288. "TABLES. Select Fables of JEsop, with an English Trans-
-T lation more Literal than any yet extant. By H. Clarke.
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Seleft FABLES of ^SOP 5
WITH
An Englijh TRANSLATION,
More LITERAL than any yet extant,
Defigned for the Readier INSTRUCTION
of BEGINNERS in the Latin 'Tongue.
By H. CLARKE,
TEACHER of the LATIN LANGUAGE.
The FIRST BOSTON EDITION," from a Copy of the latelt
Edition printed in LONDON.
BOSTON:
Printed by SAMUEL HALL, in State-Street.
1787,
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PREFACE.
WHOEVER hath duly confidered the great
Difficulty there is in our firfl encountering
with the Idioms of the Latin Tongue, the Variety of
Englijh Words, which will fometimes anfwer to one
Latin one, with the many Miftakes which Boys rnuft
naturally be liable to, who cannot immediately form
any tolerable Judgment of the Thing which They
are engaged in j muft furely, in fome Meafure, be
brought to acknowledge, that the having Things ex-
plained and cleared up to thejr Underftandings, as
They go along, is the bed and only Means of mak-
ing Them eager and defirous to learn. And here,
perhaps, It may be fomewhat of a real Help to throw
the Language into a yet more eafy Light, and to de-
fcend a little lower, than Others have hitherto fub-
mitted Themfelves tqj^For I will not refufe to
own, that I am apprehenfive, the Fear of too great a
Baldnefs in the Tranflation hath deterred even Thofe,
who have carried this Affair farther than was at firft
imagined it could ever have gone, from rendering ic
fo plain, that Children might ftill the more readily
come
2 PREFACE.
come into the Knowledge of the Conftruftion, and
form a better and quicker Idea of the different Parts
of Speech.
Things relating to InftrucYion cannot well be made
too eafy j but to write in the Terms of a Pedant, or
in fuch a Lownefs, or Poverty of ExprefTion^ as
dwindleth almoft into Nonfenfe, is a Hardfhip too
great to be fubmitted to by any Man of Spirit. But
alas ! Freedom of Stile is one Thing, and literal Tranf-
lation another ; and the bed Way to commence an
Acquaintance with any Language,is firft to read a great
deal of a verbal Tranflation. When fingle Words
have been apprehended rightly, a Number of them
may be readily put together, the remembering that
fuch a Word is Latin-- for fuch a Thing affording
Learners the greateft Pleafure and Incitement to-
wards the making a Progrefs more confiderable j
whereas, by attempting the Conftrufbion of Phrafes
too foon, they become loft, and bewildered in a Maze.
It hath been thought proper therefore to make the
Englijh Words here to anfwer to the Latin, as gram-
matically as pofiible - 3 and, where more expreffive
Ones might often have been made Ufe of, Thofe,
which are moft ufually met with, have been judged
the moft convenient j the varying the Phrafe too
much
PREFACE. 3
much at firft tending rather to confound, than graft
any Thing in the Memory.
* A new Edition ofJSfop, with the Latin and Eng-
UJh each in their diftinft Columns, had been long
ago wifhed for ; but, as Mr. Locke had before fuf-
fered an Interlineary Verfion of it to be printed with
his Name in the Title Page, it is highly probable,
Nobody would venture to undertake fuch a Thing ;
altho' You are told in the Preface, that the Defign
was to help Thofe, who had not the Opportunity or
Leifure to learn the Latin Language by Grammar ;
which, confequently, did not lead Him to have the
EngHJh made with the greateft grammatical Striflnefs
to the Latin, and left Room for fomething to be at-
tempted, which might bejafforded at an eafier Rate,
and what might better anfwer the Purpofes of a Com-
mon School-Book.
Upon the whole, You have here a Collection of
the greateft Part of the Fables done in an eafier Man-
ner, than any yet extant -, and the farther You enter
into the Book, You will find fuch little Liberties* tak-
en in the Exfrcffton, as may naturally fuit with tender
Capacities, whilfl the Judgment ripens by Degrees.
Befides, the Advantage of the Roman and Italick
Characters
* Vide PREFACE to CLARKE'S CORDERY. **
4 PREFACE.
Characters being alternately ufed for the better In-
ftruflion of Young Beginners, this Tranjlation is "Con-
trived to anfwer Line for Line throughout ; and Care
hath been generally taken to avoi^i the Breaks of
Words fo frequent in Things of this feature, that it is
next to an Impoflibility now to miftake.
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F AEU L M JESOP I.
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FABLES of MS OP.
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FABLE I.
Zk GALLO. 0/theCocK.
GAllus, </ vertit A Cock, ivhiljl he turns up
Vtercorarium, offendit J.JL a Dunghill, finds
Gemmam, inquiens, ^a/J a Jewel, faying, /^y
reperio /?^m tam nitidam ? do I find a Thing fo bright ?
Si Gemmarius reperiiTet ^Vfc; If a Jeweller had found 'J/ta%
Nihil ejfet Isetius Nothing would be more joyful
/-'<?, ut Qui fciret Man /T,?, as Who would know
Prettum : ' (,hmlem eft the Price : Indeed // is
n\dli Ufui Mihi, nee ceftimo of no Ufe to Me, <?> do I efleem it
Jlfagni ; jmo cquidem at a great Rate ; nay indeed
mallem Granum Hor- I had rather have a Grain of Bar-
dei omnibus Gemtms. ley than all Jewels.
MORALE, The MORAL.
Intellige^r Gemmarfly^r- Underftand ly the Jewel
tf.m & Sapicntiam ; per Gal- Art and JVifdom ; by /^<? Co^,
'Wg Honn'.n-rm jlolidum & a Man j'oclijh and
a SELECT FABLES OF
voluptarlum ; nee Stulti
amant liberates Artcs, cum
nefciant Ufum earum ;
nee Voluptarius, quippe
Voluptas_/o/a placeat Ei.
voluptuous ; neither Foolt
love liberal Arts, ivhen
they know not the UJe of them ;
nor a voluptuous Man, lecaufc
Plcafure alone pleafcs him.
FAB
& UMBRA.
CAnis tranans fluvium,
uehebat Carnem Ricfu ;
Sole fplendente, Umbra
Carnis lucebat in Aquis :
Quarn I lie widens, & a vide
captans, perdidit Quod erat
in Faucibus : Itaq; fertuifus
Jadura & Ref fc?
Sgei, frimum ftupuit ; de-
inde recipiens Minimum fie
elatravit : Mifer ! Modus
deerat fus Cupiditati :
Erat fatis fuferguf,
iii defjpuffis, Jam,^
per tuam Stultitiam, eft
minus Nihilo Tibi.
Mo s.
Sit -Modus tuae
, Cupiditati, ne arriltta$
erta ro incertis.
L E II.
0/"the DOG <Wthe SHADOW.
A "Dog Swimming over a River,
carried Flefh /n ^/'j Chaps ;
the Sun Jhining, the Shadow
o/"/^ J^/2//& (hone *'n the Waters ;
which he feeing, and greedily
catching at, /o/? what wa^
in his Jaws : Therefore Jlruck
with the Lofclgftof th^hinga/^
his Hope, atJtytKc wfi'amazed ;
afterwards taEThg Courage thui
/)< barked out : Wretch ! Modern- '
tlon was wanting to thy Defire :
There ivas enough, and too tnuchj
unlefs thou hadft been mad. Now,
thro 1 thy Folly, there 13
left than Nothing for Thee.
MOR.
Let there be Moderation to thy
Defire, left thou lofc
certain things for uncertain.
FAB
De LUPO & GRUE.
DU M Lupus vorat
Ovem, forte Of a
haefere in GuU, ambit,
uat Of em. Nemo opitu'atnr ;
Omnes diSitant, cum tvlijfi
Premium futt Voracitatis :
Ttimfi'tn multii Blandltits
piti-
L E III.
Of the WOLF and the CRANE.
WHilft a Wolf devonreth
a Sheep ,by chance theBonet
ftuck in his Throat ; He goes about,
aflvs Help t Nobody ajfijls ;
All fay, that he ^5 ^or
the Reward of his Greedinefs :
At length, with many Flatteries
SELECT FABLES OF JESOP.
inducit
pluribufq; Prompt
Gruem, ut,
Collo Infer to in Gulam,
eximeret Os infixum.
Verum illufit Ei pctcnti
Preemium, inquicns, Inepta,
abi, non habss fat, quod
vivis ? Deles tuam V'ttam
Mihi ; ft vellem, poteram
pnemordere tuum Collum.
and more Promifes, He draws in
the Crane, that her very long
Neck being thru/I into his Throat,
She wouldpulloat/^fjifoffe fixed in,
./?/ He played upon /fcr afking
a Reward, faying, Fool*
go away, hajl thou not enough, that
thou livefl ? Ty5o o-wejl thy Z.//?
to Me ; if I would, / was all:
to bite off thy Neck.
MOR.
MOR.
Quod
fads
ingrato,
What thou doejl for the ungrateful
peril.
* erijbeth '
FAB
JD<? RUSTICO y
COLUBRO.
RUfticus tulit Dorhum
Colubrum repertum in
"Kive t profe encftum Frig ore ;
adjicit dd Focum :
Coluber recipient Vim,
Virufqne, deinde non fercns
Flamrnam, infecit omne Tu~
gurium Sibilando. Ruflicus
corripiens Sudem accurrit,
& expoftulat -fnjuriam
cum Eo Verbis Verberibufq;
Num referrcl has
Gr alias ? Num eriperet
Vitatn ////', Qui dedtrat
Vitam Illi ?
MOR.
Interdum jit,
o^f/r Tibi,
Tu profueris ; & //
antur male de TV, dc
Tu meritusfis bene,
ut
L E IV.
0/"the COUNTRYMAN /ro^
the SNAKE,
A Countryman \lrougbt Home
a Snake found ia
the Snow, almojl dead with Cold ;
He lays him to the Fire ;
The Snake recovering Strength ,
and Poifon, then not bearing
the Flame, filed all the Co/S
tagevrhh Hiffing. The Countryman
fnatching a Stake runs up^
and expoftulates the Injury
with ///. in Words and JBto-wst
Whether he would return thefc
Thanh ? Whether He wottldtake
Life from Iiim t Who had given
Life to Him ?
MOR.
Sometimes it happens, that
they are hurtful to Thee, ivhom.
Thou hajl profited ; and They de-
ferve ill of 77j^ of Whom
Thou /**/? deferred well.
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FABLE V.
De APRO y ASINO.
DUM insrs Afmus ir ri-
del at Aprum, Ille
jndignans frendebat. Jgna-
viflime, fueras quidem
merlins Malura ; fed etiamfi
fuzris dignus Pand, tamen
Ego fum indignus, qui puni-
am Te. Ride tutus ; nam
es tutus ob Inert'iam.
Mot.
Dem us Operam, ut
cum audiamus, au/ patiamur
indigna Nobis, ne dicamus,
autfaciatnus indigna Nolls.
Nam mali & perditi ple-
rurnq; gaudent, fi ^L"// 1
/>/affi bonorurtt rejiftat
iis ; pendent Magni,
.Sj haberi dignos
Ultione. Imitemur Equo?,
& raagnas Be/lias, Qjui
pratercunt oblatrantts
Canlculoi cum Contemptu.
Of the BOAR c<^the Ass.
W
(d at the Boar, He
fretting gnq/bed his teeth. Moft
flothful Wretch, then haft indeed
deferred Evil ; but although thoit
baft been worthy of Punljlmenty yet
/ am unfit, who may pit-
n'sjh Thee. Laugh fecure, for
thou artfafe for thy Sluggl/Jonefs.
MOR.
Let us give an Endeavour, that
'when we hear, or endure
Things unworthy of ns, We do not fay,
or do Things unworthy of Us.
For bad and //? Men gene-
rally rejoice , if Any
one of the good " re/rjt
them ; they value It at a great Rate,
that they are accounted worthy
of Revenge. Z/f/ us imitate Horfes,
and great Beajls, who
/#/) ^y barking
Curs with Contempt.
F A L E VI.
Zk AQUILA &
CORSICULA.
AQuila r.aSa Cochle-
am, non qulvlt erucre
Vi, out Arte.
Cornicula accede ns dat
Condlivian, fvadet fubvolare,
t/ 1 c fublimi praecipitare
Coohleam in 5a.va ,* nam
fc fore, / Cochlea
Jrangalur. Cornicula
Humi, . ut
P.rxdolctur Cafum :
Aquila
0/~the EAGLE and
the JACKDAW.
AN Eagle having got a Coc-
kle, was not able to get out \
the Fl/b by Force, or Art.
The Jackdaw coming up gives
Counlel, perfuades her to fly up,
and from on high to throw down
the Cockle upon the Sfoiies ; for that
fa it would be that the Cockle
would be broken. The Jackdaw
flays on the Ground, th-.t
(he may watch the Full .
The Eagle
SELECT FABLES OF 1ESOP.
Aquila pracipitat ;
Telia frangilur ; Pifcis
fubripitur a Cornicula ;
elufa Aquila dolet.
MoV.
Noli baler e Fid em
Omnibus & fac
infpicias Gonfdium, quod
accept ris ab Aliis ;
nam Multi confulti ncn
confulunt J-jis Con-
s,/^Sibi.
The Eagle throws it down ;
The Shell is broken ; The Fifk
Is f natched atvtiy by the Jackdaw /
the deluded Eagle grieves.
Mo a.
Be not willing to have Faitk
in all Mcn t and do
you look into the Counfel, which
you have received from others ;
for Many being confulted do not
counfcl for their Cori-
fultors, but for Themfelves.
FAB
De CORVO 5*
VULFECULA.
COrvus naclus Prsedara,
Jlrepltat in Ramis s
Vulpecula viJet Eum ge-
jllentem t accurrit : F"ulpes,
inquit, impertit Corvum
plurima Salute. Stepenumero
audiveram, Farnam efie
Mendacem t jam experior Re
ipfa : Nam, ut forte prx-
lereo hac, fufpicifns Te in
Arbere, advo/o, culpans
Famam : Num Fama eft, Te
tffe nigriorem Pice, 3* video
te candidiorem Nive. Sane in
meo jfudicio vincis Cygnttt*
& w formofior alba
Hedera. Quod fi, / ex-
cellas -/ Plumis, Va &
*Voce t equidem dicerem te
Rfginam omnium Av'mm.
Corvus illeclus hac AJfen-
tiuncula, apparat ad
canendum. i^ero Cafeus
excidit e Rojlro ; Quo
ccrrepto Vulpecula,
tol/it
L E VII.
0/"the CROW and
the Fox.
A Crow having got a Prey,
makes aNoifrintheBranches :
the Fox y^ Him re-
joicing, runs up : The Fox,
fays her, compliments the Crow
w/V/6 wry wzwrA Health. Very often
luul ( I heard, /^ Faw^ was
J^tar, now IJind it in the Faft
/(^ .' For, as by Chance
^y this way, feeing You
the Tree, 1 fly to you, blaming
Fame : For toe Report is, that you
are blacker than Pitch, <?</ I fee
you whiter than Snow. Truly in
my judgment
and are fairer Man
Ivy. But if, flj you e-
cel in Feathers, you do fo a!(.>
in Voice, truly / Jlioitld call yau
//'? j^/w of all A'/v/f.
The Crow allured by this Fiat-
tery, prepares
fing. But the Cheefe
fell from /6/V Beak ; Which.
foV/f fnatcbed by the Fox,
6 SELECT FABLES OF JESOP.
toUit Cachinnurn : Turn he fets up a Laughter : Then
demum Corvus, Pudore at lad the Crow, Shame
juaffo Ja&urse Ret, being Joined to the Lofs of the Thing t
dolet. gricvelh.
MOR. MOR.
Nonnulli funt tarn avidi Some are fo g rf( dy
Laudis, ut ament AJfen- of Praife, that they love a Flat-
tatorem cum fuo Probro & terer with their own Difgrace and
Damno. JHomundones hiijus Damage. Men of this
Modi funt Pr<ed<( Parafito. Kind are a Prey to the Parafite.
Quod li vitajjes Jaftan- But if you had avoided Boaft-
tiam, facile vitaveris ing, eajily would you have avoided
peftiferum Genus Affen- the peftilent Race of Flatter-
tatorutn. Si Tu velis ejfe ers. If Thou art willing to be
Thrafo, Gnatho nufqtiam a Thrafo, a Gnaths never
deerit Tibi. will be wanting to Thee.
FABLE VIII.
DfCAKE &? ASIKO. 0/"the DOG and the Ass.
DUM Canit blandiretur "YlfTHilfl the Dog fawned on
Hero & Fan-jlit t VV b'uMafler and the Family t
Herus ff Familia demulcent the Mafter a</ the Family Jiroke
Cai.em. jf/kStf t videns the Dog. The Afi y feeing
id, gemit altifftme ; Nam that, groans moft deeply ; for
eepit pig erc Sor- he began to be weary of his Con-
tis : Putat iaique com pa- dition : He thinks it unjuflly or-
ratum, Canem efle ^ra- dered, that the Dog fhould be ac-
tum cunCtis, pafcique ceptablt to all, and be fed
herili ItLnfd, & fiom ins Matter's Table, and
confequl Hoc Otto thai he fhould gel This by IJlenef:
Ludoque : f'S^fe cono and Piay : that Himftlf on the
tra portare Clitcllas, contrary carried the Dorfcrs,
tiR Flagello, ejfe tuas beaten with the Whip, was
nunquaaa otiofum, & tamen : tfiever idle t and y*t
odioi'um funSit. Si hsc .odious to all. If thffe things
fisnt Btanditlls, ftatuit "are done by Pa-tunings, he refolvcf
J'eSari cam Artem, qux jtt to follow that Art> which it
tarn iit.lts.'* Igitur quo- to profitable. Therefore on a cer-
diim Tcmpore tentaturus tain. Time about to try
Rem, procurrit obviam the Thing, He runs in the Way
vpdcuati Zksnnm, to his Maflet: returning
Tub-
SELECT FABLES OF^SOP. 7
fubfilit, pulfat Uri- leaps on Him, Jiriles him with
gulis. Hero exclamaiite, his Hoofs. The Majler crying out,
aervi accurrere & the Servants ran to him, and
ineptus Afellus, qui credidlt the filly dfs, who thought
Se urbanum, vapulat.
MOR.
Omncsnon p^ffimus omnia;
Himfelf courtly, is beaten.
MOR.
We all cannot do all things ;
flic omna decent
Quifquc facial,
tentet id, quod pot eft.
oinnes. r.or do all things become all Men.
quifque Let every one do, let every one
try that, wjiich he is able.
FAB
De LEONE 5* quibufdam
aliis.
LE O pepigerat cum
Ove quibufdamque
aliis, Venationem fore
communcm. Venantur,
C'ervus c apitur : fingulis
incipientibus tollere Jingulas
Partes, vt convcnerat,
Leo irrugiit, inquiens, una
Pars eft mea, quia funi
dlgniifimus ; altera item
efl mea, quia przftantif-
finvJS Viribus ; porro
vsndico tertiam, quia fu-
daverim p f us in capiendo
Cervo ; dcnique, nifi con-
eefferitu quartam, ejl aftum
de Amicitia. Socii
audientes hoc, difcedunt
vacui $3* taciti, ncn auii
mutire contra Leoaem,
MOR.
Fides femper fuit ttzra :
apnd Aot Seculum ^? rarior;
apud potentes ejl, &
femper fuit, rar'ifjima. Q^o-
circa # fatius vivere cum
Parr. Nam, j^u/ vivit
fi'i poteniiore, fx$e habet
L E IX.
Of the LION and fome
Benjis.
TH E Lion (W agreed with
/A^ 5/'ff/> and fome
others., that the Huntingjftow/J ^
common. They bunt,
a Stag M taken : all
beginning to take /AV Jingle
Parts, as had been agreed,
Lion roared, faying, one
is mine, becaufe / am
the moil worthy ; another alfo
is mine, becaufe I am mod ex-
cellent in Strength ; moreover
/ claim a third, btfavft I have
fweated more in taking
the Stag ; lajlly, unlefs jow noiil
grant the fourth, /ifr? it an end
o/" Frieudfhip. His Companions
hearing this, depart
empty and filent, */ having dared
to mutter again ft the Lion.
MOR.
Faith always has been ?v7r*
in this Age // is rarer ;
awing the Powerful it is, and
tf/iyayj has been,moji rare. Where-
fore it is better to live with
d Equal. For, /rV w/^o liveth
w;VA one. more powerful, c/i^ hath
a Nc-
8 SELECT FABLES OF JESOP.
nectj/e concederc de fuo a NeceJJity to depart jrom hii
Jure. Right.
