch?
For I that was not willing
to take a little bur∣den,
behold I now carry all,
and the very Asses skin.
The Fable shews,
that when the great ones communicate with the small,
they both shall be preserved.
HOmo qui∣dam habe∣bat equum & a∣sinum.
Facientibus autem iter in via,
dixit asinus equo,
Tolle aliquid ex meo onere,
si me vis esse sal∣vum.
Ille autem non est persuasus.
Asinus cadens ex labore vitam fi∣nivit.
Verùm domino omnia imponen∣te ipsi,
etiam ipsam asini pellem,
conquerens equus clamabat,
Hei mihi miserri∣mo!
Quid mihi evenit aerumnoso?
Qui enim nolui
parvum onus acci∣pere,
ecce omnia por∣to,
etiam pellem asini∣nam.
Fabula indicat,
quòd ubi cum par∣vis magni com∣municant,
utrique servantur,
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THieves entring into a house,
found nothing but a dunghill Cock,
and seizing upon him they went their way.
But when he came to be kill'd,
he petitioned them to be dismist,
pretending that he was necessary to men,
as one that in the night called them up to worke.
Then they answe∣red,
for this very rea∣son we kill thee,
for by waking them
thou dost hinder our trade.
The Fable signifies,
that those things are most contrary to evill men,
which are benefits to the good.
FUres in domum quandam in∣gressi,
nihil invenerunt nisi gallum gal∣linaceum,
& eam ubi acce∣pissent abierunt.
Cùm autem esset ab ipsis mactan∣dus,
rogabat ut se de∣mitterent,
dicens se utilem esse hominibus,
ut qui eos noctu ad opera excita∣ret.
Tùm illi dixerunt,
Propter hoc te magis interfici∣mus,
illos enim excitan∣do
furarinos non sinis.
Fabula significat,
quòd ea maximè malis adversan∣tur,
quae probis sunt beneficia.
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A Nightingale perching upon the tree,
did sing according to her custome.
A Hawk seeing her and being hungry,
stoops and catches her.
But when she was to be slaine,
she entreated the Hawk
that she might not be devoured,
as not sufficient to satisfie his hunger,
but that it was fit for him in his ne∣cessity,
to flye upon other greater birds.
But the Hawk an∣swering said,
But I were surely mad,
if I let the food goe now in my hands,
to follow a new game not visible.
The Fable shews,
that some men are so inconsiderate,
that they lose what they have in their power,
with hope of greater things only in the aire.
PHilomela super arbore sedens,
de more canebat.
Accipiter videns & cibi indigens,
advolans corripuit.
Cùm autem occi∣denda esset,
orabat accipitrem,
ne devoraretur,
non satis esse ad accipitris ventrem implendum,
sed oportere ipsum cibo egentem,
ad majores aves converti.
Accipiter autem respondens dixit,
Sed ego certè a∣mens essem,
si dimittens escam in manibus para∣tam,
& ea quae non videntur perse∣quar.
Fabula significat,
plerosque homi∣nes ita esse in∣consultos,
ut quae manibus habentur amit∣tant,
spe majorum quae incerta sunt.
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Two young men stood neer a Cook,
and while the Cook was busie at his worke,
one of them stealing a piece of flesh,
conveyed it into the others bosome.
But the Cook, tur∣ning himselfe a∣bout,
and missing his meat,
he that stole it,
swore that he had it not;
and he that had it,
swore he stole it not.
But when the Cook perceived their craft,
he said,
Although I cannot finde you out,
yet you are not un∣discovered to God,
by whom you have sworne.
The Fable shewes,
that though our perjuries are not known to men,
we cannot put on a vizor before God.
DUo adole∣scentuli jux∣ta coquum assi∣debant,
& Coquo in ali∣quo domestico opere occupato,
alter illorum par∣tem carnis sur∣ripiens,
in alterius commi∣sit sinum.
Converso autem coquo,
& carnem quaeren∣te,
qui obstulerat,
jurabat se non ha∣bere;
& qui habebat,
se non abstulisse.
At coquus ubi sensit nequitiam illorum,
dixit,
Et si me latueritis,
tamen non deum latebitis,
per quem peje∣ratis.
Fabula indicat,
quòd licet homi∣nes pejerantes lateamus,
deum tamen non fallemus.
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A Husbandman ready to dye,
and desiring that his Sons should follow their Hus∣bandry;
Calling them toge∣gether, he said,
Oh my Children!