FAB
De LEONE &f MURE.
LE O A^iw jEftu
Curfuque quiefcebatyl/i
Umbra, yw/w viridi Gr#-
TWZ/W ; Grege Murium per-
currente f/w/ Ttrgunj, ex-
perreSus, comprehendit
Unum ex il/is. Captivus
ftipphcat, clamitat, Se efle
indignant, cui Z,eo
irafcatur. Ille t reputans
fore Nihil Laudis
in A 7 ^ tantillae Eeflia,
dimittit Captivum. Non </KI
poftea, Z,fo, dum currit
per Saltum, inctdit in
Plagas : Rugit % fed non
potejl cxire. JT/j audit
Leonem miferabilicer rugi-
entem, agnofcit Vocem,
repit in Cuniculos, qu<erit
Nodos, quos invenit,
corroditque ; Leo- evadit
e Plasis.
MOR.
Hsec Fabula fuadet C/*-
tiientiam potentibus ; Etenim
lit human* Res yn/ in-
ftabiles, Potentes ipft
Inter dum egent O/^ humil-
limorum ; y^/ar^ prudens
/^/r, etfi potcft, timet
tiocere vcl i'/7/ Ho mini ; _/</
Qui non timet nocerc
aiteri, defipit valJe.
Quid //a ? Quia, eijl jam
fretus Potentia, metuit
Ncmioem, forfan, poithac
erif,
LEX.
0/~the LION fl</ the MOUSE.
TH E Lion tired with Heat
and running, re (led under
the Shade, upon the green Grafs ;
a Company c/" Mice run-
ning over /j Back, having a-
rofe t He takes
One of /. The Captive
begs, cries, //>/ ^<? was
unworthy, whom the Lion fhould
be angry with. He, thinking
there would be Nothing of Praife
in the Death of fo little a Bcajl,
difmifTea the Captive, Not long
after, the Lion, whilft He runs
thro' the Fareji, falls int
the Toils : Hz roars, but can-
not get out. The Moufe hears
the Lion miferably roar-
ing, knows the Voice,
creeps into the Holes, feels
the Knots, 'which He finds,
and gnaws ; the Liou escapes
out of the Toils.
MOR.
This Fable recommends Cle-
mency to the powerful ; For
as human Things are un-
ftable, the Powerful themfclvcs
fometimet want the Help of the
lowed ; wherefore a prudent
Man, altho' he is able, fcareth
to hurt even a mean Man ; but
He that dots not fear to hurt
another, plays the Fool very much.
Why/o ? Becaufe, altho* now /;.?-
ving relied on his Power, he fear elk
Nobody, per haps ^ hereafter
SELECT FABLES OF JESOP.
fflf t ut indiguerit
vel Gratia vilium Homun-
cionum, vel meluerit Iram.
it ivlll be, that he may have wanted
cither the Favour of mean Men,
or have feared their Anger.
FAB
De <pgroto MILVO.
MIlvus decumbebat
Le&o jam ferme
moriens, orat Matrtm ire
precatum Deos. Mater
refpondet, Nihil Opis fpe-
randum Illi a, Diis,
quorum facra tcties viola-
viflet/w/V Rapinis.
MOR.
Decet not venerari
Deos ; nam ////' juvant^/Vr,
& adverfantur impios. Ne-
gledi in Felicitate, non cx-
audiunt Mi fend. Quare^r
memor eorum in fecundis
rebus, u/ vocati _///
prsefentes in adverfis rebus.
L E XL
Of thejtck KITE.
TH E Kite lay
in Bed now almott
dying, tegs his Mother to go
to pray to the Gods. The Mother
anfwers, No Help <was to be
hoped by him from the Gods,
vuhofe facred Things fo often he
had violated by his Rapines.
MOR.
It becometh us to worfhip
the Gods ; for they help the pious,
and with/land the impious. Ne
glecled in Felicity, they do not
hear i Mifery. Wherefore be
mindful of them in profperout
things, that being called they may be
prefe'ot in adverfe things.
FABLE XII.
De RANIS tf earum Rege.
GENS Ranarum, cum
(^/ libera, fupplicabat
Jovem, Rtgsm da-
ri jiW. Jupiter rldebat
Vota Ranarum. Illse
/fl/w^ inftabant itcrum,
atque iterutn, donee perpel-
lerent ipfum. /// dejecit
Trabem ; ea .MbAv qu aflat
Fluvium ingenti Fragore.
Ranae terrlta filent ;
oenerantur Regem ; oc-
rsdunt propius fsdetentim ;
tao-
0/"the FROGS and their
TH E Nation of Frogs, when
// was free, bcfoughi
Jupiter, ybr a King to be gi-
ven to them. Jupiter laughed at
the Wiflies of the Frogs. They
neverthelefs prefled him again,
and again, until f^y drove
him to it. //# threw down
a Log ; that Mafs fhakes
the River with a great A 7 "^.
The Frogs ajfrighled are filent ;
they reverence their King ; they
come nearer Step by Sf?p ;
at
io SELECT FABLES OF ^SSOP.
tandem, Metu abje&o,
infultant, & defultant ;
iners Rex eft Lufui &
Contemptui. Rurfum lacef-
funt Jovem ; or ant Regem
dan fibi, qui fit
Jlrenuus ; qtiibus Jupiter dat
Ciconiam. Is perflrenue
perambularis Paludem,
vorat qii'tcqtiid Ran a rum
Jit obviam. Jgilur
Raoae frujira queftas fue-
runt de Saevitia hujus.
Jupiter non audit, nam
.'ur k ho die :
Etenim Vefperi Ciconia
eiinte Cubitum, cgrejjix ex
Antris murmurant
rauco Ululatii ; fed
canunt fur do. Nam Ju-
piter vuit, ut quae depre-
cate funt clementem
'// iuclementcm.
MCR.
Solet evenire
vt Ranis, gut,
li halet Rcgero/ct7i> man-
fuetiorem, damnat cum Ig-
aaviie & Insrtitt, & o//a/,
aliquand>> Virum dari
^i/ .- Contra, Ji quan-
do /?a<?a {/? flrenuum
Rf*em, damuat S<fvitiam
hujug, 3* laudat Clsmcn-
/;../.*/ prioris ; Jive quod
f-.tnper pceraret nos praelen-
tiuir, Jive quod ejl verum
D':flu>n t nora f^? potiora
at length, /<Var being thrown away,
/&ry /^fl/> upon, and /M/ o^J A/m ;
the fluggifh Azwy i their Sport and,
Ccnternpt. Again they pro- .
vcke Jupiter; they pray for a King
to be given to them, who may be
valiant ; to whom Jupiter gives
f/&<? Stork. He i><?ry nimbly
ftalkiug through /ta Marjh
devours whatever of the Frogs
fo/nfj in the way. Therefore
the Frogs in vain have com-
plained of the Cruelty o/" /&/;.
Jupiter does not hear, for
they complain even //6w /)flp :
For /' //6if Evening the Stork
^i/V^ to Reft, having tome out of
//>> Cavet they murmur
<a;;//& a hoarfe Croaking ; but
they firig to one deaf. For Ju-
piter wills, /Aj/ they who peti-
tioned againjl a merciful Kingj
now ^fij/- au unmerciful.
MOR.
It is wont to happen to the com-
mon People, at to the Frogs, who,
if they have a King a little mild-
er, condemn him o/" /d/?-
n^/} and Sluggijlnefs, and W//S
at fometime_/bra Man to be given
/o them / On the contrary, if at
any time //$<?y havs got an ad\ive
King, they condemn /ta Cruelty
of him, <W/ praife /Z'f C/<r-
mency of the former; either becaufe
it always repents us of the pre-
fent, or becaufe ;'/ is a true
Saying, that new things are better
than o!d<
FABLE
SELECT FABLES OF iESOP. 11
FAB
J^e COLUMBIS y MILVO.
COlurabz ollm gef-
fcre Bsitum cum Mil-
voi quctn ut expug-
narent, delegerunt fibi
Accipitrem Rcgem. Ills fac-
tua Rcx t agit Hoftem, non
Regem : rapit ac laniat
non fegnius, ac Milvus. Pec-
nitet Columbas Incap-
ti, putantes, fuiffe
fatius fati Bellum Mil-
vi, quatn Tyrannidem
Accipitris.
MOR.
Pigeat Neminsm fuas
Condi tlon'is iiimium. Ut
Horatius ait, Nihil eft bea-
tum ab omni Parts.
Equidem non optarem mu-
tare me am Sorttm, modo fit
toleralilis. Mulli, cum qnie-
fiverint novam Sortem,
rurfus optaverunt 'jctercm.
Sumus fere omnrs ita vario
Ingenio, ut ' fanitedt
Nofract noflri.
L E XIIL
Of the PIGEONS andthe KITE.
THE Pigeons formerly car-
ried on a War with the
Kite, whom that they might fub-
due, they chafe to themfclves
the Hatok King. /fe being
made King, afts /Atf Enetny, not
/Ae AVn^ : he tears and butchers
no flower, than the Kite. // re-
penis the Pigeons of their Under-
takihg, thinking, that it had been
better to endure the War cf
the Kite, than the Tyranny
of the Hawk.
MOR.
Let it repent no Man of hi
Condition too much. As
Horace fay ft Nothing is hap-
py from every Part.
Tr&ly / would not wi/b to
change my Lot, provided it be
tolerable. Many, w/jfn they have
fought a neia Stat?
again have wifhed for the old.
We are almojl all of Jo various
a Temper, that it refenteth
Us ourfelvcs of our f elves.
FAB
De FURE 5* CANE.
CANIS refpondit Furi
porrigenti Pancm *
fileat, A'owi tuas
Infidias, das Panem,
quo dffinam latrare, /<*/
odi /i/.v/n Muous ; quippe fi
.*, tulero Panem, tu
rypsrtab'n cunfta
-; .;.-, :
MOR.
L E XIV.
0/"the THIEF <:</ the Doc.
THE Dog anf-wered the Thief
holding out Bread //>a
he would be filent, / /<?> thy
Treacheries, thou gireft Bread,
that / wy r/^ to bark, but
I hate //j; Gift ; for if
/ (hall take f& ^rr^ thou
wilt carry a!l the Things
cut of thefc Hotifct.
C '
12 SELECT FABLES OF jESOP.
MOR.
Cavfa
parvi
MOR.
Take heed, /or //',? Sake of a fmall
Cave,
Commodi, amittas magnum. Profit, thou lofcft not a great one.
Cave, habeas Fidem Take heed, that thou bajl not Faith
in every Man ; for there arc
ivbo not c/z/7 fay &W-
/>', but rf^> do &W-
ly, with Deceit.
furvts Homini ; nam funt
^w non tanfttm dicunt be-
tiigne, fed & faciunt bz-
tiigne, Dolo.
De LUPO
FAB
SUCULA.
SUCULA fartunebat ;
Lupus pdlicetury Se
/or/? Ciutodem Fatus.
Secula fefpondit, Se won
fftr^ Obfcquio faipi ;
ii : 7//<r velit haberi
pius, j*r cupiat facers id,
yzW eft gratuni) abeat
longiits : Etenira ojfidum
J,upi cviijlare non Pricfcn-
tid, fed Abfentid.
MOR.
Omnia no y^n/ creden-
da Omnibus* Multi poUlcen-
ittr fuam Of tram, non Amore
tin', y>^ fui ; <?n
quserentes /aww Commo"
fuum.
L E XV.
Cf the WOLF and the Sow.
TH E Sow row/6/ /// ;
the Wolf promrfer, that he
would te the Keeper o/ />?><? Tottng.
TheSowanfwerfd, That {he did not
tvtnt the Service o/" //v /^o^" ;
if He is willing to be accounted
aiFe&ionatc, //"hedefires/ot/o that,
'which is grateful, let him go
farther off ; For that the Offics
of the \Vo\tconJifted not J.-z^/V Prr-
/wff, but Aljentc.
MOR.
All things are nst to be trufl-
ed to all Men. Many pro-
m'tfe their Service, not out of Love
of you, 3/ of themfelves ; not
feeking thir.i Advan-
tage, but their own.
FABLE XVI.
De Partu Montium.
OLim erat Rumor,
quod Monies parturi-
rent. Homines accurrunt,
circum fid tint, cxpeflantes
n Morftri) non
Jme
Of the Bringing fortli
of the Mountains.
FOrmerly there was a Rumour,
that the Mountains >would
bring forth. The Men run thitler,
Hand round about, expecting
fomething of a Monger, not
tti
SELECT FABLES OF JESOP. 13
fine Pavore. Tandem
Monies fartvriunt. Mus
txitf turn Omnes ridebant.
MOR.
Jaclatores, cum profi-
tentur c5" oftentant magna,
vix faciunt parva. Qya-
prnpter ifti Thrafones funt
Jure Materia - Joci ^ fe
Scommatum. FtxcFabulaitem M
vetat inanes Timores. Nam forbids
plerumque Timor Periculi commonly
yottkoat Fear. Jit length the.
Mountains bring forth. A Moufc
comes out) then ^//laughed.
MOR.
Braggers, w they pro-
fefs </ boaft .S^c* things,
fcaroe /a little things. W*-
/v tlinfe Thrafos are
the Matter o/ ^f/? and
Thij /"rt/'/i? alfo
vain .>rtr.r. For
the Fear o/" Danger
Scos.
e ft gravior
ipfo ; imo
Periculo
/'</, quod
is more grievous
it f elf ; nay
than the
that,
Danger
\vhich
metuimus, eft
ftps ridi-
we fea
!/', IS
i c/?^'
ridi-
culum.
culous.
FABLE XVII.
JDff LEPORIBUS 5*
RANIS.
SYlva mugitiits infolito
Turbine, trepidi
Lepores occipiunt rapine fu-
gere. Cum Palus oljljleret
fugientibus, Jletere anxii,
comprehenji Periculis
utrmqiie. QjJodqae ejjet
Incitamentum tnajoris
Timotis, indent Ranas
mergi in Palude, Tune
unut ex Leporibas pruden-
tior c difertior caierit
inquit, Quid inaniter time-
mus ? EH Opus Animo
quidem ; Eft Nobis Agilitas
Carports, fed Animus dee ft.
Hoc Periculum Tttrbinis
noti eft Ju^'iendum* fed con-
Of the HARES anal
the FROGS.
ufual lyijirlwindy the trem-
bling Hares begin hnflily to fly
away. When a Fe n Jloppe d then
flying, they Jlood anxious,
encompciffed vith Dangers
on both f.des* And -v/hat was
an Incitement of greater
Fear, they perceive the Frogs
to be plunged in the Fen. Then
one of ths Hares more pru-
dent and more eloquent than the reji
faid, What vainly at iuc
fear ? There is Need of Courage
indeed : There is to us Agility
of Body, but Courage is wanting.
This Danger of the Whirlwind
is not to be jled from t but con*
temned.
MOP. a
H SELECT FABLES OF
Mo*. MOR.
Eft Opus Animo in
omni Re. Virtus jacet
fine Confidents. Nam Con-
Jidentia eft Dux &
Virtutis.
There is Need of Courage ta
every Thing. Virtue lies dead
without Confidence. For Da~
ringnefs is the Leafier and Queen
of Virtue,
FABLE XVIII.
De HJEDO & LUPO.
CApRA, cum effet
iiura paftura, concludit
jHredum Doml, monens
ape r ire Nemini, dum ipfa
iCfdeat. Lupus, >ui
audiverat id procul, poft
Difceflum Matrix,
pulfat Fores, capiiffat
Voce, jubcns refludi.
Kasdus pretfentiens
I)olum inquit, Non aperio ;
nam etfi Vox capriflat,
tamen equidem video Lvpum
per Rirtas.
MOR.
Filii, dbedtte Parentibus,
nam eft utile ; & decet
Juveneoi aufcultare
geni.
Of the Kip a</ the WOLF.
THE GOAT, when fhe was
about to go tq feed, Jhuts tip
the Kid at Home, warning her
to open to Nobody, till fhe
return. The Wolf, /Wo
had heard that afar off, <a/?rr
the Departure of the Mother,
knocks at the Doors, a&s the Goat
in Voice, ordering them tobeopenecl.
The Kid perceiving
the Cheat fays, I do not open ;
for altho* the Voice a8s the Goat,
yet indeed I fee a Wclf
thro* ^ Chinks.
MOR.
Children, ofcy your Parents,
/or it is prof table ; and it becometh
a Young Man to hearken
to an Old Man.
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SELECT FABLES OF JESOP. 15
FABLE XIX.
Tie RUSTICO b"
* ANGUE.
QUIDAM Raflicfu
nutriverat Anguem ;
aliquando iratus petit
Sefltam Securi. llle evadit,
tton fine Vulnere. Poftea
Ritftictts deveniens in
Paupertatcm ratut eft id
Infortuftii accidere Sill
propter Injurlam Anguis.
Igitar fupplicat, vt re-
deat. /// ait, Se ignof-
cere, fed nolle redire ;
peque fore fecurum cum
Ruftico, cum fit
tanta Securis Dtxni ;
Dolorem vu/neris
defiifle, tamen Memoriam
fupereffc.
MOR.
Eft <vix tutum habere
Pidem i, (^ui femel folvit
F'tdem. Condonare Injuriam,
id fane eft Mifericordig ;
fed caver c fibi,
tJ 1 dccet, fcf eft Pru-
Jtntix.
Ofihe COUNTRYMAN and
the SNAKE.
A CERT A IN Countryman
had nourifhed a Snake ;
on a time being angry He ilrikes
the Beajl with an Ax. He efcapes,
not without a Wound. Afterwards
the Countryman coming into
Poverty thought that
Misfortune happened to him
for the Injury of the Snake.
Therefore he entreats, that He
would return. He fays, that he for-
gave, but was unwilling to return ;
nor could he be fecure with
the Countryman, 'when there is
fo great an Ax at Home ;
that the Pain of the Wound
was worn away, yet the Memory
remained.
MOR. *
It is ykzra fafe to have
Faith in Him, Who once has broke
Faith. To forgive an Injury^
that indeed is A&* Per/ of Mercy ;
but /o te^ /W of One's fclf,
o/ becomcth, and is //r /*ar/ of
Prudence.
FABLE XX.
s VutPECULA
ClCONlA.
O/ the Fox and
the STORK.
"VTUlpecula vocavit
it nnHE Fox called
Ciconiam a</Ccenam. JL the Stork to Supper.
Effundit Opfonium in She pours out the Vidluals upon
Mcnfqrn, Qod', cum ^ the Table, which, when V was
liquidum, liquid^
i6 SELECT FABLES OF JESOP.
liqiiidum, Ciconia tentante
Rojiro fruftra, Vulpecula
Ifngit. glufa Avis ablt,
pudetquc, figetqu:
Jnjuriaj. Pojl plufculnm
Dierum redit, iavitat
Vulpeculam. Vitreim Vas
erat fitum plenum Opfonii ;
quod Vas, ciim efict
arfJi Guttims, llcuit
Vulpecnlffi cidere, Bcefurire,
tion guftare. Ciconia facile
cxhaufit Rojiro.
MOR.
Rifus merctur jRifum ;
jfocut Jo cum ; Dolus
Dolura ; & Fiaus Frau-
dtm.
liquid, the Stork endeavoaring
iv'tth her Sill in vain, the Fox
1 i c k s u p . The deluded B i rdgoe s a. way ,
and is afnamed, and> vexed
at the Injury, sifter forr.c
Days fhe returns, invites
the Fox. A Glafs Veffcl
was placed full of Victuals ;
which Vtflel, when it was
o/"a narrow Neck, it was lawful
for the Fox to fee, and iunger,
not /o /rt/ftr. The Stork enjily
drtw it out ctJ/A >$
MOR.
Laughter d?f ernes Laughter ;
a J^/? a Jeft ; a 7V/V*
a Trick ; and Deceit -k-
celt.
FABLE XXI.
DC Luro y piclo
Cafite. ^
J UPUS wr/i/ f &
|. ,j miratur human um
Caput repertura in Officina
Sculptoris, fentiens habere
nihil Senfus, inquit,
pulchrum Caput, eft in
Te mu/tum Artis, fed
MOR.
Externa Pulcbritudo, fi in-
adfit, e/l grata ; fin
carendum eit allerutrd,
pradtat carere externa,
uam interna : uam ilia
ne hac interdum incurrit
Odium, ut Slcl'dus fit eo
cdio-
I
0/the WOLF and the painted
Head.
THE Wolf/arj ^on/, and
admires a human
Head found in the Shop
<?/"<2 Carver, perceiving it to havs
nothing of Senfe, he fays, O
fair Head, there is irt
Thee much of Art, wf
Nothing of Senfe.
MOR.
Oat ward Beauty, if /^ //:-
war J be prefcnt,tVpleafing ; lutif
we muft want either ;
it is better to want the outward,
/rt/r the inward ; for that
without this fometimes- incurs
Hatrtdt that a /W/ is ^jr/i wwA
the
SELECT FABLES OF ^ESOP. r
odiofior,
formofior.
quo
the more odions, by how much
the more handforae.
FABLE XXII.
De GRACULO.
GRACULUs orr.avit
Se Plants
Pavonis ; deinde vifus
pulchelluf Sibi contulit
i>e ad Genus Pavo-
mtm t fuo Gcnere faftidito.
//// tandem inttlligentes
Fraudem, nudalant Itoli-
tlam Avem Coloribus,
& affccerunt cum Plagis.
MOR.
Hsec Falula notat eot t qul
gerunt fe fitblimiiis, quatn
ejl sequnm ; qul vivunt cum
iis, qui funt C3 5 ditiores,
& magls nobiles ; quarc fape
fiunt inopes t & funt
Ludibrio.
0/"the JACKDAW.
TH E JACKDAW adorned
Himfelf with the Feathers
of the Peacock ; then feeming
pretty to Himftlf he betook
Himfelf to the Race of the Pea-
cocli) his own Race being defpifed.
They at length under/landing
the Cheat, Jlripped the fool-
ifh Bird of his Colours,
and belaboured him with blows.
MOR.
This Fable denotes thofe, who
carry themfelves more loftily, than
is frf ; who live w/V/
thofe, w^o are both more rich,
aJ more noble ; wherefore often
they become poor, and tf'"f
for a Laughing-flock.
FABLE XXIII.
De RANA 8? BOTE.
RAna cupida a:qiiandi
Bovem diftentabat fe.
Filius bortabatur Matrem
dcjiflere Caepto,
inquiensy Ranam ejje nihil
(id Bovem. Ilia intumuit
faitndiim, Natus c/amitat t
0/"the FROG and the OK.
A Frog dcfirous of equalling
an OK ftretched /
The Son advifed the Mother
to c?e/i/l from the Undertaking,
faying^ that a Frog was nothing
to an Ox. 5.6i- Avcliscl
a fcconrt time, Tiic f>oa ff/Vj cv/,
Met-
IS SELECT FABLES OF JESOI*.
Mater, licet crepes, nun-
guam vinces Bovem. Autem,
cum intumuiflet tertium t
erepuit.
Mo*.
Qmfque habet fuarn
Dstem. Hie excel/it Forma,
Ille Viribus. Hie pallet
Cpibus, Ille Amicis. De-
cet Unumquemy; eflc con-
tentum fuo. Ille valet
Carper e, Tu Ingenio :
O^uucirca Quifque confulat
Semet t nee inv'tdeat Supe-
riori, QjiQa eft tntferum ;
rec o^/f/ certare,
Stultitle,
Mother, ^//^o* you burft, <?-
wr will you exceed the Ox. But*
><rn (he had fvvelled a /i/rJ tim:,
flic burft.
MOR.
Every one Lai his
Gj//. This Man excels in Beauty,
T&zf in Strength. This is powerful
in Richest That /a Friends. It
becometh Every one to be ccn-
/f/ with his own. He is ftrong
/a ody, Thou in Wit :
Wherefore 1st Every one confiilt
Hir:felf* nor envy a Supe-
rior, Which is a mlferable thing ;
nor it^/2 to contend,
Which is /A* Par/ of Folly.
FABLE XXIV.
Z)tf JE.QUO tf LEONE. Q/"the R6RSE and the LION.
LEO ivn// ad comedendum
Equum ; autem care'ns
Viribus prte Sene3a, coepit
meditari Artem : profit etur
Se Medicum : moratur
Equum Ambage V:rlorum.
Hie cfponit Dolum Dolo ;
fingit, Se nuper pvpiigiffs
Pedem in fpinofo Loco;
orat, ut Medicus
iufpiciens educat
Sentem. Leo parct. At
EquuSj quanta VI potn-
it, impiagit Calcetn Leoni,
& fontir.no conjicit Se
in PeJa. Leo vix
ta:ivlcm r:Jieas ad ^Sr.
THE LION <: omrf^ to fflf
the Horfe ; tut wanting
Strength thro' old dgt, he began,
to meditate an Art : /T<? profejfts
Himfelf a Phyftcian : He ftays
the Horfe with a Circuit of Word:.
He o//>a/ Deceit /o Z>'/ .
He feigns, that he lately bad prick-
ed his Foot /a a thorny Place ;
He prays, that the Phyfician
looking into it would draw out
the Thorn. The Lion obeys. But
thz fforfe, with how great Force he
co\i[d,Jlrilef his Heel ?//>oa A&f Lie*:,
and immediately betakes Himfelf
to /;// /fw/j. The Lion /WT-
at length returning to Himfe{f\
for
SELECT FABLES OF ^SOP. 19
ham fuerat prope
txanimatus I&u, in quit y
fero Pretium ob Stultitiam,
& is merito effugit ;
naro uttus eft JDolurn
Do/o.
MOR,
Simulatio ejl digna Od/i?,
& capienda Simulatione.
Apsrtus Ho ft is tion eft ti-
inendus ; fed qui Jimulat
Benevolentiam, rww fit Ho-
Jlis, is qnidem eft timendus, &
5^ digniffimus (Wi'0.
for />e /;<3^/ fcf aim oft.
dead with the Blow, fays,
I bear a Reward for my Folly*
and ^ defervedly hat fed away ;
for A<? ^JJ revenged Deceit
iy//<6 Deceit.
Moft.
Diftimulation M worthy of Hatred",
and /o ^e /a/'<rn with DiffiqaulaUon.
An open Enemy is not to be fear-
ed ; but he who pretends
Benevolence, token he is an Ene-
my, he indeed is to le feared t and
if mod worthy of Hatred.
FABLE XXV.
De
AVIEUS fcf Qjiadru
pedibus.
ERAT Pugna Avibiis
cum Qiiadrtipedibus.
Erat utrinque Spes,
utrinque Metus, untrinque
Periculum : autem Vefyer-
tilio relinquens Socios, de-
ficit ad Hoftcs. A<ves
vincunt, Aquild ' Duce
f3* Aufpice ; *uero darn-
uant Transfugam Vefper-
tilionem, vti nunquam
redeat ad Aves, utl nunquam
volet Luce. Hsc /2
Caufa Vefpertilioni) ut
o Wf/, nifi Nctfu.
MOR.
Qjii renuit
Adverfitatis
efle Particep:
& Fcriculi
BIRDS and the four-foot-
ed Beads.
THere was aBattteto theBirds
, lu'tth the four-footed Beads.
There was on both fides Hope 9
on both fides Fear, on both fides
Danger : but the
Bat leaving his Companions, re-
volts to the Enemies. The Birds
overcome, the Eagle being Captain
and Leader ; lut they con-
demn the Runaway Batj
that he never
return to f/& Birds, that ^ iwwr
fly in */k Light. This ir
a Reafon for the Bat, that
^tf/fy not, vinlefs in the Night.
MOR.
He that refufes to be Partaker
of Adverfuy an^ Danger
20 SELECT FABLES OF JESOV.
expers
& Salutis.
Sociis, er'it
Profperitatis,
with his Companions, Jhall be
deftitute of their Profperity,
and Safety.
FABLE XXVI.
De SYLVA & Ru3-
TICO.
QU O Tempore erat
Sermo etiaoi Arlo-
ribus, Rufticus venit
in Sylvan, rogat, ut
liceat tollere Capu-
lura adfuam Securim. Sylva
annuit. Rufticus,
Securi aptata, ccrpit fuc-
cidere Arbor es. Turn, fcy*
quidem fero pcenituit
Sylvam fuse Facilitatis,
doluit (JJe Seipfam
Caufam fiii Exlt'ti.
Moi.
Vide, de Quo merearis
bene : fuere multi, >ui
abufi funt Benejlclo accepto
in Pcrnicicm Autoris.
0/"the WOOD and the COUN-
TRYMAN.
AT what Time there was
a Speech even /o
Trees, a Countryman r/7/r
into the Wood, afks, //ta/
it may be lawful to take a Han-
dle to his Ax. The Wood
confents. The Countryman,
/ta yfx being fitted, began to
cut down ^<r Trees. Then, <MK/
indeed /oo late it repented
^<? Woorf of her Eafinefs,
it grieved her to be Herfclf
the Caufs of her own Deflruftion.
MOR.
See, of whom ihou mayejl deferve-
well : there have been many, Who
have abufed a Benefit received
to the Deftiuftion of the Author.
FABLE XXVII.
De LUPO 5* VutPE. 0/"the WOLF and the Fox.
effet
LUPUS, cum
fat"ts Prredre, dfgebat in
Vulpecula accedit,
fcifcitatur Caufam Otii.
Lupus fen fit, /fo
Mor-
bum
Infidias, fimiilat
THE WOLF, when there wa
enough of Prey, //W</ in
Idlenels. The Fox foww /o ii'm,
demands the Caufe of his Idlenefs.
The Wolf perceived, there were
Treadxries, pretends a Bif-
SELECT FABLES OF ^ESOP. 11
bum eje Caufam, oral
Vulpeculam ire precatum
Deos. Ilia Jo/ens, Dolnra
nan fuccedere, adit Pa/lorem,
monet, Latebras
Lupi fotere, & Ho-
*flem fecurum poj/e opprimi
inopinato. Pallor adori-
tur Lupum, madat. Vul-
pes potitur Antro s* Pneda ;
fed breve fuit Gaudium
fui fceleris illi ; nam paulo
pod idem Pad or cafit
ipfam.
MeR.
Invidia cftfaa'a Res, ff
interdum perniciofa quoque
Author i ipfi.
eafe to be the Caufe, prays
the Fox to go to pray the,
Gods. She grieving, that the Trick
did not fucceed, goes to the Shepherd,
advifes him, that the Den
of the Wolf lay open, and the Ene-
my bting fecure could be deftroyed
unawari's. The Shepherd rifes
upon the Wolf, flays him. The
Fox obtains the Den and\\\e. Prey ;
but fliort was the Joy
of her Villainy to her ; for a little
after /A? fame Shtpherd taiet
her.
Mo*.
Envy is _/o/ Thing, and
fo me times pernicious alfo
fo the Author himfelf.
FABLE XXVIII.
De VIPERA :f LIMA.
VIpera ojendens Limam
in Fabrica captt
rodere : Lima fuhrifit, in-
quifnsi Inepta, Quid agis *
Tu contriveris tuot
Denies antequam atteras
Me, Qu& foleo prasmorderc
Duritiem >Eris.
MOR.
Vide etlam atq; etlam
Qu^icum habeas Rem ;
Si acuas Denies
in fortiorem, rion nccu-
cris il!i t fed tilt*
Of the VIPER and the FILE.
A VIPER finding a File
in a Smith's Shop, fo^aft
to gnaw it: The File fmiled,yi7y-
/'-, Fool, What doll thoti do ?
Thou wilt have worn out thy
Teeth before thou wcarefl out
Hfe, who OCT <wont to gna\v off
/j&f Hardnefs of Brafs.
MOR.
See again and <fa/
with whom tkou haft an AtFair ;
if thou whetteft Mj TVrfA
againil ajlronger Man t thou wilt
not have hurt /m t but thy f elf.
FABLE
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FABLE XXIX.
De CERVO.
CErvus, confpicatus fe iy
perfpicuo Fonle, pro-
bat procera & ramofa
Cornua, fed damnat Exili-
tatem Tibiarum : forte
dutn contemplatur, dum ju-
dicat, Venator interveuit :
Cervus fogit* Canes infec-
tantur fugientem ; fed cum
tntraviffet denfam Syfoam,
Cornua erant implicita
JRamis. Turn demum
laudabat Tilias, & damna-
lat Cornua, <$utz feccre,
r,t cffet Przda Canibus.
MOR.
Petimus fugienda,
fngimus petenda ; Q^as
cfficiunt placent. S^te con^
ferunt dlfplicent. Cupimus
JBeatitudiiiem, priufquam
intelligatnus, ubi Jit : Ouae-
rimu3 ExceUentiam Opum,
5" Celfitudinem Honorum ;
opinaranr Beatltudinem 11-
tam in his, in quibus ejl
tarn mult urn JLaboris, y
Doloris.
0/the STAG.
A Stag, having o&f/df himfelf <a
a clear Fountain, ap-
proves A/J lofty and branched,
Horns, / condemns the Small-
nefs of his Legs. By Chance ,
vvhilft Af 7oo/j, whilft ^ judges,
the Huntfman /o^J ^y ; the
Stagjlies away. The Dogs pur-
foe him flying ; tut when
^ Aa^ entered a thick Wood %
his Horns <ztw entangled
' /^ Boughs. Then o/ 7^/2
he praifed his Legs, and condemn-
ed his Horns, which made,
that he was at Pr^y to the Dogs.
MOR.
We defire Things to bejhunned,
we fly Things to be de fired ; what
hurt pleafe. What pro-
fit difpleafe. We defire
Happinefs, before that
we under/land, where // is ; We
feek the Excellency of Riches,
and the Loftinefs of Honours ;
we think Happinefs pla-
ced in thefe, in which there is
fo mi/ft& of Labour, and
Pain.
FABLE XXX.
De LUPIS # AGNIS. O/" the WOLVES 0</ the LAMBS.
ALiquando fuit Fcedus
inter Lupos & \J between the Wolves
Agnos, >uibus eft the Lambs, to ivhom there is
Difcordia
SELECT FABLES OF ^ESOP. 23
Difcordia Natura. Obfi- a Difcord by Nature. Hofta-
dilus datis utrinqtte, ges being given on both Sides,
Lupi dedere fuos Catulos, the Wolves gave their Whelps,
Oves Cohortem Canuon. the Sheep their Troop of Dogs.
Qvibus quietis 5" pafcen- The Sheep being quiet and feed-
ing, the little Wolves by the De-
fire of their Dams fend forth
Howlings : Then the Wol<oes
rufhing on them cry out,
Fidem, Fzdufque that their Faith, and League
folutum, laniantque Oves was broken, and butcher the Sheep
1 itute of their Guard of Dogs.
tibus, Lupuli Defide-
rio Matrum edunt
Ululatw : Turn Lupi
irruentes clamitant,
iejlitutas Prsefidio Canum.
MOR.
Eft Infcitia, fi in Feed ere
tradas tua Prafulia
Hofti ; nam qui full
Hollis, for/an nondum
defivit cfle Hojiis ; & for-
tajfis ceperit Caufam, cur
acloriatur te nudatum tuo
Prajidio.
MOR.
It
is Folly, if in a League
//tatf delivere/t thy Guards
to an Enemy ;/pr he who Aaj ta^n
an Enemy, perhaps not yet
/rflj ceafed to be a Enemy ; and ^r-
^a^j will take Occajion, why
^ may rife upon \.\\zejlript of thy
Guard.
FABLE XXXI.
De MEMBRIS & VEKTRE. 0/"the MEMBERS one/the BKLLY.
FOrmerly the Feet and Hands
acculed the Belly,
that the Gains of them
were devoured by him being idle.
They command, or let him labour,
or not think to be maintained. He
intreats once and again ;
yet the Hands deny Suflc-
nance ; the Belly being exhaufted
with Want, when all //ta Limbs
began /<? yi/7 ; then a/ lajl
the Hands wf willing to be o^-
<?j, but that too late ; ybr
the Belly
OLim P^J & Manus
incufabant Ventrem^
quod Lucra ipforum
vorarcntur ab o otiofo.
Jubent, aut laboret,
aut we //i?/ ali. ///?
fupplicaty^mf/ atq; iterum ;
tamen Manus negant 4H-
tnenfum ; Ventre exhaujlo
Inedia, vbi otnnes Artus
coepere deficere ; turn tandem,
Manus -voluerunt efle offici-
j r f f verura id fero ; nam
Venter
24 SELECT FABLES OF 1ESOP.
Venter debilis Defuctudine
renuit Cibum. Ita cunH
drtus, dura incident Ven-
tri, per cunt cura pereunte
Vent re.
MOR.
Societas Mcmlrorum
non differt ab Humana Socie-
tate. Mtmbrum eget Mcm-
bro, dmicus Amico ; quare
utamur tnutuis Officiis,
mutuls Operibus ; nam ncq;
Dna6* t ncquc Dignitates
tucutur Hominem falls.
Unicum & fummum Pras-
Cdium eft Amicitia
Complurium.
the Belly weak by Difufc
rrfufed Meat. Thus all
the Limbs, whilft they envy the Bel-
ly, perift with the pert/ling
Belly.
MOR.
The Society cf the Members
does not differ from human Socle-
ety. A Member -wants a Mem-
ber, a Friend a Friend ; wherefort
let us ufe mutual Offices^
mutual Works ; /or neither
Riches t nor Dignities
defend a Man enough.
The only and chief Safe,
guard w the Ftiendfhip
of Many.
FABLE XXXII.
De SIMIA ef VUIPECULA. O/ the APE aW the Fox.
ejje
SImia orat Vulpecuhm,-
ut daret Parlem
Caudae fibi ad tegendas
Nates ; nam efTct Om-
ri Illi,
Ufui &
Ilia refpondet,
itnnis, &
Humum
//a Cauda,
tes &VR/ tegi.
MOR.
Snnt, ^ui egetit ; funt,
quibus fapereft ; tamen
id eft Moris Nulli Divi-
tum, \it ^f/ Egenos
jTuperflud Re.
foiet
Illi.
Nihil
ir.alle
verri
Na-
THE Ape /rjv the Fox,
/^a/ /he would give Par/
of her Tail to Her to cover
her Buttocks ; /or that was a Bur-
den to Her, Which would be
an Ufe and Honour to Her.
5/v anfwers, /Aaf /'/ was Nothing
too much, and thatjhe had rather
Ma/ /&r Ground fbould be brufhed
with her Tail, than that th* But-
tocks of the dfre be covered.
MOR.
There are, w^o want ; there are,
to whom /^r<? is overmuch ; yet
Ma/ is of a Cujlom to no One of the
Rich, that <? blefs the Need,y
<zy;/A bis fitperfiuous Stare.
FABLE
SELECT FABLES OF^ESOP. 25
FABLE XXXIII.
De Vulpecula fc? MuPc'a. 0/the Fox and the Weafcl.
VUlpecula tennis longa
Inediu forte repfit
per angujlam Rimatn in
Cameram Fntmenti, in qua
ciimfuit probe pajla t dcinde
Venter diftentus impedit
tentantem egrcdi rurfits.
Mujlela procul contemplata
ludtantcm, tandem monet,
Ji ctipiat exire t
redeat ad Cavum niacra,
quo intraverat macra.
MOR.
Videas complures lastos
aique alacrcs in Mediocri-
tate, "jacuot Cyris, expertos
Molefliis Animl. Sin
Illi fuerlnt fa&l divites,
videbis eos incedere mcEftos ;
nunquam porrigere Fron-
tem, plenos Curls t obrutos
Molefiiii Animi.
THE ToxJIender by long
Want by chance crept
through a narrow Chink into
a Heap of Corn, in which
when Jhe <was well fed, then
her Belly being ftretched hindered
her trying to go out again.
A Weajel afar off having feen her
ftriving, at length advifes,
if flic defires to go out,
ftie would return to the Hole lean,
at which /he had entered lean.
MOR.
You may fee many merry
and chearful in Mediocri-
ty, void of Cares, free
from Troubles of Mind. But if
They fhall be made rich,
you Jhall fee them go fad ;
never to fmooth their Fore-
head, full of Cares, overwhelmed
with Troubles of Mind.
FABLE XXXIV.
De EQJJO y CERVO. 0/the HORSE and the STAG.
ECnius gcrelat Bellilm
cum Cervo ; tandem
pulfus e Pa feu is
imploralat humanam Qpem.
Rcdit cum Homine, dcfccn-
dit in Camjunn, videos
snfea jam fit Viftor ;
fed
TH E Horfe rarr</ on War
w/V^ the Stag ; a/ length
being driven out of the Paftures
/fc implored human Help.
He returns with a Man, /rV <fr
fcenas into //>f Field, he conquered
befcr; now becomes Conqueror ;
26 SELECT FABLES OF JESO$.
fed tamciT Hojle vifto, but yet the Enemy being conquered s
&f miffo fub Jugum, ejl and fent under the Yoke, //
ipfe necefiary. that the Vi&or himfelf
Fert ferve //^ Man. He bears
/>- //;<; Horfeman on his Back, /^ ri-
die in his Mouth.
necefle, ut Viftor
ferviat Homini.