I am now going out of this world.
But when ye shall seek
what I have hid in the Vineyard,
you shall finde all.
They therefore sup∣posing,
that there was some treasure hid there,
dig'd all the Earth of the Vineyard,
(when their Father was dead)
and truly found no treasure.
But the Vineyard thus very well digged,
returned them a∣bundance of pro∣fit.
The Fable teach∣eth,
that labour is a treasure,
and the best recom∣pence of our ex∣pectations.
AGricola vitā soluturus,
& volens filios su∣os periculum fa∣cere agriculturâ;
accersitis ipsis, ait,
Filii mei!
Ego quidem jam vitâ decedo.
Quum autem quae∣siveritis,
quae in vinea à me occultata sunt
invenietis omnia.
Illi igitur arbitra∣ti,
thesaurum ibi ali∣cubi defossū esse,
omnem vineae ter∣ram circumfode∣runt,
post obitum patris,
& thesaurum qui∣dem non funt consecuti.
Vinea verò egre∣gregiè fossa,
multiplicem fru∣ctum reddidit.
Fabula docet,
quòd labor the∣saurus est,
& spei compensa∣tio.
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TWo Frogs were bred in a Marsh.
But the Marsh be∣ing dryed up
in the Summer,
they forsaking that,
sought for another,
and found out a deep well.
Seeing this,
one said to the o∣ther,
Hark thou,
Let us descend into this pit.
She answering said,
But if this water shall become dry,
how shall we get up againe?
The Fable de∣clares,
that we ought not
to attempt things inconsiderately.
DUae ranae in palude pas∣cebantur.
Siccatâ autem pa∣lude
aestate,
illâ derelictâ,
quaerebant aliam,
& profundum in∣venerunt puteum.
Hoc viso,
altera alteri in∣quit,
Heus tu,
Descendamus in hunc puteum.
Illa respondens dixit,
Si & heac aqua a∣ruerit,
quomodo ascende∣mus?
Fabula declarat,
non oportere
res aggredi incon∣sideraté.
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A Fox taken in a snare,
and getting off with the losse of his taile,
thought he could not live without dis∣honour.
He therefore re∣solved,
to advise other Foxes to it,
that he might hide his particular shame,
with the generall incommodity.
And truly having called them all to∣gether,
he counsailed them to cut off their tailes,
because this mem∣ber was not onely uncomely,
but that the burden upon it was un∣necessary.
Having made this oration,
one of them said,
Do'ye heare sir,
But if this were not an advantage to your self,
you doe ill to engage us to it.
The Fable shewes,
that wicked men give counsell,
not out of good will to their friends,
but for their owne interest.
VUlpes laqueo capta,
cùm abscissâ caudâ evasisset,
non vivendam prae ignominia duce∣bat vitam.
Decrevit igitur,
& alias vulpes hoc ipsum hortari,
ut privatum pro∣tegeret dedecus,
communi incomo∣do.
Et sanè cum om∣nes congregasset,
hortabatur
caudas abscindere,
quòd non solùm indecorum esset hoc membrum,
sed & supervaca∣neum onus ap∣pensum.
Accepto hoc ser∣mone,
quaedam illorum dixit,
Heus tu,
Verùm si tibi hoc non conduceret,
haud nobis idem consuleres.
Fabula demon∣strat.
quòd pravi homi∣nes dant consi∣lium,
non propter bene∣volentiam erga suos,
sed ad proprium commodum.
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MErcury desi∣ring to know,
what reputation he had among men,
went to the house of an Image-maker,
taking upon him the shape of a Man.
And spying the statue of Iupiter,
he asked,
for what price it might be bought.
But answer being made for a drachm,
He laughing, asked the price of Ju∣no's.
But he answered, it was dearer.
And seeing his own statue there,
and thinking,
because he was the messenger of the Gods,
and profitable,
that a great esti∣mation should be had of him
among men;
he asked concer∣ning himselfe.
But the Statuary said,
If you will buy these,
I will give you this into the bargain.
The Fable is
against a man that is covetous of his owne vaine glory,
who hath no honour among other men.
MErcurius scire cupiens
in quanto honore apud homines esset,
ivit in domum sta∣tuarii,
cùm seipsum simi∣lem fecisset homi∣ni.