E quit em Darfo,
num Ore.
MOR.
Multi dimicant contva
Paupertatem ; qua vicld
per Indu/lriam & Fortunam,
Libertas Visions faspe
intent ; quippe Domini &
ViSores Paupertatis incipi-
ent fervire Divitiis ; an-
guntur Flagr'ts Avari-
tiae, cohibentur
Fraenis Parcimoni<t ;
nee tenent Mod urn que-
rendi, nee audent uti
Rebus partis, jujlo fup-
plicio quidem Avaritiae.
MOR.
Many fgkt againd
Poverty ; which being overcome
by Indujlry and Fortune,
the Liberty o/~ /A<? ^7ff<?r often
perifbeth ; for /^ Lords and
Conquerors of Poverty ta-
^/n to ferve Riches; they are tor-
mented W//A M* Whips of Ava-
rice, /Ai?y are rejlrained
\vith the Bridles o/" Parjimony ;
nor </o ftay >&o/^ a Mean of get-
ting, nor </a /Ary ^izr^ to ufe
the Things got, a jujl Punifh-^
men I indeed of Cqjretoufnefs.
FABLE XXXV.
D^Duobus Addefcentilus.
DU O Adohfcenies
fimulant, fefe emptu-
ros Carnem apud Coquum :
Coquo agents alias Res,
Alter arripit Carnem e
Caniftro, dat Socio,
ut occultet fub
Vefte. Coquus, ut
uidit Part em Carnis
fubrcptam Jlbi t ccepit infi-
mulare utrumq; Furti. Q^ii
aljluhrat, pcjerat per
Jovem, fe liabere Nihil ;
0/Tvvo ToungMek*
W O young Men
pretend, that they would
buy Flejh at a Cook's :
The Cook doing other Things,
One fnaickes Flcfh ca/ of
aBaflcetj^rzw ;'/ to hisCompanion,
that -he may hide it under
his Garment. Tta C"oo^, as foon as
he faw Part of the Flejk
ftolen from him, began to ac-
caft each of Theft. He that
had taken it away, f wears by
Jove, that he had Nothing j
but
SELECT FABLfiS OF ^ESOP.
veto is, qui haluit, pejerat
iJentidetn, fc abjixlif-
fc Nihil. ^ Ad Q^ios
Coquui inquit, quidem nunc
Fur later., fed is, ptr
quern juraviflis, infpexit,
is fcit.
MOR.
Cum peccavimus, Homines
non fciunt id Jlatim ; at
Deus videt omnia, qui y^/ff
fupcr Calosy & intuttur
A by fibs.
but ^f, xvho &z</ it, fwearg
again and again, that he had taken
away Nothing. To whom
the Cock fays, indeed now
the Thief lies hid, but he, j-
whom you have f wore, looked on
he knows.
MOR.
When sue have Jinne'd, Men
do not Inoiv ft prcjently ; but
Gad fees a// things, who ^//r/c
upon /ta Heavens, and /co/ff //>
the Deeps.
ABLE XXXVI.
&f LANIO*
CUM Ca.w abftuliffet
Carnetn Lanio in
Macello, continuo conje-
cit fefs in Ptd:s quantum
fotuit. Lanias ptrculfus
Jadluri Rei, primilm
tacuit, deinde recipient
Animum, fie acclamavit
frocttft O fu^acifiime,
curre tutus, licet tibi
currert impune : nam nunc
tutus ob Cclcritatcm,
autem polthac sbftrva-
beris cautius.
MOR,
Hacc Fabula fignificat,
fltrofqut Homines turn
dcmum Jicri cautiorcs,
cum accepsrint Damnttpt.
Of the Dccar.Jilic BUTCHER.
WHen t&eDoghad taken away
Flc/b from the Butcher in
the Shambles, immediately he be-
took himfelf to hit Heels as much as
if could. The Butcher JlrucJ.
with the Lofs oftbtThing, atfirft
^//f/ /' Peace, afterwards taking
Courage, /Aa* he cried to him
a/cr cifi O mod thieving Cur>
run fafe, iV M lawful for thte
/<? r unpunifticdly ; far noT*
Moa art fafe ^br thy Svviftnefsj
but hereafter than Jbalt be objer*-
ved more cautioufly.
MOR,
This Falle fjgnifies,
that mojl Men then
at length become more cautious*
ra they hate received Damage.
F A B L E,
28 SELECT FABLES OF JESOP.
FABLE XXXVII.
De AGNO cS* LUPO.
LUpus cccurnt Agno
comitanti Cap rum,
rogitat, cur Metre reli&a,
potlus fequatur olldum
Hircum, fuadetque, ut rede-
at ad Ubera Mat r is
tit/lent a Lae, fperans,
fore ifa, ut la-
ii'tet abdutflum ; vero ilic
i/zya/V, O Ltipe, Mater
commifit me a/V.
Kuic fumma Cura fervan-
di efl </J/<3 y obfcquar Pa-
rz//' potius ywanz tibi, (7^'
poftulas feducere me j/?w
Diftis, tf mox J//?dT-
/frf fubdudlum.
MOR.
Noli />a&rr Fidera
Omnibus ; nam J^fu///, dum
videntur velle prodejje
Aliis, interim confulunt
Sib't.
Of the LAMB an^/ the WOLF..
TH E Wolf meets the Lamb
accompanying the Goat,
be qfes, why ^/j Mother being left,
&r ra/^r follows a Jllnling
Goat, and advifes, that he would
return to the Dugt of his Mother
Jlretched with Milk, hoping,
that it would be/?, that A* way
butcher him drawn away ; but he
fays, O //^ my Mother
hath committed me /<? him,
To him //><r ^/V/" Care of keep-
ing is given ; I fhall obey a Pa-
rent rather than thee, iuha
required to f educe me with thofe
Sayings, and bjr and by /o tear
me in pieces drawn away.
MOR.
Be unwilling to have Faith
in all Men ; for Many, whilft
they feem to be willing to profit
Others, in the mean time confult
for Themfelves.
FABLE XXXVIII.
De Agricola & Filiis. 0/the Hulbandman and his Sons.
AGricola kabtbat com-
plures Fi/ios, lique
fuJre difcordts infer
Se, guos Pater
elabor ans t rah ere ad mu-
tuura Ar,iorem % Fafciculo
a/-
A
Hufbandman lad ma-
ny Sons, and they
awf difagreeing among
themfflves, whom the Father
labouring to draw to mu-
tual Love, a little Faggot
be-
SELECT FABLES OF ^SOP. 29
being fut t commands them Jingle
to break it bound about
with a fhort Cord : Their weak
Touth endeavoureth in vain ;
The Father loofes it, and gives
to each a Twig, tuhich
when with his Strength every one
eafily broke ; He Ja\th t O
Children, thus Nobody will be able
to conquer You agreeing ; buc
if ye fhall be willing to rags
with mutual Wounds, and
/o drive on inteftine War,
ye Hiall be at length for a Prey
to your Enemies.
MOR.
This Fable teaches, that f mall
Things increafe by Concord,
great Things fall away by D if cord.
tppoftto, jubet
effringere circumdatum
brevi FunlcuJo : Imbecilla
JEtatula conatur frvjlra :
Pater folvity redditque
Jingulis Virgiilam, quant
cum fro fuis Piribus quifque
facile frangeret ; Inqult, O
Filioli, fie Nemo poterit
vine ere Vos Concordes ; fed
Jl volueritis fevire
mutuis Vulncribusy atque
ttg it are inteitinum Bellurr.,
eritis tandem Pisedx
Hojlibus.
MOR.
Hsec Falula docet, parvas
Res crefcere Concordia,
wagnas dilabi Difcordid.
FABLE XXXIX.
De CARBONARIO s*
FULLONS.
CArbonarius invitabat
Fullonem, ut habita-
ret fecum in eadem Domo.
Fullo inquit, mi Homo,
ijlud noa eft mihi, *el
Cordiy vel utile ;
nam vereor magnopere, ne t
Quae eluam, Tu
redclas tarn e
Car bo eft.
quara
MOR.
Monemur
Apologo atnlulare
0/"the COLLIER a/it/
the FULLER.
r T" l 'HE ^ Collier invited
JL. the Fuller, //?>a/ he would
dwell with him in the fame Houfc.
The Fuller faith, my Man,
that is not to me, either
to nty Hcart t or profitable ;
for / fear greatly, lejl
what Things / ivajl clean, Thou
mayjl make as blacky as
a Coal is.
MOR.
hoc We are admonifhed
cum Apologue to
this
with
jo SELECT FABLES OF
inculpatis ; monemur
devitarc Consortium fcele-
r at or urn Hqminum, velut
certam Pejlem j nam iwf-
que cvadit tails, quales //'
iunt, quibbfcum verfatur.
the iintlamed } we arc admonifhcd
to avoid the Company of wick'
ed Men, at
a certain Plague ; for every
one cometh out fuck, as they
are, with whom he is conveifant.
FABLE XL,
DC AUCUPE 3"
PAUUMBO.
AUceps -vldet Palum-
bum/irof/nidulantem
in altiffima Arbore ; adpro-
ptrat ; denique njpjitur
{njidias ; forte premit
Anguern Calcibus ; hie
mordct. Ille exanimatus im-
provifo Mala, inquit, mife-
rum Me ! dum infidior
dhfrit Ipfe di/perto.
MQR.
Hxc Fatula fignificat,
JEot nonnunquam cipcum-
veniri fuis Artibui t Q^i
met/it Mlur mala.
0/"the FOWLER aflT
the RiNG-Dovt.
TH E Fowler/^ the Ring-
Dove afar -off 'making aNeli
in a very high Tree ; he haftens
to him ; foal/y he contrives
Snares ; by Chance he prefles
a Snake with l/ts Heels ; he
bites him. He terrified at the fud-
den vil t fays, wretch-
ed Me ! ivbllft I lay Snarej
y^r ayctker, I myfelf pertfh.
This jy/tf fignifies, /^a|
^<?y fometimes are circumvent-
ed with their own Arts^ who
meditate evil Things.
FABLE XLT.
AGRICOLA <
CAMBUS.
Gricola,
hyemaflet
multcs Dies,
tandem, laborare
etspit
0/"the HUSBANDMAN anct
the DOGS.
TH E Hnfbandman, whtn
he had wintered in
th Country many Days,
Penuria at length to labour with the Want
4
Rcrum, inter-
fecit Ovcs, deinde &
Caff Has, poflremo guoque
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of necejfary Things, he kill-
ed hit Sheep, afterwards alfo
his Goats, la illy alfo
jnaftat JSovet, ut hahat be flays bis Oxen, that he may have
quo Jujlentet Corpufculum, wherewith he may fuftain his Bndy,
fene cxhauftum Inedid. almofl exhaufted with Want.
Canes >oidentes id conftituunt The Dogs feeing that refolve
qiixrere Saltern Fiiga ; to feek Safety by Flight ;
ettnim Sefe non viSuros for that they /hould not live
diutius, qvando Herus non longer, ivhen their Matter has not
pefercit Bobus quidem, /pared hi Oxen ind <?./,
Quorum Opera utebatur in whofe Labour he ufed in
facienilo ruflico Opere.. doing Aw Country-Work.
MQR.
MOR,
Si vis tfie fahus t If thou art 'willing to be fafe t
dccede ab eo eito, quem withdraw from him foon, whom
vit/es redac^um ad eas thou feeji reduced to thofe
rfngujlias, ut confumat Strait's^ that A^ confumes
Inllrumenta necejfaria fuis the luftruments necejfary for his
Operibus, quo fuppleatur
prsfcnii Inedit.
*) whereby
for the prcfent
befupplied
FABLE XLII.
JDe VULPE (5* LEONE.
VUtpECULA,
non folcbat videre
Immanitatem JLeonit, con-
templata W Animal femtl
atque iterum trepidabat, 3*
fugitabat. Cum jam ^r//o
Leo oltdiftt fefc oiw-
<Jz, Vulpes non metuit
Quicquam, fed confidenter
4^', & faltital ilium.
O^the Fox and the LIOK.
TH E Fox, w^s
wai not wont to fee
the Fiercenefs of the Lion t having
viewed that Beaft once
and fl^a/rt trembled, <7</
fled. When now a f/W Time
the Lion A<aaf offered himfclf in hit
Way, the Fox feared not
any Thing, but confidently
him.
MOR.
SELECT FABLES OFJESOP.
MOR. MOR.
Confuetudo facit Nos .Cuftora males Ut
ntnes audaciores, vel all bolder, even
apud Eos, Q^os vix antea among Thofe, Whom fcarce before
eti/i fuimus afpicere. ""* l*/mf-A*+*J *r l/\^L- ,,r>/%,.
<we have dared to look upon,
FABLE XLIII.
ZfcVulpe fcf Aqulla
PROLES
excurrcbat foras ;
coraprehernfa a Aquila /V.i-
plorat Fidctn Mains. Ilia
Mccurrit t rogat j4quilam, ut
ftimittai Captivam
Prolem. Aqiiila Kc5a
frxdzm fulvolat ad Pullos.
V'llpes, /"a cor-
rcpta, q ua j* eff^t
fbfumf>tura Munitionem
fntenth, Cum jam
afcendiffet sfrkorem,
inqiiit, nune lucre 1'e t
tuofque, Ji potes. Aqui-
la trepidans, dum mctuit
Jncendlum t inqnit,/>ar Mihi,
rcddara quicyuld habeo
luum.
MOR.
Intellige per Aquilam
fotentes, atq; audaccs j per
Pulpcm pauperculos, Quos
Divites ftipenumero opprt-
Of the Fox and the Eagle.
THE Young of the Fox
ran abroad ;
caught by the Eagle foe im-
plores the Help of her Dam. She
raw i//, aiks the Eagle, that
yj* would difmifs her Captive
Toiing. The Eagle having got
her Prey^/Vj aiy<3y to /& Toung.
The Fox, a Firebrand being
fnatched up, #/ / fhe was
about to J<j!rey her Fortrefs
with Fire, When now
fhc hr.d gotten upon the Tree,
fays, now defend
and thine, j/"Thou canft.
gle trembling, whilfl fhe fears
Inter dum probe uklfcuntur
Injuriam accrptam.
I will
Fire t fays, fpare Me,
ill reftore ivhatfoeicr I have
MOR.
Underfland iy the Eagle
the potent, and bold ; by
/itf /ox the Poor, Whom
the Rich oftentimes op-
prefs 3y Force. But the Hurt
fometimes foundly revenge
the Injury received.
FABLE
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FABLE XLIV.
De Agricola &
Ciconia.
GRuibus Anftnlufque
depafcentibus Sala,
Rullicus prtetcndit
Laqueum. GVz/Capiurit(ir,
jlnferes capiuntur, tf
Ciconia capitur. Ilia fup-
plicat, clamitans, Sefe inno-
centem, & efle nee Gruem,
nee Anfcrem, fed optimam
omnium Avium, qu'ippe QUOE
femper confueverit infervire
Parent! fedulo, & a/ere
Etim coTifeSum Senio.
Slgricola inquit, probe
fcio omnla hac ; verum
poltquam cepimus Te cum
nocentibus, morieris quoqus
cum Eis.
MOR.
Qui committit Crimen,
f Is, $>ui adjungit Se
Socium Sceleratis,
pledluntur fan
I'ocna.
Oflhc. Hu&andman and
the Stork.
THE Cranes and the Gecfe
feeding on the Corn,
the Countryman fed
a Gin. The Cranes are taken,
the Geefe are taken, and
the Stork is talen. She en-
treats, crying, that She was inno-
cent, and was neither a Crane,
nor a Goofe, but the beft
of all Birds, as Who
always ufed /o yJri> her
Father diligently, and /o nourijh
Him WH ea/ with old Age.
The Hujlandman fays, ivell
know I a// thefe Things ; but
fince Wtf have taken Thee p//
/* offending, thou fhalt die o^i
with Them.
MOR.
He that committeth a Crime,
*W He, Who joins Himftjf
a Companion /o /A* Wtcled t
are puniflied itv'/A
Paniihment.
FABLE XLV.
De OPILIONE
AGRICOLJS.
PUER pafcebat Oves
editiore Pratulo, o/y;
clamitans terqut, quaterqtie
per
Of the SHEPHERD and
the COUNTRYMEN.
A Boy fed his Sheep
f/c a higher Ground, anJ
crying 1 Inth thrice,, and four tiroes
34 SELECT FABLES OF
fer Jocum, Lupum adeffe,
txcitbat Agricolas undi-
gue : I Hi illuji
frepitis, a'um non fubvtniunt
imploranti jftixitium, Ovcs
Jiunt Praeda Lupo.
Mo*.
Si Quifpiam confuevefft
mentiri t Fides ftoh kabebitur
facile Ei, cum occeft*
rit narrarc verum.
in Jcft, that the Wolf was there*
hs raifeft the Countrymen
on all Sides : They being deluded
too often, >wbiljl they do not come
to him imploring Help, the Sheep
become a Prey /<? the Wolf.
MOR.
If oy One ha been ufcd
#o He, Faith will not be had
eafily in Him, when hsfoall hav:
begun to tell the Truth.
FABLE XLVI.
jbe Aqoila s" Corvo.
AQJJ I L A Avolat
cditiflima Rvpe,
in Ttrgum Agni. Corvuj
videos /</gcftit, veluti Simia,
imitari Aquilam, dimittit
Se in Veil us Arietis ;
climifTus impeditur ; impe-
ditus comprthenditur ;
coroprehenfus projicitur
Putiis.
0/the Eagle <m</the Crow.
THE EAGLE fie
from a very high Rock t
on the Bad of a Lamb. The Crow
feeing that rcjoiceth, as an Ape,
to imitate the Eagle, He drops
Himfelf upon the Fleece of a Ram ;
dropt down He is entangled ; en-
tangled he is taien ;
taken he ii throw A
to the Boys*
MoR.
Qmfque eftimet Se Let every One efleem Himfelf
fud, non Virtutc ly his own, rot by the Virtue
Aliorum. Tentet Id, Quod of Others. Attempt That, Which
poffiiiyiK?/?. thou mayft be able to do.
FABLE
SELECT FABLES OF ^SOP, 35
FABLE XLVIL
De invido GANE &
BOVE.
CANIS decunlelat
Praefepi plena Foeni ;
Bos venit, at comedat ;
Ille furrigens Sefe prohibet :
os inquit, Dit perdanc
Te cum \fthac tua Jnvidid t
QJJI yefceris Fano,
tiecjinis Me iw/.
MOR.
Plcrique funt eb Ingenlo,
tit invideant Ea
y//V, Qua; y/ ft till i i7/a;
Sibi.
0/"the envious Doo and
the Ox.
THE DOG lay down
in a Rack full of Hay ;
The Ox cometh, that He may eat ;
He raifing Himfelf hinders Hitri
72* Ox fays, AToy /^ Go^/ deftroy
72 with /Arf/ thy Envy)
Who neither art fed wVA ^ys
nor fufferejl Me /o ^e/^^.
MOR.
Marty ar* of that Temper,
that /^ envy thofe Things
*o Others, Which are of no #/*
to Themfelves.
flrepltai
Ovicul'ae :
FABLE XLVIIL
De Cornicula 5" Ove. Of the Jackdaw and the Sheep*
TH E Jackdaw makes a No'ife
on the Back of the Sheep i
The Sheep fays,//"thou made a Noife
thus to a Dog, thou ivotilc/eji beaf
the Damage. But the Jackdaw
faith, I know Whom I may infult,
treullefome to the mild, friendly
to the cruel.
MOR.
COrnicula
in Dorfo
Ovis inquit, Si obftrcpercs
Jtc Cani, ferret
Infortunium. At Cornicula
tnquit, fcio Quibus infulttm,
molejta placidis, arnica
faevis.
MOR.
Mali tnfvltant innocent! Evil Men infuh the innocent
Cff miti ; fed Nemo irritat and mild ; but no One irritates
feroce* & malignos. the fierce and mifchievous.
FABLE
SELECT FABLES OF JESOP.
FABLE XLIX.
De Pavone f?
Lufcinia.
PA V O queritur a pud
Junonem, Conjtigem &
Sororem Jovis, Lufcini-
am cantillare fuaviter, Se
irrideri ab Omnibus ob
raucam Ravim. Cui
Juno inquit, Lufcinia longe
fuperat in Cantu, Tu Plu-
mis ; Quifque habet Suam
Dotem ' a Diis. Decet
Unumquemq; effe contcn-'
iumjua Sorte.