Et conspicatus Jo∣vis statuam,
interrogabat,
quanti quis eam emeret,
Ille verò cum dix∣isset, drachmâ,
Risit, & quanti Ju∣nonis rogavit.
Cum respondisset verò pluris.
Conspicatus & su∣am statuam,
& opinatus,
quòd cum nuntius sit deorum,
& lucrosus,
magna sui habere∣tur ratio
apud homines;
interrogavit de se.
At statuaris dixit,
Si hos emeris,
& hunc addita∣mento tibi da∣bo.
Fabula est
adversus virum va∣nae studiosum glo∣riae,
qui in nullo est honore apud a∣lios.
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A Bone stuck within a Wolfs throat,
and he promised,
to give a reward to the Crane,
if putting his head downe,
he would take a bone out of his throat.
But when he had drawn it forth,
having a long neck,
he demanded his re∣ward.
The Wolfe laugh∣ing,
and whetting his teeth, said,
You have a reward sufficient,
in this respect only,
that your head hath escaped safe and sound,
having been once in the mouth and teeth of a Wolfe.
This Fable shews,
that it is vaine to aske a reward
from men above us in power,
who though preser∣ved from danger,
think it recompence enough,
if they forbeare to hurt us.
LUpi gutturi os infixum hae∣sit,
hic autem promi∣sit,
se daturum mer∣cedem grui,
si capite ipsius misso,
os ex gutture suo traheret.
Cùm autem ille extraxisset,
quippe quae proce∣ro esset collo,
mercedem posce∣bat.
Ille ridens,
& dentes exacuens dixit,
Pro mercede suffi∣cit,
vel hoc solum,
quòd extulisti ca∣put salvum & nihil passum,
ex lupi ore & den∣tibus.
Fabula monstrat,
quòd frustra mer∣cedem postula∣mus
à potentioribus vi∣ris,
qui à periculo conservati,
putant satis fore,
se non laesisse.
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A Fisherman did fish in a cer∣taine river,
and when he had set his nets.
he beat the water,
that the Fishes in their flight might unawares be en∣gaged in his net.
But one that did inhabit there a∣bout,
seeing him doe so,
chid him, as one that troubled the River,
and would not let them drinke the water pure.
And he made an∣swer,
If the River should not be thus trou∣bled,
I should catch no fish.
The Fable signi∣fies,
that some evill men
get most profit to themselves,
when they bring their Countrey into sedition.
PIscator in quo∣dam fluvio piscabatur,
cùm autem exten∣disset retia,
aquam verbera∣bat,
ut pisces fugientes incautè in retia inciderent.
Quidam autem e∣orum qui circa locum habitabat,
respiciens hoc fa∣cientem,
reprehendebat ut qui fluvium tur∣babat,
& puram aquam non sineret bi∣bere.
Et is respondit,
Si non sic fluvius perturbetur,
ego nullos pisces capturus sum.
Fabula significat,
quòd quidam im∣pii homines
tunc maximè quae∣stum faciunt sibi,
quum patrias in se∣ditionem indux∣erint.
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A Wolf being hun∣gry,
went about seeking some food.
But coming to a certaine place,
he heard a child cry,
and an old Woman saying to him,
Leave crying,
or i'le give you up to the Wolfe
this very houre.
The Wolfe thinking the old Woman spoke in earnest,
staid there expe∣cting a long houre.
But when the even∣ing came,
he heares the old Woman againe,
flattering the child,
and telling him,
Oh my child!
if the Wolfe come hither,
we will kill him.
As soon as the Wolf heard this,
he sneaked away, saying,
In this Cottage,
they say one thing,
and doe another.
This Fable is a∣gainst those men,
who have not their deeds
answerable to their promises.
LUpus esuriens,
circumierat quae∣rens cibum.
Profectus autem ad locū quendam,
audivit puerū plo∣rantem,
& anum dicentem ei,
Desine plorare,
sin minus tradam te lupo
hac ipsa horâ.
Lupus aniculam ratus seriò loqui,
constitit expectans multam horam.
Ut verò vespera advenisset,
audit rursus anum,
blandientē puero,
& dicentem ei,
ô fili,
si huc lupus vene∣rit.
interfeciemus ip∣sum.
Cùm haec audisset lupus,
abiit dicens,
In hac casâ,
aliud dicunt,
aliud faciunt.
Fabula est adver∣sos homines,
qui facta non ha∣bent
verbis responden∣tia.