MOR.
Sumamus Ea t Quae
Deus largitur, grata Animo,
usque quctramus majora.
Of the Peacock and
the Nightingale.
THE Peacock complains to
Juno, the Wife and
Sifter of Jupiter, that the Nightin-
gale fung fweetly, that He
was laughed at by All for
his hoarfe Squalling. To whom
Juno fays, The Nightingale by far
excels in Singing, Thou in Fea-
thers ; Every One ha 8 bis
Gift /row the Gods. It becometh
Every One to be content
with his own Lot.
MOR.
Let us take thoft Things, Which
God bcftows, with a grateful Mind,
nor let us feek greater Things,
FABLE L.
De fenicula Mu STELA &
MURIBUS.
MUsTELA careas
Viribus prt Senio
non valebat infequi Mures
jam ita t ut folebat ; coepit
meditari Dolum ; abfcondit
Se in Colliculp Farine t
fie fperans fore,
ut venetur citra Laborem.
Mures accurrunt, 3* dum
fupiunt en" tare Farinam,
O nines devorantur ad Unum
k
0/"the old WE A .TEL and
the MICE.
THE WEASEL wanting
Strength thro' old Age,
was not alle to purfue the Mice
now fo, us He was wont; He began
to meditate a Trick ; He hides
Himfelf in a Heap of Meal,
thus hoping that it would be,
that he may hunt without Labour.
The Mice run to it, and whild
they deftre to eat the Meal,
They all are devoured to One
by the Wcafel.
MOR.
SELECT FABLES OF &SOP. 37
MOR. MOR.
Ubi Qulfquam fuerit de-
Jlttutus Viribus, eft Opus
Ingenio. Lyfander Laceda-
monius folcbat dieere fub-
inde, quo leonina P tills
non perveniret, Viilpinam
ejje affumendamf
When any One fliall be de-
Jlitute of Strength, there is Need
of Wit. JLyfander the Lacede-
monian ufed to fay oft-
en, where the Lion's Skin
would not reach,
was to be taken.
that the Fox'
FABLE LI.
De LEONE & RAHA.
LE O, cum audiret
Ranam loquacem
magni, putans effe
aliquod magnum Animal,
vertit Se retro, et Jlans
parum, videt Ranam
exeuntem e Stagno ; Q^am
flatlm indignabundus con~
culcavfc Pedibus, inquiens,
non movebis amplius
ullum Animal clamorc, ut
perfpictat Te.
MOR.
Fabula fign\ficat t qxiod
epud verbofos Nihil
Linguam.
0/the LION and the FROG.
TH E Lion, <whtn he heard
the Frog talking
at a great Rate, thinking it to be
fome great Beaft,
turned Himfclf baclt t and /landing
a little, He fees the Frog
going out of the Pool ; which,
prefenlly enraged He trod un-
der with his Feet, faying,
Thou Thalt not move any more
any jfnimal with thy Noife, that
He may look at Thee.
MOR.
The Fable fignifies, that
among noify Men Nothing
is found except a Tongue.
FABLE LII.
De FORMICA fc? COLUMBA. 0/the PISMIRE and the DOTE,
FOrmica Jitiens venit
ad Fonteno, ut
bibcret ; forte incidit
E Pifmire thirjling came
JL to a Fountain, that
{he might drink ; by chance fhc fell
SELECT FABLES OF JESOP.
in Puteum. Columba
fuperfidens Arlorem im-
xninentcm Fonti, cum
confpiceret Formicam obrui
Aquis, frangit
Ramulum ex Arbore,
Quern dejicit Jine Mora
in Fontem. Formica
confcendens Hunc fervatur.
duceps venit, / capiat
Columbam ; Formica per-
cipiens Id, mordet unutn
fx Pedibus
Columba avolat.
*/ a Well. r^f
fitting upon a Tree hanging
over tke fountain, when
foe faw the Pifmire overwhelmed
in the Waters, r<ra&r
a little Branch /row the Tree,
Which (he throws without Delay
into the Fountain. 7/fe Pifmire
getting upon This is faved.
The Fowler comes,Ma/he maytake
fta Z)0w ; the Ant perceiv-
ing That, tow one
of the Feet q/ fta Fowler j
the Dovejlies away.
MOR. , MOR.
Fabula J*gnificat, cum The Fable Jtgnif.es, whet*
Brula funt grata in Bcneft- Brutes are grateful to Benefac-
cos, eo magis li /Crj, by fo much the more They
efle, $>ui funt Par- ought to be> /f#0 are Parfa-
Rationis. kers of Reafon.
F A
Z><? Pavone & Pici
Se
Qui
^/
GENS Avium cum
vagaretur libere, o/>/a-
itz/ Regem dari Sibi.
Pa-yo putabat
imprimis dignum,
eligeretur, cjuia
formofiffimus. ^foc accep-
fo m Regtm, jP/Va inquif,
O Rex, fi, TV imperante,
jlquila cceperit infequi
Nos perftrenue, Ut /o/fJ?,
quo Modo abi-
ges ///aw / .quo
fervabis Nos ?
L E LIII.
Of the Peacock and the Magpie.
TH E Nation of Birds, when
M<?j wandered freely, wl/bed
for a King to be given to Them.
The Peacock thought Himfelf
chiefly worthy, Who
Jhould be chofen, becaufe He was
the mod beautiful. He being re-
ceived for King, the Magpie fays,
King, if, Tou governing,
the Eagle fhoulvl begin to purfue
Us Jlrenuoufly, as Jbe is wont t
by what Method will you drive a-
way Her ? by what Means
will you prefervc Us ?
MOK.
SELECT FABLES OF JESOP. 39
MOR. MOR.
In Principe Forma non eft In a Prince Beauty Is not
tarn fpehanda, quam fo much to be regarded^ as
Fortitudo Corporis fc? Pru- Strength of Body and Pru-
dentia. dence.
F A 3 L E LIV.
De
MEDICO.
M
grotum ; tandem Ille
moritur ; turn Medicus inqui t
ad Cognates, Hie peribat
fntemperantid.
MOR.
Of Ac SICK MAN and
the PHYSICIAN.
Phyfician hadin cure a Sick
Man ; at length He
died ; then the Phyjician faid
to the Kinfmen, This Man perifhed
by Intemperance*
MOR.
A
Nifi $>nis reliquerit Unlefs Any One fhall have left
Eibacitatem & Libidinem Drunkenncfs and Luji
mature, aut nunquatn timely, either He never
perveniet ad Seae3ateat t aut tuill -arrive to old Age t or
eft habiturus perbrevem is to have a very Jbort
Seneclutem. old Age.
FABLE LV.
De LEONE 3* aliie.
LE O, dfinusy &
Vulpes eunt venatum ;
ampla Venatio capitur ;
capta eft ju/fo partiri :
Jlfino ponente Singulis fin-
gulas Paries, Leo irrugi-
ebat t rapit Afmum, ac lani-
at. Poftea </a/ id
Negotii Vulpeculse, / >ue
aflutior,
Of the LION and other Beads.
THE LION, the 4fs, and
the Fox ge /0 hunt ;
an ample Py is taken ;
taken is commanded to be parted :
The Afs putting to each their fin-
gle Partt, the Lion roar-
ed, he fcized'*i Afs t and butchert
him. Afterwards he gives that
Bufmefs to the Fox, /F/Jo
more cunning,
40 SELECT FABLES OF MSOP.
aftutior, cam longc
9ptima Parte propofita, rcfer-
vaviflet i>ix minimam,
Leo rogat, a Quo fie
doda ? Cui Ilia inquit,
Calamitas Afini docuit
Me.
MOR.
Ille eft Felix, Qitm aliena
Pericula faciunt cautum.
more cunning, 'when by far
the beji Part being propofc d, fhe had
referred fcarcc a very fmall one,
the Lion afks, by Whom fa
taught ? To Whom She fays,
the Calamity of the Afs has taught
Me.
MOR.
He is Happy, Whom othcrt
Dangers make cautious.
FABLE LVI.
De H^EDO fe 1 LUPO. Of the KID and the WOLF.
HjEdns profpecians e
Feneflrd autkbat
A KID looking out of
<r Window dared
lacejjere Lupu-m pratereun- to frovokt a Wolf p a Jfi n S
tern Convitiis ; Cui by with Revilings ; to Whom
Lupus ait, Scelefte, 7 the Wolf fays, Wretch, Thou
non couvitiaris Mibi t fed doft not revile Me r but
always
MOR. MOR.
Tempus 5* Locus femptr Time and Place
addunt dudaciam Homini. add Boldnefs to a Man.
FABLE LVII.
De Leone Es 5 Capra., [ 0/the Lion an/the Goat.
LE O forte confpica-
tU3 Capram ambulan-
tera tditd Rupe vionet,
Ut dtfcendat ia viricle
Pratum : Capra inquit, For-
taje facerem, Ji Tu abcf-
fes ) Qu'i non fuades
Mihi
THE LION by chants having
feen a Goat walk-
ing on a high Rock advifes,
tfaljke would defcend into the green
Pafture : The Goat fays, Per-
haps I fhould do it if You was
away; Wfo do not perfuade
Me
SELECT FABLES OF &SOP.
Mihi iftud, tit Ego capiam Me to that, that I may take
uliara Voluptatem inde ; fed any Pleafure thtnce ; but
ut 7 habeas, Qnod that T^oa mayft have, #7>af
famelicus vor. being hungry Thou mayjl devour.
MOR. MOR.'
Ne habeas/Yc&CT omnibus} Do not have Faith in all 5
am Quidam non confulunt for Some do not confute
Tibi,y*r/ Sibi. for You, but for themfclves.
FABLE LVIII.
De VULTURE aliifque
AVIBUS.
VUltur adfimulat, Se
celeb rare annuum
Natalem ; invitat Av't-
culas ad Ccenam ; fere
omnes veniunt ; accipit
venientes magno Plaufu
Favoribufque : Vultur
lanlat acceptas.
MOR.
Omnes non font Araici,
Qui dicunt blande, ant
fimulant t Se facers benig-
ne.
0/"the VULTURE and other
BIRDS.
THE Vulture feigns, that He
would celebrate his annual
Birth-Day ; He invites the little
Birds to Supper ; almoft
all come ; He receives
them coming with great Applaufc
and Favours : The Vulture
butchers them received.
MOR.'
Al! are not Friends*
Who fpcak foirly, or
pretend, that They will do kind-
FABLE LIX.
De ANSEJUBUS
GRUIEUS.
ANfertrs
fim ill
odei
pajcelanfur
Gruibus
Gruca
confpicat*
Of the GEES B an*/
the CRANES.
THE Geefe w^r* fed
at the fame time fiV>6theCrancs
in the fame Field.
The Cranet
having fee*
42 SELECT FABLES OF
confpicate Rufticos,
leves avolant ; sfnferes
capiuntur, <$>ui impediti
Oner'e Corporis, non pott-
rant fubvolare.
MOR.
Urbc expugnata ab Ho-
Jlibus t . In ops facile fubd li-
cit Se ; at Dives captus
fervit. In Bella Divitis: funt
mag is Oner i quam Ufui.
having feen the Countrymen,
being light fly away ; The Geefe
arc taken, Who hindered
with Burden of Body, luefe
not able to fly away.
MOR.
A City being befieged by Ene-
mies, the poor Man eafily with-
draws Himfelf ; but the Rich taken
ferves. In War Riches are
more for a Burden than an Ufe.
FABLE LX.
De Anu ff Ancillis. Of the old Woman c.Whcr Maids,
Q Used am Anus habebat
Domi complures
j/1nci/las, quas quotidie
excitabat ad Opus ad Can-
turn Galli, Quern habebat
Domi, antequam lucefce-
ret. Ancills tandem
commotf Tasdio
quatidiani Ncgotii obtrun-
cant Gallum, fperantes jam,
Ilk necato, Sefe dormitu-
ras vfque ad Meridiem ; fed
base Sfcs decepit Eas ; nam
ffera, ut refcivit t
Gallum interemptum, dein-
ceps jubet Eas furgtrc
intempelta Node.
MOR.
Non Pauci, dum Jludent
cvitare Malum t incidunt in
gravius.
A Certain old Woman had
at Home many
Maids, whom daily
(he rouzed to Work at the Crow-
ing of a Coct, which Jht had
at Home, before that it was
light. The Maids at length
moved with the Wearifomnefs
of their daily BuOnefs be-
head the Cock, hoping now,
He being killed, that They fliould
fleep even to Mid-day ; but
this Hope deceived Them ; for
the Mijlrefs, as foon as jhs knetu t
that the Cock was killed, thence-
forwards commands Them to rift
at Mid -night.
Mo*.
Not a few, whilft they Jludy
to avoid an Evil, fall into
a heavier.
FABLE
SELECT FABLES OF MSOP.
FABLE LXI.
43
Dt ASINO S3 EQUO. Of the Ass and the HORSE.
A Sinus pvtabat Equutn
beaturh, quod effet
pinguis, 5* degeret in Otio ;
verb dicebat Se infelicem,
quod effet maclkntus, &
Jlrigofus, & quotidie exer-
cerctur #3 immiti /fe'o in
ferendis Oneribus. Hand
raulto pofl conelamant ad
Arma ; turn Equus non re-
pulit Fraenum Ore,
Equitetn Dorfo, nee
Telum Corpore. AJinus,
Hoc iii/a, agebat magnas
Gratias Diis, quod non fe-
c'lffent Se Equum, fed
^IJlnum-
MOR.
Sunt Miferi, Qiios
Vulgus judicat bcatos ; &
non Pauci funt ^fa/;', Q^ii
putant Se miferrimos.
Sutor crepidarius dictt
Regem felicem, non con-
Jiderans in quanta* Res 2?
Solicitudines dijlrahiiur t
dum interim Ipfc cantillat
cum o/// Paupcrtatc.
THE Afs thought the Horfe
happy, becaufe he ivas
fat and lived in Idlenefs ;
but he called Himfslf uahappy,
becaufe He Was lean, and
raw-boned, afld daily was exer-
cifed by an unmerciful Majler in
bearing Burdens. j?VW
much 0/ter they cry to
Arms ; then the Horfe //row wai
bach the Bridle y"ro/n />/j Mouth,
the Horfeman j/rom Back, nor
the Dart from his Body.
This f ^^71, gave
Thanks to the Gods, that they had
not made him a Horfe t but
MOR.
They are miferable, Whom
the Vulgar judges happy ; and
not a feiv are happy, Who
think Themfelves mojt miferable.
The Cobler calls
the King happy, not conjider-
ing into ^o-zy ^raz/ Affairs arf
Troubles /'e is Jra<zvn t
whilfl in the mean time He Jtngs
with bit left Poverty.
FABLE
44 SELECT FABLES OF
FABLE LXII.
De LKONB y TAURO. Ofihc LION and the BULL.
TAurus fugiens Leo-
nem incldit in Hlrcum ;
Is mln'itabatur Cornu &
caperata Fronte : Ad Quern
Taurus plenut Ira inquit,
Tua Front con trad a in
Rugas r.on tsrntat Me ;
fed metuo immanem
Leonem, Qui nifi hareret
roe Tergo jam />
efle o ita parvam Rem
pugnare cum Tauro.
MOR.
Calamitas ncn ^f? addenda
calamitous. Eft JI///}r
fat, J^; e& feme! mifer.
THE Bull /J//TJ the Li-
on fell upon toe Goal ;
He threatened with his Horn 0</
wrinkled Brow : To /Wow;
the Bull full of Anger /m/,
Thy Brow c/oiitradltd into
Wrinkles does not affright Me ;
but 1 fear a vajl
Lion, Who unlefs /&* /f^
to my Back, now youjkould know
that it is nof fo #//& a Thing
to f. git with a Bull.
MOR.
Calamity w not to be added
/o the calamitous. He is miferable
enough, Who is c miferable.
FABLE LXIII.
De TESTITUDINE 3*
AQUILA.
a repiandt
occupaverat Teflitud'uiem ;
fi Quis tolleret Earn in
Calum, pollicetur Baccas
rubri Marls. Aquila
fujlulit Earn ; pofcit Ptae-
mium ; y foditam non ha-
bentem Unguibus. Ita,
Telludo, )u<t concupivit
ifidfre-A.fi.ra, reliquit Vitam
in Aftris.
Of the TORTOISE and
the EAGLE.
WEarinefs of creeping
had feized the Tortoife ;
{(any One would lift up Her into
Heaven, She promifes the Pearls
of the red Sea. The Eagle
took vp Her ; demands the Re-
ward ; and pierces Her not hav-
ing it with her Talons. Thus,
the Tortoife, Which defired
to fee the Stars, left her Life
in the Stars. "
MOR.
SELECT FABLES OF jESOP. 4
MOR.
- Sis contentus tua Sorte.
Fuere NonnuUi, Qni,
Jl manfiflent hurniTes,
fuifient tuti ; fafti fublimes,
inciderunt in Pericula.
MOR.
Be conttnted with thy Lot.
There have been Some, Who,
if they had remained low,
would have bcenfafe; becomtkigh,
have fallen into Dangers.
FAB
L E LXIV.
De CANCRO Cs* ejas
MATRE.
Of the CRAB and his
MOTHER.
MAter menet Cancrum
retrogradum, nt
eat antrorfum. Filius
refpondet, Mater, I pr<e,
fequar.
THE Mother advtfes the Crab
going backwards, that
He would go forwards. The Son
anfwers, Mother, go vou before,
I will follow.
MOR.
Reprehenderis Nullum
Vitii, cujus Ipfe
queas reprehendi.
MOR.
You fliould reprehend no One
of a Vice, of which You Yourfelf
may lit reprehended.
FABLE LXV.
De SOLE f? AQUI-
LONE.
SOL G? Aquilo
certant, Uter fit
fortior. Eft conventtim
ab Illis experiri Fires in
Fiat or em ; ut ferat
Palmam, <>>ul excuflcrit
Manticam. Boreas aggre-
ditur Viatorem horrifono
Nimbo ; at I Lie non dejiftit
duplicare AmiEium gradi-
endo.
Of the SUN and the NORTH -
WIND.
THE Sun fcf the North- Wind
Jlrive, Whether it
the ftronger. // is agreed
by Them to try tktir Strength upon
a Traveller ; that He bear
the Palm, Who (hall havefhaken off
his Cloak. Boreas fets up*
on the Traveller with a rattling
Cloud ; but He does not dejijl
to double his Cloak in going
on.
4 6 SELECT FABLES OF ^ESOP.
rndo. Sol experitur fuas
Fires, Nimboque paulatim
cvj&o, emit tit
Radios. Viator incipit
aftuare, fudare, anhelare :
Tandem nequient progredi
rejidet fub frondofo Nemore.
Ita Vidoria contigit Soli.
MOR.
Id f<epe obtinctur Man-
fuetudine, Quod non poteft
extorqueri Vi.
on. The Sun tries his
Strength, and the Storm little by little
being overcome, fends forth
his .beams. The Traveller begins
to grow hot, to fweat, to pant :
At length not being able to go on
He fits do'wn under afhady Grove.
Thus the Vidory/*// to tht Sun.
MOR.
That often is obtained by Gen-
tlenefs, which it not able
to~be extorted by Force.
FABLE
De ASINO.
A Sinus venit in Sylvan,
offend it Exuvias Le-
oni, Quibtis indutus
venit in Pafcua t terri-
lat C5* fugat Greges
& Armenia. Venit, Qui
perdiderat, qua: r it at funm
jijinum. Afinus, Hero vifo,
occur r it) imo incur'
rtt fuo Rugitu. At
Herat Auricuiis prehenfis,
Qua extabant, inquit,
Mi Afelle, poju falle-
re ^//oj, Ego probe novi 7"f.
Moa.
J&efimiiks Te ^, Q^od
non et ; non dofium, cum
^/w indodus ; non jades
Te divltem & nobilem, cum
jfa pauper Ss 5 ignobilis ;
etenlm, vero camperto,
rideber-'s.
LXVI.
O/" the Ass.
THE Afs ro7i into the Wood,
finds //><? i'/'/'n of a Li-
on, wi//6 Which bting clad
He comes into the Pajlures, af-
frights flnJputs to Flight theFlocks
and Herds. He comes, WAo
had loft him, /<?^j his
runs to him, nay runj upon
Him with his Braying. But
//.xr Majler his Ears ' ^f/r/,
Which ^/?oo^/ oz</, fays,
Afj Afs, /^OM wflj'y^ be able to de-
ceive Others, I full ive/l kaovfTbte,
MOR.