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A Man having two Dogs,
the one he bred up to hunting,
the other to keep the house.
And if at any time it hapned
the hound to take any game,
the Dog that tar∣ried at home, had his share of the prey.
But the hound ta∣king it ill,
and upbraiding the other,
because he every day took the pains,
the other idling at home,
was fed with his sweat:
He submitting himselfe said,
Accuse not me, but our Master,
who taught not me to labour,
but to eate other folkes meat.
The Fable declares,
that young men that are igno∣rant,
are not to be blam∣ed,
when their Parents gave them no better education.
QUidam habens duos canes,
alterum quidem venari docuit,
alterum domum custodire.
Porro si quando
venaticus aliquid capiebat,
etiam qui domi remanebat par∣ticeps erat prae∣dae.
Aegrè autem se∣rente venatico,
& alterum convi∣tiis afficiente,
quòd ipse quidem quotidie labora∣ret,
ille verò nihil la∣borans,
suis aleretur labo∣ribus.
Subjiciens ipse dix∣it,
Non me, sed do∣minū reprehende,
qui non laborare me docuit,
sed labores alienos comedere.
Fabula declarat,
quòd etiam juve∣nes qui nihil sci∣unt,
non sunt repre∣hendendi,
cùm ipsos paren∣tes sic educave∣rint.
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A Certaine man having a woo∣den god,
and being very poor,
he did humbly be∣seech him
that he would doe somthing for him.
When he had done this often,
and lived still in great want,
being very angry,
he took him by the legs,
and threw him a∣gainst the pave∣ment.
But his head knock∣ing the ground,
and presently bro∣ken to pieces,
a great deal of gold came forth:
which when the man had gathered up,
he exclaimed,
Thou art perverse,
in my opinion,
and ingratefull:
for thou didst me no good
when I did worship thee,
but thou dost bestow many good things
now I have beaten thee.
The Fable shewes,
That you shall profit your self nothing
by flattering a wic∣ked man:
But if you lash him soundly,
you may get the more benefit by him.
HOmo quidam ligneum ha∣bens deum,
& cū pauper esset,
supplex orabat,
ut sibi beneface∣ret.
Cùm haec faceret,
& nihilominus in paupertate dege∣ret,
iratus,
arripiēs illum cru∣ribus,
projecit in pavi∣mentum.
Capite igitur col∣liso,
& mox confracto,
aurum effluxit quamplurimum:
quod cum homo colligeret,
exclamabat,
Perversus es,
ut ego arbitror,
& ingratus:
minime enim me juvisti
colentem te,
Multis autē bonis compensas
me te verberantem
Fabula ostendit,
Quòd non sis pro∣futurus tibi
honorans pravum hominem:
verberans autem ipsum,
magis profuturus sis.
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A Widow woman that took pains for her living,
having many maid∣servants,
used to call them up in the night
to their worke,
about the Cock crowing.
But they wearied out with continu∣all labour,
thought fit to kill the Cock in the house,
as one that waked their Mistresse in the night.
But it fell out with them when they had done this,
that they fell into greater inconve∣niences;
for the Mistresse n•••• knowing the Cocks houre,
called them up more early in the night.
This Fable teaches,
that to many peo∣ple
their own counsells are the cause of their ruine.
MUlier vidua operosa,
cùm ancellas habe∣ret,
illas consuerat no∣ctu excitare
ad opera,
circa gallorū can∣tum.
Illae autem conti∣nuo labore affli∣ctae,
existimarunt opor∣tere gallum inter∣ficere qui domi esset,
ut qui noctu exci∣taret dominam.
Contigit autem ipsis hoc quum effecissent,
ut in graviora in∣ciderent mala;
nam domina igno∣rans gallorum horam,
magis de nocte ip∣sas excitabat.
Fabula docet,
quòd multis
sua consilia malo∣larum causa fi∣ant.
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A Cat when she had caught a Cock,
was willing to de∣vour him upon some just pre∣tence,
and did object a∣gainst him,
saying, that he was troublesome to men,
crying out in the night,
not suffering them to enjoy their sleep.
But he answering,
that he did that
for their profit,
that they might be called to their u∣suall labour;
The Cat objected a∣gaine,
that he was impious against nature,
by committing with his owne Mother and Sisters.
But he replying,
that he did this also,
for the benefit of his Masters,
since by this they gained many eggs;
The Cat conclu∣ding,
Although you a∣bound with preg∣nant reasons,
yet I will not stay long fasting;
and so devoured him.
The Fable signi∣fies,
that a nature re∣solved to doe mis∣chief,
if he cannot doe it by any colourable pretext,
he will act it openly.
FElis cùm com∣prehendisset Gallum,
rationabili causà volebat eum de∣vorare,
& accusabat ipsum, dicens,
molestum esse ho∣minibus,
clamantem nocte,
neque permitten∣tem eos somno frui.
Eo verò respon∣dente,
id se facere
ad illorum utili∣tatem,
ut ad consueta o∣pera excitarentur;
Rursus felis cau∣sam afferebat,
quòd impius esset erga naturam,
cum matre ac so∣roribus coeundo.
Eo autem respon∣dente,
& hoc facere
ad utilitatem do∣minorum,
quum multa hinc ova ipsis parian∣tur;
Felis praefatus,
Etsi tu abundas speciosis excusa∣tionibus,
ego tamen jeju∣nus non persta∣bo;
atque ipsum devo∣ravit.
Fabula significat,
quòd prava natu∣ra malum prae∣cogitans,
si verisimili prae∣textu id facere non possit,
apertè malefecit.
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A Very wicked fellow,
went to Apollo at Delphos,
of purpose to try him.
Therefore taking a Sparrow in his hand,
and hiding it under his coat.
He stood next to the Tripod,
and asked the God, saying,
Apollo,
whether is that li∣ving or dead,
which I hold in my hand?
purposing,
that if he said it were dead,
he would shew the sparrow alive:
but if he said he were living,
presently choaking him,
he would produce him dead.
But the God know∣ing his malitious designe,
said,
It it not in thy po∣wer,
to do what thou hast a list to.
Thou dost hold a thing that is dead,
and thinking to confute the God.
he shewed the Sparrow dead in∣deed.
The Fable shewes,
that no policy can deceive the De∣ity,
and that there is no jugling with God.
MAlignus ho∣mo,
ad eum qui est Delphis venerat Apollinem,
tentare eum vo∣lens.
Ita{que} cum sumpsis∣set passerculum in manu,
& eum veste ton∣texisset,
Stetit Tripodem proximè,
& interrogavit de∣um, dicens,
Apollo,
Utrum spirat, vel non spirat,
quod in manibus fero?
volens,
ut si non spirare diceret,
vivum ostendere passerculum:
si autem spirare,
continuò suffo∣cans,
mortuū eum pro∣ferre.
Sed deus malitio∣sam ejus cogno∣scens mentem,
dixit,
Penes te non si∣tum est,
utrum vis facere.
Non enim vivum contines,
& deum volens confutare,
verè mortuum o∣stendit.
Fabula indicat,
quòd numen divi∣num nullis ra∣tionibus fallitur,
idque nulla res la∣tet.
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A Boy having stole pins and
toyes of his School-fellowes,
brought them to his Mother.
But because she chid him not,
but rather content to be the receiver;
in time growing to be a young man,
he began to steale greater matters.
But at last taken in the very theft,
he was led straight to execution.
But his Mother following,
and much lamen∣ting,
He desired of the Hangman,
that he might speak a few words to his Mother
in her eare.
But as soon as she had applyed her selfe to her Sons mouth,
he bit off one of her eares.
But his Mother, and others con∣demning him,
that he had not one∣ly plaid the theif,
But had been impi∣pious to his Mo∣ther:
He made answer,
she was the Author of his ruine:
for if she had pu∣nished me,
when I had stolne pinnes,
I had not come to this point.
The Fable signi∣fies,
that their misdeeds encrease
every day more and more,
which, are not pu∣nished in the be∣ginning.
PUer condisci∣puli aciculas & crepundia fu∣ratus,
tulit matri.
Cum verò non objurgasset,
potius autem rece∣pisset;
adultus progressu temporis,
coepit & majora furari.
In ipso autem fur∣to aliquando de∣prehensus,
ducebatur rectâ ad mortem.
Matre verò se∣quente,
& lurgente,
ille carnifices ora∣bat,
ut pauca quaedam matri diceret
in aurem.
Haec verò cùm continuò ori se filii admovisset,
ille aurem dentibus mordens abstulit.