. Do notffign Thyfelf to be, What
thou art not ; not learned, when
/iott a/-/ unlearned ; do not boaji
Thyftlf rick and noble, whvn
T^oa ar/ poor aJ ignoble ;
fsr, the Truth ^'j found,
thou wilt be laughed at.
FABLE
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FABLE LXVII.
De raordaci CANE.
DOmJ
Can't fubinde mordentt
Homines, at Quifq; ^caveret
Sibi. Canis, rat us
Id Decus trlbutum fuss
Vlrtuti, defpicit fuos Popu-
lares. Aliqius jam grav'ir
JEtate fcr'Auctoritate accedit
ad hunc Canem, monens
Earn, ne crret ; nam
inquit, Ida Nola eft data
Tibi in Dedecus, non in
Decus.
MOR.
Glorlofus inter dtim
ducit Id Laudi &'/',
Quod ejl Vituperio Ipft.
Of the biting DOG.
THE Matter tied a little Bell
to the Dog often biting
Men,/tffevery onejhou/d take heed
to Himfelf. The Dog, thinking
That an Ornament given to his
Virtue, defpifcs his Neigh-
bours. One now grave
with Age and Authority comes
to this Dog, adv'ifing
Him, that he err not ; for
fays he, That little Bell is given
to Thee for a Dtfgrace, not for
a Grace.
MOR.
The Vain -glorious J 'onetimes
takes That for aPraife /o Himfelf ^
Which it for a Difgrace to Him.
FABLE LXVIII.
De CAMELO.
C Am till 8 defpicuns Se
gwrf&atur, -Tauros ire
infignes geminis Cornibus ;
Se inermem ejfe objeftnra
c/fteris Animalibus ; oral
Jovem dinars Cornua Sibi .'
Jupiter ridet Stultitiam
Cam el't , nee mo do ncgat
Votum Cameli, verum &
decurtat Auriculas Bejlix.
Of the CAMEL.
THE Camel defpiftng Hirafelf
comflaineJ,t\\nt theBulls went
remarkable ivitk two Horns ;
that Pie without Arms w^jexpofed
to the other Animals ; He prays
Jupiter to give Horns to Him :
Jupiter laughs at the Folly
of the Came/, nor only denies
the Wi/b of the Camel, but alfo
crops the Ears of the Beaji.
MOR,
48 SELECT FABLES OF
MOR. MOR.
Quifque fit ccnfenlut Let every One be contented
fua Fortuna : Etenina with his own Fortune : For
Mult't fecuti meliorem, Many having followed a better,
incurre're pejorem. have run into a <worfe.
FABLE LXIX.
De duobus AMICIS fcf
UREO.
DUO Amici faciunt
Iter ; Urfus occur-
rit in hlner: ; U nus fcanJenr
Arborern evitat Periculum ;
filter, cum non rjet
Spes Fug<e, procidens
/imulat Se morluum, Urfus
accedlt t & olfacit An res Cif
Os- Homine continente
Spirit um & Mot urn, Urfus,
)ui parcit Mortals t credens
Eum efle morluum, abibat.
Poftea Socio percontante
quidnam BeJIla di'xiffet Illi
accumbenti in Aurem, ait,
MonnifTe Hoc, ne un-
quam facerem Iter
cum Amicis i/lius Modi.
MOR.
Adrerfa: Res & Pertcula
defignant verum Amicum.
Of the two FRIENDS and
the BEAR.
TWO Friends make
a Journey ; a Bear meets
them in the Road ; One climbing up
a Tree Jbuns the Danger ;
The other, when there 'was not
Hope of Flight, falling down
feigns Himfelf Dead. The Bear
cemes, and fmells to his Ears and
Mouth. The Man holding in
Breath and Motion, The Bear,
Which fpares the Dead, believing
that He was dead, went away.
4ft er wards the Companion ajking
what the Bcajl had fa id to Him
lying down in his Ear, He fays,
that He had advifed This, that
I fliould not ever make a Journey
with Friends of this Kind.
MOR.
Adverfe Things and Dangers
(How the true Friend.
FABLE
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FABLE LXX.
Tie Ruftico ff Fortuna. Of the Countryman and Fortune.
THE Countryman, when
He ploughed, found
Treafure in the Furrows. For-
tune feeing, that Nothing ofHonodr
was bad to Her, thus fpake
with H erf elf : Treafure being found,
the Fool is not grateful ; but
tbzl felf-famc Treafure being lojl,
He will folicit Me firft
of all with Vowa and
Clamours.
MOR.
A B e n e fi t being received, \ e t u s be
grateful to Him deferving well of
Us ; For Ingratitude
is 'worthy to be deprived even
of the Benefit, Which lately
it may have received.
RU s T i c u s , c urn
araret, offendebat
Thefaurum in Sulcis. For-
tuna videns, Nihil Honoris
kaberi Sibi, it a locuta eft
Secum : Thefauro reperto,
Stolidus non ejl gratus ; at
co ipfo Thefauro amiffb,
follicitabit Me primam
omnium Votis if
Clamoribus.
MOR.
Beneficio accepto, fimus
grati Merenti bene de
Nobis ; Etenim Ingratitudo
eft digna privari etlam
Beneficio, >uod modo
acceperit.
FABLE LXXI.
3" GROE. Of the Peacock and the Crane.
PAVO fcf Grus
ctenant una : Pavo
ja&at Se, oftentat Caudam :
Grus fatetnr Pavonem
ejje formofiflimis Pennii ;
tamcn Se penetrare Nubet
animofo Volatu t dum Pa-
vo vix fupervolat Tcfta.
THE Peacock and the Crane
fup together : "The Peacock
boafts Hlmfelfi (hows his Tail :
The Crane confeffes the Peacock
/o be of mod beautiful Feathers ;
yet Ma/ /fc pierced the Clouds
with a bold Flight, whilft the Pea-
cock fcarce ^w owr the Houfes.
MOR.
SELECT FABLES OF ySOP.
MOR.
Nemo contempferlt Al-
terum : tfl cuique fua
Dos ; eft cuique fua
Vittus : Qui caret tua
Virtute,ybr/a/j habcat Earn,
Q'ia Tu careas.
MOR.
No mznjhouldha've defplfed Ano-
ther : there is to every one his oiun
Portion ; thereis to every onebiso<wn
Virtue : He <who wanteth thy
Virtue, perhaps may have That
Which thou mayft want.
FABLE LXXII,
D: QPERCU &
ARUNDINE.
QUercus effraSa va-
lid i ore Noto,
praxipitatur in Flumen, &?,
dutn jluitat, forte haret
fuis Ramis in Arundine ;
miratur, Arundlnem ftare
ir.columem in tanto Turbine.
H<tc refpondet, Se c/Te
tut am fua FlexilUltate ;
Se cedere Noto,
Bore* ; omni Flaiui ;
nee ^tf Mirum, quod
Q_uercus exclderlt^ Q^ize
concupivit noo cedere t fed
rejiftere.
MOR.
Ne r^)?aj Potentiori,
y>^/ vincas .//Z/RC cedendo,
C^ fere ado.
O/" the OAK and
the REED.
THE Oak Iting broken by the
ftronger South Wind,
is thrown into the River, #m/,
whilft She flows, by Chance J?/Vr
by her Bought upon a Reed ;
file wonders, A&a/ a Reed Hood
/o/c in fo great a Whirlwind.
.SA<r anfwers, that She was
ya/Jr by her Flexibility ;
that She yielded to Notus,
/o Boreas; to every Blajl ;
nor wflj /'/ a Wonder, /Aa/
the Oak JLould fall, Who
dffired not /o >'V'</> but
to rejlft.
MOR.
Do not re/tftOne more powerful,
^/ overcome Him by yielding,
0n</ bearing.
FABLE
SELECT FABLES OF-ffiSOP.
FABLE LXXIII.
De LEONE ?
VENATOP.E.
LE O litigat cum
Venatore; prasfert fuam
Foftitudinerii Fortitudihi
Homiriis. Pojl longa jfur~
gia Venator ducit Leonem
a^Maufoleum, in Quo Leo
erat fculptus deponens
Caput in Gremium Viri.
Per a rregat Id effe fails
Indicii ; nam ait, Homines
fculpere Quod vcllent ;
quod fi Leones forent Arti-
fices, Virum jam Jri
fculptum fub Pedibus
Lconis.
MOR.
Qmfque, quoad poted,
Cff dicit, ff facit Id y Q^od
putat prodefle fux
Caufse y Parti.
O/" the LION CBt/
the HUNTER.
TH E Lion contends with
the Hunter ; He prefers bis
Strength to (lie Strength
of Man. After long Dlf-
futes the Hunter leads the Lion
/o a Tomb, on Which a Lion
xvas carved laying down
A/T Head on Mi? Z,o^ of a Man.
The Beajl denies /Aa/ to be enough
Proof; for he fays, that Men
carved What they would ;
but if Lions were Arti~
fleers i that the Man o < zt> would be
carved under M* /Vrf
of the Lion.
MOR.
Every One, as much a.rhc is able,
both fays, and docs 7a/, Which
he thinks to be profitable to his
Caufe as</ Party.
FABLE LXXIV.
fie PUERO Sf FUR'E. O/" the EOY </ the THIEF.
P'lTer fedebat ftens apud
Puteum ; Fur rogat
Caufam dendi ; Puer dicit,
Fune rupto, Urnam
Aurt incidiffe Jit Aquas.
Horfto exult Se> injilit
in Puteum, quserit. Vafe
non invtnto, confcendit,
atq;
A Boy Jut weeping at
a Well ; A Tbiif afks
theCaufeof his weeping;/,k?.Z?0y fays,
//f /?5/^ being broke, that an Urn
of Gold had fallen into the Waters.
The Man undrejfes Himfelf, leaps
into/A* 0W/, feeks for it. TheVe/el
not &/ fnmd) He comes up,
*n^
H
52 SELECT FABLES OF /ESOP.
atq; ibi nee invenit Pus- and there neither does He find the
rum, nee fuam Tunicam : Boy, nor his own Coat :
>nippe Puer, Tunica fub- For the Boy, the Coat being taken
lata, fugerat. away, bad Jled.
MOR. MOR.
Interdum faHuntur, Sometimes they are deceived,
Qni fclent fallere. Who are wont to deceive.
FABLE LXXV.
De RCSTICO 5" Of the COUNTRYMAN and
JUVENCO. , the STEER.
RUSTICUS Jflfc&rf A COUNTRYMAN bad
Jnvencum imp alien- ji~\. a Steer impa-
tem omnis Vinculi & Jug* : tient of every Chain and 7~s>Jk ;
Homo ajlutulus refecat The Man a little cunning cuts off
Cornua Beftise ; nam the Horns of the Bead ; for
petebat Cornibas ; turn he ftruck with his Horns ; then
jungit non Currui, fed He joins him not /o /* C<?/7, but
Aratro, ~ ne pulfaret /o/^P/oy^Ajthathefliouldnot ftrikt
Herurn Calcibus, ut his Majler with his Heels, as
folebat. Iffe tenet Stivam, Hewaswont. He holds tbePlough,
gaudens, e ffi c \ff e rejoicing, that He bad ejfe8ed
Induftria, ' ut jam font by Induftry, that now he Jhould be
tutus & a Cornibus, 5c a3 fafe ^o//6 from Horns, and /TOOT
Ungulis. 5^ Quid evenit? Hoofs. 5w/ What happened ?
Taurus fubinde refiftens The Bullock frequently refilling
argendo Arenam applet -by fcattering the Sand Jills
s &? Caput Rujli- the Mouth ai/ Head oftke-C&un-
i a. tryman with It.
Jpa
Os
MOA, MOR.
Nonnulli y/ fie in- Some a/r fo
tra5a biles, ut nequeant traflable, that 77' ^y
tra&ari u// Arte, out be managed fy oy Art, or
Confilio, Counfcl.
FABLE
SELECT FABLES OF JEBOP.
FABLE LXXVI.
Di SATYRO & VIA.-
TORE.
SAtyrus, <%ui olim erat
habitus Deus Nemo-
rum, ntiferatus Vfatorem
obrutvm Nive, atq; cnec-
ttim Algore, ducit in
fuum Antrum ; fovet
Igne. At, dum fpirat
in Manus, percontatur
Caufam ; Qui refpondens
inqultj nt calefiant. Po-
ftea, cum accumberenr,
Viator fufflat in Pultem,
Quod interrogatus cur fa-
ce ret, ir.quit, ut frigefcat.
Turn continuo Satyrus
ejiciens Viatorem iaquit,
Nolo, at I lie fit in
meo Antro, Cut fit tarn
diverfum Os.
MOR.
Of the SATYR and the TRA-
VELLER.
A Satyr, Who formerly was
accounted a God of the
Woods, having pitied a Traveller
covered with Snow, and almofl
dead ttritA Cold, leads Him into
his Cave ; cherifhes Him
withaFire. Bat, ivhilji He breathes
into his Hands, He enquires
the Caufe ; Who anfwering
fays, that they may be warm. Af-
terwards, when they laid down,
theTraveller\)\Q\vs into hisPorridge,
Which being afked why He
old, He f aid, that // may grow cool.
Then immediately the Satyr
cafling out the Traveller fays,
I am not willing, that He be in
my Cave, Who has /o
different a Mouth.
MOR.
JLvitz 6i/inguem Homtnem, Avoid a double-tongued Man,
/ eft Proteus in Sermone. . Who is a Proteus in Difcourfe.
FABLE LXXVII.
Z)<; TAURO 3* MURE. O/" the BULL aW the MOUSE.
H E Moufe bad lit
the Foot of the Bull, fly-
/n/o his
MU S mamorderat
Pcdcm Tauri, fu-
gtens in fuum Antrum. ng /no s o^r.
l^aurus v/^ra/ Cornua, The Bull Irandi/hes his Horns,
qmtrit Hoftem, viJet nuf- fec-l:s his Enemy, y?rj A/'w
quam. ^f/w irridet an ; where. TheMoufe laughs at /
inquit
fays
54 SELECT FABLES OF MSOP.
inquit, quia es robujlus,
ac vaftus, idcirco non con-
tempferis Qne.mvis ; nunc
eximius Mas laefit Te, &
quidem gratis.
Nemo
Flocci.
Mo*.
pendat
Hoftem
fays He, lecaufe thou art robuft,
and big, therefore you Jbould not
have dcfpifed any One ; now
a little Moufe has hurt T/:ft, and
indeed gratis.
MOR.
Let no Man rate his Enemy
at a Lock of Wool.
FABLE LXXVIII.
De RVSTICO fc7
HERCULE.
CURRUS Rujll-
ci haerct in profundo
Luto- Mox fupinus
implorat Deum Herculem ;
} r ox in ton at e Coelo,
Inepte, fiagella tucs Equos,
tS 1 Ipfc annitere Rot is,
atq; turn Hercules vocatus
aderit.
MOR.
Otiofa Vota profunt Ktl ;
Qua: fane Deus non audit.
Ipfe juva Teiffum, turn
Deus juvabit Te.
Of the COUNTRYMAN and
HERCULES.
THE Waggon of a Country-
man (licks in a deep
Clay. By and by laying along
He implores the God Hercuks ;
a Voice thunders out of Heaven,
Fool, whip thy Horfes,
and Thyfelf try at the Wheels,
and then Hercules being called
will be prefent.
MOR.
Idle Vows profit Nothing \
Which indeed God does not hear.
Thyfelf help Thyfelf, then
Ccid will help Thee.
FABLE LXXIX.
D* Cicada & Formica. 0/"theGrafhopper<zfl</thcPifmire.
CUM Cicada cantet "T IT 7 HEN the Grajiopper Cngs
per ^ftatem, Formica V V in the Summer, the Ant
exercet /uam Meflem, tra- exercifes her Harvefi, draw-
hens in*
SELECT FABLES OF &SOP. 5$
tens Grana in Antrum,
ghjts reponit in Hyemcra.
Brumd fseviente, fame/tea
Cicada venlt ad Formicam,
& mendlcat Viftum. Formica
renuit, diciitans, Sefe labora-
vift, dura Ilia cantabat.
MOR.
Qjji fft fegnis in Juventa,
tgebit in Senefla ; 5? Qui
non farcii, mox mendicablt.
ing the Grains into a
Which She lays up again/I Winter.
The Winter raging, the famifted
Grafliopper comes to /A^ ^w/,
and begs Visuals. TA^ -fn/
jthat She bad labour?
fung.
MOR.
Who it flothful in Youth,
/ball want in Age ; and Who
<sWA not J "pare ; by and \xyJbaU beg.
FABLE LXXX.
De CANE 5" LEONE.
CANIS jocans occurrit
Leant, quid Tu ex-
hauftus Inedld percurris
Sylvcu & De-via ? fpeda
/fir pinguem, 5* nitidum,
atque confequor H<c, non
Labore, fed CW0. Turn
Leo inquit, Tu quidem
babes tuas JEpulas, fed
Stolide, babes etiam Vincula ;
Efto Tu Servus, Qui poles
fervire ; Ego guides, fum
//5rr, ncc voh fervire.
MOR.
Leo refpondit pulchre :
Etenim Libertas eft potior
smnilw Rebus.
0/"the DOG and the LION,
AD O G joking meets
a Lion, why dojl Thou eK-
hautled w/VA Want run thro*
//JK ^c??i/j and By-places ? fee
.$/( fat, and fleck,
and I obtain thefe Things, not
by Labour, but 5y Idlenefs. Then
/A Z,/on fays, 7^0 indeed
Aa/? thy Dainties^ but
/oe/ t Thou haft alfo Chains ;
Be Thou a Slave, /'f^o art able
(9 ferve ; I indeed, am
^/rff, nor am / willing to fcrve.
MOR.
The Lion anfivered beautifully :
For Liberty it better
than all Things.
FABLE
<6 SELECT FABLES OF /ESOP.
FABLE LXXXI.
Of the FISHES.
FLuvialis Pifiis eft cor-
rfptus per Vim Flu-
mints in Mare, ubi ciFerens
fuam Nobilitatem, pendcbat
omne marinum Gemis vili.
Phoca non tulit Hoc, fid
ait, Tune fore Indicium
Nobilitctis, fi caftus porte-
tur ad Forum cum Phoca ;
Se iri emptum a Nobiltlus,
autem Ilium a Plebe.
MOR.
Multt funt fie capti
Libidine G/ori<e, ut Ipfi
jadent Se. Scd /><7j
fiii Ons non datur
Homini Laud!, at excipi-
tur cum Rifu Audito-
A River Fl/b is
</OTt'n by theF'jrce of the Ri-
ver into the Sea, where extolling
bis Nobility, He valued
all the Sea Race at a low Rate.
The Seal bore not This, but
faid, Then would be a Proof
of Nobility, if taken He fhould be
carried to Market 'with a Seal ;
that He fhoiild be bought byNobks,
but //<? by the common People.
MOR.
"Many are fo taltn
with the Luft of Glory, that 7"/j<rj'
boaft Themfehfs. But //6<f Praj/i
of his own Mouth is not given
to a Man for a Praife, &// is receiv-
ed with the Laughter <?/" the Hear-
FABLE LXXXII.
De Pardo f Vulpecula. O/" the Leopard and the Fox.
PArdus, Cut eft
pi Sum Tergum, cater is
Feris, etiam Leonibus de-
fpeftis ab Eo, intumefcebat.
Vulpfcula accedit ad Hunc,
fuadet non fuperbire,
dicens quidfm, ///;' efle
fpeciofam Pellem, *vero Sibi
effe fpeciofam Meniem.
THE Leopard, Who has
a paintfd Back, the other
Beafts, even the Lions being de-
fpifed by Him, was puffed up.
The Fox comes to Him,
perfuades Him not to be proud,
faying indeed, that He had
a jim Skin, but He
lad a fine Mind.
MOR.
SELECT FABLEST OF 1ESOP. 57
MOR.
Eft Difcrimen & Or do
Bonorum : JSona
Corporis prxjlant Bonis
Fortune ; fed Bona Animi
funt prseferenda His.
MOR.
There is a Difference and Order
of good Things : The Goods
of the Body excel the Goods
of Fortune; but theGoods oftheMin-d
are to be preferred to Thefe.
FABLE LXXXIII.
De VULPE Of FELE.
CUM Vulpet in Collo-
qu'tO) Q^od ///*' erat
cum Fele, jaffartt t Sibi
effe varias Tcchnas, adeo
at haberet vel Ptram
refer tarn Dolis : Autem
Fells refpondit, Sibi ej/e
duntaxat unicam Artem, Cut
fideret, Ji efTet
^?//WDifcriminis. Inter con -
fabulandum repente
Tumultus Canum accurren-
tium audltur ; Ibi Felis
fubfilit in altifllmam
Arborem ; interim Vulpes
cinda Canibus capitur.
MOR.
Fabula innuit, nonnun-
quam unicum ConfiUum,
mo Jo fit verum, & efficax,
cfle praftabilius quaru plures
Dolos, S3 5 frivoja Con/ilia.
Of the Fox and the CAT.
WHEN the Fox in a Dlf-
courft, Which He had
with the Cat, loajled, that lie
bad various Shifts, fo
that He had even a Budget
full of Tricks : But
the Cat anfzvered, That She o<-/
only 07Z Art, to which
She trufted, if there was
ony Thing of Danger. In the Dif-
courfe fuddenly
the Noife o/" /^ Dogs run-
ning heard: Then /^ C"a/
leaps rV//o a very high
Tree ; in the mean time the Fox
furrounded by the Dogs is taken.
MOR.
The Fable intimates, that fome-
times one Defign,
yi that it be true, and effefiual,
is &-/ter than more
Tricks^ and frivolous Dejtgns.
FABLE
58 SELECT FABLES OF
FABLE LXXXIV.
De RFOE & SIMIIS.
QUid am JEgyptius Res
ibjlituit aliquot Simias,
ut ptrdif cerent A & ion cm
faltandi. Nam< a/ nullum
Animal acccdit propius ad
Figuram Hominis, z/a nee
altud imitator humanos
A&us a&/ nielius, dut li-
bentius. Itaque protinus
edoda Artem faltandi ,
cafe runt fa It are, induttt
purpureis yeflimentist ac
pcrfonata ; & Spdlaculum
jam placebat longo Tcmpore
in mirum Modum ; </o<?c
Q^iifpiam e Spedtatorihus
facetus abjecit Nuces in Me-
dlum, Quas babebat
clauculum in Loctilis. lit
ftatim Simi<e, fimul atque
vidffint Nu e e s , oblitte
Choreae, ca-ferui/t efle /^,
Q^uod fuerant antea^ ac
rcpente e Saltatricibus rc-
dierunt in Simias ; &
Perlonis & Vejlibus dilace-
ratis, pugnabant inter Se
pro Nucibusi non y?/7^
tiiaximo J?// Sptftato-
rum.
0/"the KING and the APES.
A
Certain Egyptian
appointed fome
King
MOR.
Haec
Crnamenta
non mutare
jFfominis.
that they fljould learn the Action
of Dancing. For, as no
Animal coincth nearer to
the Figure of a Man, Jo neither
any other imitates human
Adt ions either better, or more
willingly. Therefore prefently
being taught the Art of Dancing,
They began to dance, clothed
in pdrple Vfjlmenla % and
majked ; and //;< .S^f
now pleafed for a long 7V/nr
after a wonderful Manner ; till
One of the Spc&ators
facetious threw Nuts into /^* .M/*/-
dlf, Which /,* /W
privately in his Pockets. 7!/&#i
prefently the Apes, as foon ai
They fa'iv the Nut3, having forgot
the Dance, fo^an to be That,
Which /A^y ^rt^/ ^ before, and
foddenly from Dancers re-
turned into Apes ; and
their Mafks and Clothes being
torn, they fought among Themfelvet
for the Nuts, not without
the greateftZ/rtw^Ater of the Spefta-
tors.
MOR.
admonet, This Falle admoniflieth,
Fortunae that the Ornaments of Fortune
Ingenium do not change the Difpofition
of a Man.
FABLE
SELECT FABLES OF JESOP. 59
FABLE LXXXV.
De ASIKO ff VJATO-
RIBUS.
DU O Quidam, cum
forte invenirent
Afinum in Sjlva, cceperunt
tontendere inter Se,
Uter Eorum abduceret
EumQomum, nil fuum ; nam
vidcbatur pariter objeftus
Utriq; a Fortund. In-
terim, Illls altercantibus
invicem, Afirms alduxit
Se, ac Neuter potltus eft
Eo.
. ' MOR.
Quidam excldunt a pr<z-
ftntibus Com mod is, Quibus
nefciunt uti ob
Infcitiam.
Of the Ass and the TRAVEL-
LERS.
TW O certain Men, when
by chance they found
an Afs in a Wood, began
to contend between Thentfehes t
Whether of them {hould lead
Him Home, as his own ; for
he feemed equally offered
to Either by Fortune. In the mean
time, 'They wrangling
by Turns, the Afs withdrew
Himfelf, and Neither obtained
Him.
MOR.
Some fall from pre-
f:nt Advantages, Which
they know not how to ufe thro*
Ignorance.
FABLE LXXXVI.
De CORVO & LUPIS. Of the CROW and the WOCVES.
CORVUS comitafur
Lupos per ardua
Juga Montium ; pvjlu-
lat Partem Prede Si-
bi, qula fecutus efliet, 5*
non deftituiffet Eos ullo
Tempore, Deinde ejl re-
pulfus a Lupis, qula
non minus voraret Exta
Luporum, fi occlderentur,
quam x/a cseterorum
Animallum.
I
THE CROW accompanies
the Wolves Mro* the high
'fops of the Mountains ; He de-
mands aPart of the Prey for Him-
felf, becaufe he had followed, #</
had not forfook Them at any
Time. Then he is re-
pulfed ly the Wolves, becaufe
no \tkwould he devour the Entrails
o/"/A<r Wolves, \Stheyfaould be Jlatn y
than /ta Entrails of other
Animals.
MOR.
60 SELECT FABLES OF j<ESOP.
Mo.
MOR.
Non Quid agamus ejl Not What We may do is
fempcr infpiciendum ; fd always to be looked into ; but
quo Animo ,/tmus, cum of What Mind We be, wheti
-Animo
agamus
FABLE LXXXVII.
JD<f MURE nato in
Cifla.
MU S not us in ;y?^
duxerat yfrf omnem
yitam ibi, pajlus Nucibus,
>ue folcbant firvari in
a. Autem, dum ludens
c;r:a Oras Cijla
cifcidifiet, c57" qusereret
Af centum i reperit Epulas
iactifiime pnratas t Q^uas
fii/n ccepiffet gitftare,
jr. quit, Quam fl olid us fui
liaftenus, ^w/ credebam
effe Nihil /' toto
Orbc melius mca C'tjluld ?
Ecce ! yd*. vefcor fuavi-
wlbus Cibis /fo /
MOR.
Hasc Fabula indicat, Pa-
triam non diligendam it a,
a/ non adcamus ea Loca t
ubi cimus efle
<?/ th MOUSE born in the
Chcft.
AMoufe born in
had led attntfl all
Z//<r there, fed with Nuts,
were wont to be kept in
//. But, -whilft playing
about the Edges of the 'Chtjl
He fell down, and tried at
getting up, He found Dainties
moft fuTnptuoiifly/n>/>flm/, Which
iftan He had began /o fa/?r,
He faid, How foolifh have I leen
hitherto, Who believed
ibere was nothing in the whole
World tetter than my Chejl ?
Behold ! how I am fed witb/weet-
er Meats here !
MOR.
This Fable fhows, that a Coun-
try is not to be beloved fo,
that We may not go to thofePlacet,
where We may be able to be more
FABLE
SELECT FABLES OF /ESOP. 6r
FABLE LXXXVIII.
De Rusrtco impel r ante. Of the COUNTRYMAN obtaining,
ut Triticum nafceretur that Wheat fhould grow
abfque Ariftis. ivitfout Beards.
QUidam Rujlkus ira-
petraverat a Cerere,
ui JL riticum nafceretur abfq;
Artftis, ne l&deret
Man us Metentium &
Triturantium ; Quod, cum
inarnit, eft . depajtum a
minutis Avibus : "Turn R li-
ft ic us in quit, Qua HI digne
patior ! Qui Caufa
par<v<e commoditatis per.didi
ctJam maxima Emolumen-
ta.
MOR.
Fabula incaf t parva
Incommoda penlanda
natori Utilitate.
A Certain Countryman had ob-
tained from Ceres,
that Wheat Jhould g row without
Beards, that ic might not hurt
the Hands of the Reapers and
Threfhers ; Which, when
it grew ripe, <was e.it up by
the [mall Birds : Then the Coun-
tryman faid, How worthily
I fuffer! Who for the Sake-
of a fmall Commodity have lojl
even the greatejl Advanta-
ges.
MOR.
The Fable /Lows, that fmall
Difadvantages are to be weighed
with a greater Profit.
FABLE LXXXIX.
De ACCIVITRE infequente
CoLUMBAM.
CU M Accipiter infe-
queretur Columbam
pneciptti folatn, ingref-
lus quandam Villam eft
captus a Ruftico, Quern
obfecrabat blonde, ut
dimitteret Se ; nam,
dixit, nan Itfi Te.
GUI Ruib'cus refpon-
dit, nee Hxc Iseferat Te.
Of the HAWK purfuing
the PIGEON.
WHEN the Hawk pur-
fued the Pigeon
with a fpeedy Flight, having en-
tered a certain Village He was
taken by a Countryman, Whom
He befought fairly, that
He would difmifs Him ; for,
faid He, / have not hurt Thee.
To whom the Countryman an-
fwered, nor had She hurt Tlee.
MOR.
02
SELECT FABLES OF ALSOP.
MOR. MOR.
Eos
Fabula inJuaf,
puviri merito, >u: CODED
tur lecdere innocents. >
The Fable Jbo-ws, that They
are puni/hed deftrvedly, Who en-
deavour to hurt the Innocent.
FABLE XC.
De RUST i CO tranji-
turo Arnfiem.
RUfticus tranjituruf
Torrentem, )ui forte
excreverat Imbribus,
quxrebat Vadum^ & cum
tentaviflet earn Partem
Fluminis, Qua; videbatur
quittior, jf placidior,
rcperit Earn altiorem, quam
fuerat opinatus ; rurfus
adinvenit breviorem, &
tuliorem Part era ; ibi Flu-
vius iltcurrelat majori
St refit u A q u a i u m
inquit Secum,
tutius poffumus
noftram Vitam in
Aquis, cuam
Jilmtibus.
Turn
Quara
credere
elamo/is
quiet is &
MOR.
Admonemur hac
Fabula, ut extimefcamus
Homines verbofos, ff mi-
naces, minus quam quiftof.
Of the COUNTRYMAN about to
pafs over a RIVER.
A Countryman alcut to pafs over
J[\. a Torrent, Which by Chance
had increafed by the Showers,
fought a Shallow, and ivhen
He had tried that Part
of the River, Which feemed
more quiet, and fmooth,
he found It deeper, than
He had thought ; again
He came to a JJ}allo>wer, and
fafer Part ; there the Ri-
ver ran down with a greater
Noife of Waters : Then
He faid with Himfr'f, How
more faftly are we able to trujl
Our Life in /^ clamorous
Waters, than in /^ quiet an4
Jilent,
Mox.
We are admoniflied ^y /-&w
Fable, that We fhould fear
Jl/n verbofe, and threat-
ning, lefs than the quiet.
FABLE
SELECT FABLES OF ^ESOP. 63
FABLE XCI.
De COLUMBA y PICA. Of the PIGEON and the MAGPIE.
COlumba interrogate a TH H E Pigeon bein
Pica, Quid induccret J_ the Pie, What could induce
Earn, ut nidincaret femper Her, that She built always
in eodem Loco, cum ejus in the fame Place, when Her
Pulli fcmpcr furriperentur Toung always were ^ taken
inde, refpondit, Simpli- from thence, anfivered, Simpli-
citas. city.
MOR. MOR.
Hxc Fabnla indicat, bouos This Fable fiiows, that good
Viros f<rfc decipi facile. Men often arc deceived eofily.
FABLE XCII.
Be ASIKO C5 5 VITULO-.
A Sinus & Vit\ilus, cum
pafcerentur in eodern
Prato, prssfentiebant ho-
Jlilem Exerciuim adventare
Sonit'i Campans. Turn
Vitulus inquit, Sodalis,
fugiamus hinc, ne Holies
abducant Nos Captivos ;
Cui Afinus refpondit,
Fuge Tu, Quern Holies
confueverunt occidere, ff
efle : Nihil inter ejl Afini,
Cui ubique e a clem
Conditio ferendi Oneris
ejl propofita.
MOR.
Hxc F alula
fiervos, ne
admonet
formident
mag-
Of the Ass and theCAi.F.
TH E Afs am/the Calf,
they were fed in the fame
Pajlurfy perceived an n^-
wj-'s' Army to approach
by the iSound of a Bell. Then
the Caff faid, Companion,
let us Jly hence, left the Enemies
If ad away Us Captives ;
To whom /i<f Afs agiwered,
Fly Thou, Whom the Enemies
have been ufed to flay, ar.cl
to eat : // is no Inter ejl of the Afs,
to Whom every where the fame.
Condition of bearing a Burden
is offered.
MOR.
This Fable warns
Servants, that they may not fear
greatly
64 SELECT FABLES OF JESOP.
m.ignopere mutare Dominos,
modb futuri non fint
Jeter lores priori bus.
greatly to change their Lords,
provided that the future be not
ivorfe than the former.
FABLE XCIII.
f)e VULPE 9* MULIERI-
BUS edcntilus GaHinas,
V'Ulpes tran/lens jnxta
quondam Villam,
ecnfp'xit cateram Mulierum
cornedentcm alto Silentio
plurinas Gallinas opipare
affatas : dd Qnas converfa
inquit, >ui Claraorcs C5*
Latratus Canum efient
contra Me, Ji Ego facerem
Quod Vos facitis ? Cut
qusedam Anus rrfpondens
inquit t Nos (.omedtmus Quas
font Nollra, vero Tufuraris
alien*.
MOR.
Quod eft me vim non aiti-
net ad Te. Ne furore ;
efto contentut tuis Rebus-
Of the Fox W the WO-
MEN eating the Hens,
AF O X pajjlng near
a certain Village,
Jaw a Heap o/" Women
eating / deep Silence
very many Hens daintily
roarted : To Whom being turned
He fa id, What Clarrr u,s and
Barkings of Dogs would be
agawjl Me, // I did
What Tou do ? To ivhom
a certain old Woman anfwering
/aid, We eat What
are Ours, ^u/ Thou Jleahjl
other Men's Things.
MOR,
What is mine </7^j o/ le-
long to 77>. Do not Jieal ;
be cont:nt with Uiine own Things.
FABLE XCIV.
De pinguibus CAPOKIBUS
ff macro.
QUixJam Vir nutricave-
rat complures Capones
in eodem Ornithobofcio ; Qui in
cm ties funt efedi pingues all
prfter
Of the fat CAPONS
and the lean one.
A Certain Man had brought
up very many Capons
the fame Coop ; Who
were made fat
except
SELECT FABLES OF MSOP. 65
pr<fter Unum, Quern Fratres
irridebant,ut macilentum. Do-
minus accepturus nobiles
Hofpites lauto 5* fumptuofo
Convivlo, imperat Coquo,
tit inleriwat, & coqttat ex
His, Q^uos invenerlt
pinguiores. Pingues audi-
cntcs Hoc afflidlabant &efe>
diccntes, ft Nos fuffimus
macilenti !
MOR.
Haec Fabula eft conjifta
in Solamen Pauperum,
quorum Vita ejl tutior, Quam
Vita Divitum.
except One, Which his Brethren
laughed at, as /fan. The
Mailer about to receive noblp
Guefts in 3 neat flH</ fumptuoua
Banquet, commands thg Cook,
that He fhould kill and foo/f out of
Thefe, which /f<; Jbould find
the fatter. 7"At fat hear-
ing T/J/X afflided Themfelves,
faying, */ We had been
lean !
MOR.
This Fable was invented
for //;<? Comfort of the Poor,
tvhofe Life fafer, /an
the Life o/ /^ -RwA.
FABLE XCV.
De CYGNO canente in
Mortt, reprehenfo
Ciconia.
CYgnus moriens inter-
rogabatur a Ciconia,
cur in Morte, Q^uam cetera
Animalia adeo exhorrent,
emitteret Sonos multo
fuaviores, quam in omni
Vita \ cum potius deberet
efle moeflvs. Cui Q^nux
Jnquit, >uia non crucia-
lor araplius Card quaeren-
di cm.
MOR.
Haec Fabula adraonet,
ne fornidemut Mortem ;
>ud omaes Miferi* prs-
f^ntis Vit* praeciduntor.
Of the SWAN finging rn
Death, reprehended
by the Stork.
TH E Swan dying was afk-
ed by the Stork,
e/y in Death, Which other
Animals fo fear,
He fent forth Sounds much
fvveeter, than In all
his Life ; when rather He ought
to be fad. To whom the Sivan
faid, Beeattfs I fhall not be tor-
mented longer with the Care of
feeking Meat.
MOR.
This Fable admonifhes,
that We da not fear Death ;
ries of the prc-
by Which *\\thcMi[eri f
fent Life arc cut off.
FABLE
66 SELECT FABLES OF JESOP.
FABLE XCVI.
De TRABE fc? BOBVS
trakentlbus Earn.
ULmea Trats conque-
icbatur de Bobirs,
dicens, O Ingraft^ Ego a/wi
Vs mulio Tern pore melt
FiuiuHbus; vero Vos trahitls
Me ueflram Nutricem />?/
Saxa 5" Luta. f
Bovcs ; Noftra Siifpiria &
Gemilus tsf Stimulus,
Quo pnngimur, pof-
funt docere Tet quod in-
vit'i trahimus Te.
Of the BEAM and the OXEN
drawing It.
AN Elm Beam complain-
ed of the Oxen,
faying, O ungrateful, I />GD fed
You a /of Time with my
Leaves ; but You draw
Me j-owr Nourifher tiro*
Stones fl^ Dirt. To Whom
the Oxen ; Owr Sighs and
Groans and the Goad
with which We arc pricked, are
able to teach Thee, that n-
We draw 7*&r.
MOR.
Hasc Fabula docet Nos,
ne excandcfcamus in
Eos, Qui laedunt Nos, non
Jud Sponte.
Moa.
This Fable teaches Us,
that we fliould not be hot againjl
Them, Who hurt Ut t not
cf their own Accord.
FABLE XCVII.
De Angnilla congucrente,
quod infejlaretur magis,
quam Scrpcns.
Of the
that /
ANguilla tnterrogalat
Serpentem, cur, cum
ejfent fimiles; atq; cognati,
Homines tamen infequerentur
Sc potlus quam I I lam :
Cui Serpent inquit, quid
raro Ixdunt Me impu-
ne.
Eel
complaining,
infejlcd more
/^a the Serpent.
TH E Eel ajked
the Serpent, why, feeing that
They were alike, and Kinsfolk,
Men yet purfued
Him ra//j*r than //>r .-
To whom the Serpent faid, Iccaufe
feldom do They hurt Me vnpunijk-
ed.
MOR.
SELECT FABLES OF^ESOP. 67
MOR.
Haec Fabula indicat, Eos
folerc ladi minus,
g)ui ulcifcunttir.
MOR.
This Fable fhows, that They
are wont to be hurt lefsy
Who revenge.
FABLE XGVIII.
De ASINO, SIMIA, y
TALPA.
A Si no conquerente, quod
carer ft Corrtibus j vero
Simia, quod Cauda deejjet
Sibi ; Talpa inquit, Ta-
cete, cum videos Me ^
cap cum culls.
MOR.
Hsec Fabula pertinet ad
Eos, J^/ non funt contend
fua " ^or/f ; C^tit,
fi conjiderarent Infortunia
Aliorum, tolerarcnt fua
acquiore Ammo.
Of the Ass, the APE, and
the MOLE.
TH E Afs complaining, that
He wanted Horns ; but
the Ape, that a Tail ivas wanting
to Him ; The Mole fa id, Hold your
Peace, when you fee Me /o &
deprived of Eyes.
MOR.
This .for/ pertains to
Them, Who are not content
with their own Condition ; Who,
if They conjidered the Misfortunes
of Others, would bear their own
with a mote patient Mind.
FABLE XCIX.
De NAUTIS impJorantibus
Auxilium San8orum.
QUidam Nauta depre-
henfus in Mari fubita
& atra Tempeftate, cattris
ejus Sociis implorantibus
Stuxitium diverforum
Sanfforum, inquit, Nefc'it'ts
Quod petit'u ; Etenim,
antequam ifti Sanfti confe-
rant
Of the MARINERS imploring
the Help of the Saints,
A Certain Mariner overta-
ken at Sea with a fudden
and dark Tempeft, the reft.
of his Companions imploring
the Help of different
Saints, faid, Ye know not
What ye afi ; For,
before that thofe Saints can be-
take
K
68 SELECT FABLES OF JESOP.
rant Se ad Deum pro nojlra
Liberalise, obrtie-
mur hie imminent! Procella.