Matre verò & aliis accusantibus,
quòd non solùm furatus esset,
sed jam etiam in matrem impius esset:
Ipse respondit,
Ipsa mihi perditio∣nis extitit au∣thor:
si enim objurgas∣set me,
cùm aciculas fura∣tus eram,
nunc non ducerer ad mortem.
Fabula significat,
quòd eorū malefa∣cta crescunt
magis & magis,
qui non puniuntur ab initio.
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AN old woman having sore eyes,
hired a Physician:
She having made an agreement,
that if he could cure her,
that she would give him what she pro∣mised:
but if not, she would give him nothing.
Well, the Physici∣an went upon his cure.
But every day he came to the old woman
anoynting her eyes,
when she could not see that houre
for the unction,
he departed conti∣nually,
not without steale∣ing something or other out of her house.
The old woman saw her houshold stuffe diminish
every day,
so as at last,
nothing was left her at all, when she was cured.
But when the Phy∣sitian demanded of her
the summe agreed upon,
as from one perfect∣ly restored to sight,
and brought his witnesses:
She answered,
Now more assured∣ly I see nothing.
For when my eyes were weake,
I could perceive many things in my house,
but now you affirme I can see perfectly,
I can discerne no∣thing at all.
The Fable shewes,
that evill men in what they doe,
do ignorantly frame arguments
against themselves.
MUlier anus dolens ocu∣los,
conduxit medicum mercede:
Conventione fa∣ctâ,
si se curaret,
pactam mercedem ei daturam:
sin autem minimè, nihil soluturam.
Aggressus est quidē medicus curam.
Quotidie verò ac∣cedens ad vetu∣lam
oculos ei ungens,
Cùm illa nequa∣quam videre pos∣posset eâ horâ
ob unctionem,
ipse quotidie disce∣debat,
aliquod vas aufe∣rens ex domo.
Anus suam supel∣lectilem videbat minui
quotidie,
adeò ut tandem
nihil omnino sana∣tae relinqueretur.
At medicus cum efflagitaret ab ea
pecuniam pactam,
nt quae jam purè videbat,
& testes adduceret:
Illa respondet,
Magis certè nihil video.
Nam cùm oculis laborabam,
multa in meâ vide∣bam domo,
nunc autem cùm tu me videre in∣quis,
nihil omnino ex il∣lis video.
Fabula significat,
quòd pravi homi∣nes in iis quae a∣gant,
ignari efferunt ar∣gumentum
contra seipsos.
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A Man provided a supper,
to entertaine his friend,
and his Dog did in∣vite another, say∣ing,
Oh my friend, come you and sup with me!
But he, when he came,
stood rejoycing,
to behold the great preparation,
crying out in his heart,
What joy on the so∣daine hath ravish∣ed me!
for I shall feast,
and eate my belly full at supper,
that I shall not pos∣sibly be a hungry to morrow.
While the Dog was grumbling this to himselfe,
and much wagging his taile,
highly confident in his friend,
as the Cook spied him whirling his taile,
this way and that way,
taking him up by the heels,
he threw him out of the window.
But after his fall, he went away howling.
Another Dog that met him in the way,
enquired,
Friend how sup'd you?
who answered him,
I had so much drink
more then enough,
that I know not which way I came forth.
The Fable teach∣eth,
that we ought not to trust those,
who promise a cour∣tesie
upon other mens charges.
HOmo quidā parabat coe∣nam,
excepturus aliquē ex amicis,
& Canis ipsius ali∣um canem voca∣bat, dicens,
O amice, huc veni coenatum mecum!
Is autem ubi adve∣nit,
gaudens astitit,
contemplans mag∣nam illam coenā,
exclamans in cor∣de suo,
Quantū mihi gau∣dium nunc mihi derepente effulsit!
nam & nutriar,
& ad satietatem coenabo,
ita ut cras nullâ ra∣tione esuriam.
Haec secum cùm loqueretur canis,
& simul moveret caudam,
ut qui jam amico confideret,
coquus ut vidit e∣um caudam ver∣tentem
huc illuc,
comprehensis cru∣ribus ejus,
projecit eum extra fenestras.
Ille verò delapsus abiit valde cla∣mans.
Aliquis autem ca∣num qui in via ei occurrebant,
interrogabat,
Quomodo coena∣sti amice?
Is ei respondens dixit,
Multo potu inebri∣atus
super satietatem,
neque viam ipsam unde egressus sum novi.
Fabula docet,
Quòd non oportet confidere illis
qui benefacere pollicentur
ex alienis.
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A Man cutting wood over a River,
let fall his hatchet:
Not knowing what to doe therefore,
sitting upon the bank,
he deplored his mis∣fortune:
But MERCURY knowing the cause,
and pitying the man,
going down into the river,
brought up a golden hatchet,
and asked whether that were it
which he had lost?
But he saying that this was not it,
He going down a∣gain brought up a silver one:
But he answering,
That this was not it neither;
going down the third time,
brought up his own.
But he affirming that this was tru∣ly his owne,
which was lost;
Mercury appro∣ving his honesty,
bostowed them all upon him.
The man going a∣way,
told his fellowes
all that had hapned.
One of them thought
to doe the like things.
And letting his hatchet fall into the River,
of set purpose,
sat downe lament∣ing.
And when Mer∣cury appeared al∣so to him,
and learned the cause of his weep∣ing;
going downe in the same manner,
he brought up a gol∣den hatchet,
and asked him,
whether that were the same which he had lost.
But he answering with joy,
Truly this is it,
the God displeased at so great im∣pudence,
not onely denyed that,
but also not return∣ed him his own.
The Fable declares,
that as much as the Divine power favoureth the just,
so much he is an e∣nemy to the wicked.
QUidam ligna scindens lig∣nator apud flu∣vium,
securim amisit:
Inops consilii igi∣tur,
juxta ripam se∣dens,
plorabat:
Mercurius autem intelletâ causâ,
& miseratus homi∣minem,
in fluvium descen∣dens,
auream extulit se∣curim,
& interrogavit an haec esset
quam perdiderat?
Illo verò, non hanc esse dicente,
iterum descendens argenteam pro∣duxit:
Illo verò respon∣dente,
Neque hanc esse suam;
tertiò descendente,
ejus proprium po∣tulit.
Illo autem hanc verè esse, dicente,
quae perdita fuisset;
Mercurius com∣probatâ ejus ju∣stitiâ,
omnes ei donavit.
Ille profectus,
sociis exposuit
quae evenerant.
Quorum unus ali∣quis constituit
similia efficere.
Et propriam secu∣rim cùm dinisis∣set in fluvium,
deditâ operâ,
flens residebat.
Et cùm apparuisset Mercurius & illi,
& causam didi∣cisset;
descendens simili∣ter,
auream securim potulit,
& quaerebat,
an hanc amisisset.
Ille verò cum laeti∣tia locuto,
Verè haec est,
perosus deus tan∣tam impudenti∣am,
non solùm illam retinuit,
sed neque propri∣am reddidit.
Fabula declarat,
quantum divinum numen adest ju∣stis,
tantum injustis ad∣versatur.
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THe Lyon worne with age,
being no longer able
to supply himselfe with food [abroad]
resolved to do some∣thing by subtilty.
Withdrawing him∣selfe therefore into his Cave,
and keeping close,
he pretends himself sick,
and seizing upon those beasts that came
to give him a visit,
he devoured them.
After many beasts were thus eaten,
a Fox came to him,
having understood this his designe,
and standing with∣out the Cave,
he asked him how he did.
But he answering, Not well.
And asking him the reason
why he did not come in?
The Foxe made answer,
Because I see the footsteps of ma∣ny
that have entred into your Cave,
but the print of ve∣ry few feet that have come back againe.
The Fable shews,
that wise men fore∣seeing,
••ut of certaine ob∣servations,
doe escape great dangers.
LEo confectus senio,
cùm non valeret
suppeditare sibi cibum,
decrevit per astu∣tiam aliquid fa∣cere.
Itaque in spelun∣cam peofectus quandam,
& inclusus,
simulat se aegro∣tare,
& advenientia ani∣malia compre∣hendens
visitationis gratiâ,
devorabat ipsa.
Multis igitur ani∣malibus absumptis,
vulpes accessit ad eum,
astuto artificio hoc cognito,
& stans extra spe∣luncam,
rogitabat quomo∣do haberet.
Hoc autem dicen∣te, Malè.
& causam rogante
cur non introiret?
Vulpes respondit,
Quia video vesti∣gia multorum
qui ingressi sunt,
paucorum autem qui egressi.
Fabla ostendit,
quòd homines pro∣spicientes,
ex certis signis,
magna pericula ef∣fugiunt.
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A Certain Wo∣man had a drunkard to her Husband:
but she willing to recover him from this infirmity,
invented this stra∣tagem.
For when she obser∣ved him over∣charged with drink,
and like a dead man without any sense,
taking him up on her shoulders,
she laid him downe in a vault,
and went her way.
But when she thought he was come to himselfe,
she went and knock∣ed at the doore of the Vault.
And when he ask∣ed,
Who is that which knocks at the door?
His wife answered,
I am come to bring some meat to the dead.
And he said, O my deare friend!
bring me not to eate,
but rather some∣thing to drinke:
for you are not wel∣come,
if you have remem∣bred food, and not liquor.
But she striking her breast, said,
Woe is me misera∣ble woman!
for I have profited nothing by my policy:
for thou my Hus∣band, art worse then thou wert,
thy disease is grown into a habit,
and thou wilt be drunk when thou art dead.
The Fable shewes,
that we ought not to dwell upon evill acts:
for a bad custome doth beget a ha∣bit,
MUlier quae∣dam virum habebat ebrium:
ipsum autem à morbo liberatu∣ra,
tale quid commi∣niscitur.
Qum enim obser∣vasset eum aggra∣vatum ab ebrie∣tate,
& mortui instar insensatum,
in humeros eleva∣tum,
in sepulchretum deposuit,
& abiit.
Quum verò ipsum jam sobrium esse conjectaret,
profecta januam pulsavit sepul∣creti.
Ille autem quum rogaret,
Quis est qui pulsat januam?
Uxor respondit,
Ego adsū mortuis cibaria ferens.
Et ille, O optime!
non mihi adfer comesse,
sed potius bibere:
molestus enim es mihi,
quum cibi, non po∣tus meministi.
Haec autem per∣cusso pectore, ait,
Hei mihi miserae!
nam neque astu profui:
tu enim vir pejor evasisti,
in habitum tibi de∣ductus est mor∣bus,
& post mortē in∣briari desideras.
Fabula significat,
non oportere ma∣lis actibus immo∣rari:
mala enim consu∣etudo in habitum deducetur.
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A Lyon grown old,
lay sick in his den:
All the Beasts came to visit their King,
but the Fox.
The wolfe therefore taking this occa∣sion,
accused the Fox to the Lyon,
as one that did not honour their ge∣nerall Lord,
and therefore came not to visit him.
The Foxe came in at that time,
and heard the last words of the Wolfe.
The Lyon there∣fore began to rage against him;
but the Foxe desi∣ring leave to ac∣quit himselfe,
said,
And who of those that are here,
hath done so much service as my self?
who have travailed through all parts,
and enquired of the Physicians a re∣medy for you,
and I have found it?
But the Lyon com∣manding him pre∣sently to speak it;
he declares,
If you put on the warme skin
of a Wolfe stead a∣live,
you shall be pre∣served.
The Wolfe present∣ly falling down,
the Foxe laughing said,
It does not become you so to inflame our Lord to in∣dignation,
but rather to dispose him to gentleness.
The Fable teaches,
that he that doth plot constantly to hang other men,
doth sometime pre∣pare a halter for himselfe.
LEo cùm con∣senuisset,
aegrotabat jacens in antro:
Accesserunt visi∣tatura regem cae∣tera animalia,
praeter vulpem.
Lupus igitur cap∣tâ occasione,
accusabat apud le∣onem vulpem,
ut qui nihili facie∣bat suum omni∣um dominum,
& propterea ne∣que ad visitatio∣nem proficiscere∣tur.
Interim affuit & vulpes,
& ultima audivit lupi verba.
Leo igitur contra eam infremuit;
sed vulpes defensi∣onis tempus cùm petiisset,
inquit,
Et quis eorum qui convenerunt,
tantum profuit quantum ego?
quae in omnē par∣tem circuivi,
& medicamentum pro te à medicis quaesivi,
& didici?
Quum autem Leo statim ut medica∣mentum diceret imperasset;
illa inquit,
Si calidam pellem indueris,
lupo vivente ex∣coriato,
conservaberis.
Lupo statim jacen∣te,
vulpes ridens ait,
Non sic oportet dominum move∣re ad malevolen∣tiam,
sed potius ad bene∣volentiam.
Fabula docet,
qui quotidie in a∣lios machinatur,
in seipsum aliquan∣do laqueum ver∣tit.
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