Confugiti igitur ad Eum,
Qui Abfque Admimculo
Jllterius poterit liber are
Nos a tantis Malts. Igi-
tur, Auxtlio Omnipotentis
Del inrocato, illito
Procella ceffavit.
Mo*.
Ne cpnfugito ad imbe-
cilliores, ubi Auxiliuni
Intentions potcft haberi.
take Them/elves to God for cur
Deliverance, We Jhail I; ovtr-
'whelmed in this imminent Storm.
Fly therefore to Him,
Who without the Help
of Another (halt be able to deliver
Us from fo great Evils. There-
fore, the Help of Almighty
Cod being invoked, prejcntiy
the Storm ceafed*
Mo*.
Do not fly to the weak-
.cr, where the Help
of a more powerful may be had.
FABLE C.
J}e Pifcibus defilientibus e
Sartagim In Pruntrs.
PIfces ac/Ar vivi royjtf-
^d^ar in Sartagine fer-
vent! 0/ro .' Unus Quorum
inquit, Fratres, Fugiamus
nine, ne pereamua.
Turn Omnet pariter exiiren-
tes e Sartagine deciderunt
in ardentes Prunes. Igitur
affsdi majore Dolors dam-
nabant Con/ilium, Quod
ceferantf dicentes, Quan-
ta atrociori Moris nuoc
perimut !
MOR.
II xc Fabula admonct Nos,
ut vitemus proefentia
cula it a,
gravfara.
Peri-
incidaTmts in
O/ the Fiftes /M/M^ out of
the Frying- Pan into the Coals*
Fifties jf/ alive <zy<rr^ ^o<f-
tt/in aFrying- Pan with fcald-
ing 0*7.- One o/ /^6/fA
faid, Brethren^ Let us fly
/;, that we may not perifh.
Then Ail in like Manner leap-
ing out of the Frying- Pan fell
j/^on the burning Coals. Therefore
afftSed with greater Pain They
condemned the Counfcl, Which
They had taken, faying, By kfw
much a more cruel Death no\v
do IV e feri/Jj !
MOR.
This Fable admonifhes Ui,
that We avoid the prefent Dan-
gers fo, that we do not fall into
mtre gtitsiiut.
FABLE
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FABLE CI.
2)e Quadrupedibus ineun- 0/"the Four-footed Beafts enter-
tibus Societalem cum ing into an Alliance with
Pifcibus adverfus Aves. the Fifties againjl the Birds.
QUadrupedes, cum
Bellum effet iftdidlum
Sibi ab Avibus, ineunt
Fcedus cum Pifcibus,
ut tuerentur Se eo-
rum Auxilio a Furore
Awium. Autena, cum ex-
pedtarent optata Auxilia,
Pifces negant, Se poffe
accedere ad Se per
Hxc Fdbula admonet Not,
nc faciamus Eos So-
eio Nobis, Qui, <rOT fit
Opus, non
Nobis.
pount
THc Four-footed Beafts,
War was proclaimed again ft
Them by the Birds, enter into
a League with tJjc Ftfoes,
that /A<y would defend Them tu'ftb
their Help from the Fury
o//Af Birds. But, w/^fn They ex-
peded the Jejired Succours,
the Fi/hes deny, that They are able
to corns to them by Land.
MOR.
This J^ji/e advifes 7j,
that We do not make T^wn Com-
panions /o Us, Who, when there is
Need, are jiat able /o be frefent
to Us.
FABLE CII.
De VIRO, Qui acfej/it ad
Cardinalem nuper creatum
Gratia gratulandi.
QUJdam Vir admodum
facetus, audiens fuum
Amicum adfumptum ad Dig-
nitatem Cardinalatus,
accejjit ad Eum Gratia gra-
tulandi : Qni tumidus
Hoaore, diflmulans
agnofcere "vetercm Amicum,
inter rogabat, Quifnam tffet.
Cui
Of a MAN, Who went to
a Cardinal lately created for
the Sake of congratulating Him,
A Certain Man very
facetious, hearing that hit
Friend was preferred to the Dig-
nity of the Cardinalfhip,
went to Him for the Sake of con-
gratulating Him : Who puffed up
with the Honour, diflcmbling
to know his old Friend,
afled, Who He was.'
To
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Cui il/e inquit, ut erat
prcmptus ad Jocos, Mife-
refco Tui & C&terorum, Qui
tervetiiunt ad Honor es hujus
Modi. ; etenim, quampri-
mum ell is afTecuti Dignita-
tes hujus Modi, ita amittitis
Vifum, Auditumq; & c<r-
ieros Senfus, ut non am-
plius dignofcatis priftinos
Amicos.
MOR.
Kaec Fabula notat Eos,
Qui fublati in ahum de-
fpiciant veteres Amicitias.
To Whom He fald, as He was
r^ffl^ at Jtjis* I pi-
ty Thee and O'^rr, Who
arrive to Honours of this
Kind; for, j ,/oon
cj Ye have obtained Digni-
ties of this Kind, fo dto ^</ /o/>
Sight, fln^/ Hearing, and /if o.-
/A(fr Senfes, Mo/ no long-
er do ye diftinguifh old
Friends.
MOR.
This Fable denotes T&ofr,
Who raifed up on >&//& de-
fpife ancient FrienduSips.
FABLE CIII.
De Aquila ff Pica. 0/"the Eagle and the Magpie.
Pica interrogabat Aqui-
lam, ut acciperet
Ss inter fuos Familiares &
Domefticos ; qvand.o me-
reretur Id, cum Puhhritu-
dine Corporic, turn Volu-
bilitate Lingva ad peragen-
da Mandata. Cut
Aquila r e fp o n d i t , facer cm
Hoc, ni vererer, ne
cfferres cunfla
tua Loquacitatc, Quas
^af intra fwfam Tegulam.
TH E Magpie <7/&v/the Ea-
gle, that She would receive
/fcr among her FamiliarvS and
Domeiticks ; feeing that She de-
ferved That, both Ly Beau-
ty of Body, and Volu-
bility of Tongue to *///-
patch Commands. To whom
the Eagle anfwered, I fhould do
This, unlefs I feared, left Thou
fhould (I bear abroad all Thir.g{
by thy Talkativenefs, Which
nay be done within my Roof.
MOR. MOR.
Hsec Falula mon*t, Tin- This JaW<r advifes, /^/ tall-
guaces & garrulos Homines atlve and prating Meq
no habendos Domi. flrf <?/ /Q be had at Home.
FABLE
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FABLE CIV.
De Turdo ineunte Amici-
tiam cum Hirundine.
TUrd us gloriabatur,
Se contraxiffe
Amicitiam cum Hirundine ;
Cut Mater inquif, . Fili,
Suiltus, Ji credas,
Te pofle coniji-vere cum
Ea, cum Uterq; Veftrum
foleat appetere divcrfa Lo-
ca ; etenim Tu tklc3arit
frigidis Locis, Ilia tepidis.
MOR.
Monemur
Jaciamus
kac Fabula,
tft Jaciamus Eos Arnicas
Nob is, Quorum Vita dif-
fcntit a nojira.
(?/"the Thrnfli entering into Friend-
fhip 'with the Swallow.
THE Thrufli
that He bad contra fled
a Friendflu'p -with the Swallow ;
To 'whom the Mother faid, Son,
Thou art a Fool, if Thou believe
that Thou att able to live with
Her, feeing that Each of you
is wont to defire different Pla-
ces ; for Thou art delighted
with cold Places, She lt>j/A warm,
MOR.
We are advifed <5y this Fable,
//W WIf </o not make Them Friend;
to Us, JVhofc Life <//*.
fcreth from owrj-.
FABLE CV ;
quod am Divite &
O/" a certain Rick Man and
his Servant,
ERat quidam Dives
habens Scrvum /ar^/t
Ingenii, Q^ern folebat
mitTcupare Regem Stuliorum :
IWe y<?/(? irritatus A/j
Verbis Jlatuit referre par
Hero ; etenim femcl con-
Ufrfus in Herum inquit,
Utinam effem Rex
Stultorum ; etenim nullum
Jmperium in toto Orbe
Tcrrarum ej/et Jatius
men ;
THere was a certain rich Man
having a Servant of a flow
Wit, Whom He vfed
to call the King of Fools :
He often irritated at thefe
Words refolded to return the likt
to his Mailer ; for once turn-
ed upon hit Majier he faid,
I wifh / was the King
of Fools ; for no
Empire in the whole G/0tf
of .Lands mould be wider
72 SELECT FABLES OF JESOP.
tneo ; & Tit quoque fub- than nine ; and Thou alfo would/I
ejjes meo Imperlo. be under my Empire.
MOR. MOR.
Fabula indicat, Stultum The Fable /bows, that a Fool
fxpe loqui opportune. tften fpeaks pertinently.
FABLE CVI.
Be Urbanis CANIBUS in-
fequeti$>uj Villaticum.
COmplures vrbani Canes
infequebantur queudam
vlllaticum praecipiti Curfu ;
QJJOS I lie diu Jugit ;
ncc aufus fft repugnare :
At ubi converfus ad JKos
infequentes fub/litit, & Ipfe
quoque caplt oRendere
JDzntes, Omnts pariter
fubftltenint, nee Aliquis
Urlanorum audcbat appro-
ptnquare I11J. Tune Impe-
rator Exercitus, >ui forte
aderat ibl, converfut ad fuos
Milites, inquit, Commilito-
res, Hoc Speftaculum ad-
monet Nos, ne fugiamus,
cum videamus prtfentiora
Pericula imtnintre Nobis
fugifntilus, quam repug-
nantibus.
Of the City Docs purfu*
ing the Village One.
MANY City Dogs
purfued a certain
Village one with a haily Courfe ;
Whom He a long while jfeJ from ;
nor dared to refill :
2?/ when turned to Them
purfuing jfiTf flopped, and //if
alfo ^ao to fliow
his Teeth, They All equally
flopped, nor any One
of the City ones dared to ap-
proach Him. Then the General
of an Army, Who by Chance
was there, turned to h'n
Soldiers, faiJ, Fellow-Sol-
diers, This Sight ad-
monif]:es Us, that we do not fly,
when We fee more prefent
Dangers to threaten Us
than r *
jr.
FABLE
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FABLE CVIL
De
TESTUDJNE
RANI?.
r-pESTUDO confpicata
JL Ranas, Qu* pafceban-
tur in codem Stagno, adco
leves, agilefque, ut facile
projilirent quolibet, 5*
faltarent longij/imc, accufa-
bat Naturam, quod procre-
tiffet Sc tarditm Animal, 3"
impeditum max i mo One-
re, ut neque poflet
movers Se facile, & ajfidue
premertur magna Mols.
At, ubi' yidit Ranas fi-
eri F.fcam Anguillarum,
& obnoxias vel kvi/ftmo
Idlui, aliquantulum recrea-
ta dicebat, Quanto f/l
melius ftrre Onus, Quo
fum munita ad omnes Iftus,
quam fubire tot Difcrimina
Mortis ?
MOR.
Hxc Fabula indicat,
ne fcramus *gre
Dona Natura, Quae fepe
funt majori Commodo Nobis,
quam Nos valeamus intti-
O/ the TORTOISE OB^
the FROGS.
TH E Tortoife having fecn
the Frogs, Which were
fed in the fame Poo/, fo
light, and nimble, /^df eafily
'They leaped any where, afi^/
jumped very far, accu-
fed Nature, that She had
made Her a flow Animal, and
hindered with the greateft Bur-
den, that neither was She able
to mow Herfelf eafily, and daily
was preflcd 9"l a great Weight.
But, when She favv the Frogs be-
come the- Food of the Eels,
and obnoxious even /o the light ejl
Blow, a little comfort-
ed Jhe faid, By how much is it
better to bear a Burden, by Which
I am fortified to all Blows,
than to undergo fo many Dangers
of Death ?
MOR.
This Fable /hows.
that ivefhouldnot bear di [contentedly
the Gifts of Nature, Which o/^r,
are rt greater Advantage to [7s t
than We ma be able /a wider-
Jland.
FABLE
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FABLE CVIII.
De GLIIUBUS volentibut
eruere >uercum.
GLires defllnaverant
eruere Qitertum, glan-
diferam Arborem, Dentf-
bus ; quo habe-
rent Cibvm paratiorem, ne
cogerentur toties
afcendcre Js* dtfcendtre
Gratia Viftus. StJ
Quidam ex His, Qtti longe
anteibat cseteros JEtate, &
Experientid Re rum, ab-
jitrruit Eos, dlcer,s, Si nunc
interfieimus nojlram Nu-
tricem, Quit praebebit Ali-
menta Nobis, ac Noftris
Annis futur'u ?
MOR.
Hasc Fabula monet, pru-
Jentem Virum debere intucrt
r.on modo prafcntla, verum
longe profpicere futura.
Of the DORMICE ivilli
to over-turn the Oak.
TH E Dormice had
to over- turn the Oak, an
Acorrr-bearing Tree, with their
Teeth ; that they
mighc have Food readier, that
They might not be forced fo often
to afcend and defcend
for the Sake of Food. But
One of Thefe, Who by far
excelled the reft in Age t and
Experience of Things, deter-
red Them, faying, If now
We deftroy Our Nou-
riflier, Who will afford Nou-
rl/hments to Us, and Ourt
for future Te&rt ?
MOR.
This Fable advifes, that a pru-
dent Mau ought to look into
not only prefent Things, but
afar of to forefee the future .
FABLE CIX.
De CANE & HERO. Of the DOG and the MASTER.
Q
Uidam habens Canem,
quo diligeretur
7//o~magis, femper pafcebat
Eum fuis Manlbus, &
folvelat ligatum ; auiem ju-
bebat ligari & verberari
a. ServO) ut Beneficia
vidcrcntur
A Certain Man having a Dog,
fAfl/ He ftiould be beloved
^y /f/m more, alwayt fed
/rVm with his own Hands t and
/oo/f^/ Him bound ; a/ or-
dered Him to be bound and beat
by a Servant, that /* Benefits
fhould
SELECT FABLES OF ^ESOP. 75
fhould feem to le conferred upon
Him by Himfelf, but the ill
Turns by the Servant. But
the Dog bearing unkindly, that He
daily was bound, and beat,
Jled away ; and, when He was
blamed by the Mafter, as un-
grateful, and unmindful of fo great
Benefits, Who bad Jled
from Him) by Whom He had been
always beloved, and fed,
but never bound, and
beaten, He anfwcred, / //>/'///
That done by 77**, Which
a Servant doth by thy Command.
viderentur effe collata in
Ilium a Se, awtem Male-
fa<5la a Servo. Autem
Cants ferens #gre, Se
ajjidue ligari, & verbeiari,
aufugit ; &, cum increpa-
retur a Domino, ut ingra-
tus, *f immemor tantorum
Beneficiorum, Qui fugijfct
a .SV, a $>uo fuifjtt
femper dileftus, f? paftus,
autem nunquam ligatus, &
verberatus, refpondit, Pw/o
Id Fadum a TV, Q^iod
Servusjacit tuo
Fabula" hufieat, Eos
kabendo's Malefa&ores,
Qui fuere Caufa Maleficio-
rum.
MOR.
The Fable /bows, that Thofe
are to be accounted Evil Doers,
Who have been the Caufe of evil
Deeds.
FAB
L E CX.
De AVIBUS timentibus
Scarabseos.
0/"the BIRDS fearing
the Beetles.
M Agnus Timor incef-
ferat Aves, ne
Scarabaet occiderent Eas
Bal'tftd, a Qiillius audive-
rant magnam Vim P/7-
rm ftiiflc fabric at am in
Stei'qitilinio fammo Labore.
Turn P^r inqtiit, AW/'-
/^ expavefcere ; eten'im
quomodo potuerunt jacere
Pi/as volantcs per Ae'ra ?n
Nos, CKWJ vix trahant
Eas ^r Terram magno
Molimine ?
L
A Great Fear had fti'z-
ed the Birds, left
the Beetles fhould kill Them
w/V/& a Crofs-Botu, by ^/&om They
had heard a great Power of Bul-
lets had been forged on
a Dunghill with, very great Labour.
Then //&<? Sparrow fa id, ^ o/ w/7-
//^ to fear ; for
how y^<3// /^j ^ able to caft
Bullets flying thro* the Air M/OK
Us, ivhen fcarce they can dratu
Them on the Ground with great
Labour ?
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MOR. MOR.
"HxcFaluIa zdmouctNos, This Fable admonifiies Ut,
re cxtimefcamus Opes that We fear not the Rlchet
Hoftium, Quibus videmus of Enemies, to Whom We fee that
Ingenlum deeffe. Wit is wanting.
FABLE CXI.
JDe URSO & APIBUS.
URSUS ifftu ab Ape
eft percitus tanfa
Ira, ut difcerperet toia
Alvearia Unguilus, in
Quibus Apes mellif.ca'ucrant.
Tune univerfe Apes, cum
viderent fvas Domos
dirui, Cibaria
auferrt, Filios necari,
fubito Impttu invadentes
Urfum, pene r.ecavere
Aculeis ; $>ui vix
elapfus ex Manibus
Eorum, dictbat Secum,
Quanta erat melius tolerare
Acultum unius Apis t quam
concitare tot Hoftet in
Me mea Iracundia ?
MOR. MOR.
Haec Tabula indicat fj/e This Fable (hows /* /0 ^
longe mf///)j fuftincre /a- far &??/ to fuflain the In-
juriam Unius, quam, dura jury of One, /^a, whilft
volumus punire Unum, We are <wWing to punifh One,
compararc mvltos Inimlcos. to g many Enemies.
0/the BEAR an^/ the BEES.
A BEAR being Jlung by a Bee
was ftirred tuith fo great
Anger, that He tore all
the Hives with his Paws, in
Which the Bees ta*/ ma*/<? Honey.
Then a// the Bees, <whcn
they faw A&'r Houfe*
overturned, their Maintenances
/a^n away, their Young iilleJ,
with a {udden 0/^f attacking
/^ ^r, almoft killed Him
with their Stings ; Who fcarcc
having Jlipt out of /<? Hands
of Them, /W with Himfelf,
By how much was /V better to bear
ff i'/y/jy of one ee, than
/o raife up fo many Enemies againft
Me by my
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FABLE CXII.
77
2)i MILTTE & duobus
Ec^uis.
Miles halem optimum
Equum, emit /ilium
nequicquam parent Illi Bo-
nit ate , Quern nutrielat
multo diligentiuj ', quarn
friorem. Turn Pojlerior ait
Jic priori, Cur
Dominus curat Me impen-
Jius, quam Te ; cum
Jim comparandus Tibi
neque Pulchritudine, neq;
Robore, neque Velocitate ?
Cui -Hie inquit, H<sc eft
Natura "Hominum, ut fint
femper benigniores in novos
Hofpltes.
MOR.
Hsec Fabula indicat
Ament'iam Hominum, >ui
folent anteponere nova
veteribtis, etiamfi Jint
deteriora.
Of the SOLDIER and the t\vo
HORSES.
A Soldier having a very good
Horfe, bought Another
not at all equal to Him in Goocf-
nefs, Whom He nourt/hed
much more diligently, than
the former. Then the Latter faid
thus to the former, Why
does my-Maftcr mind Me more di-
ligently, than Thee ; feeing that
/ am to be compared to Thee
neither in Beauty, nor
Strength, nor Swiftnefs ?
To Whom He faid, This is
the Nature of Men, that they are
always more kind to new
Cue/Is.
This
MOR.
Fable
fliows
of Men, Who
are wont /o prefer new Things
fo o/n/, altho* they are
worfe.
FABLE CXIII.
' De Aucupe Cff Fringilla. 0/"the Fowler a</ the Chaffinch.
AUCEPS tetenderat
Rctia Volucribus, &
tffuderat largam Efcam
Illis / Area ; /amw
non capiebat Aves pafcen-
tcs j quia vidcbantur pauc<e
Sibi ;
THE Fowler had Jlr etched out
his Nets to the Birds, and
a</ poured out much Food
to Them in a void Place ; yet
He did not take the Birds feed-
ing ; bscaufe they feemed /V<zy
to Him ;
78 SELECT FABLES OF JESOP.
Sibi ; Quibus pa ft is,
ac a volant ibus, Alia
adyeniunt pnjlum ; .Qas
quoq; ntglejcit capere propter
Paucitatem. Hoc Or dine
fervato per totum J)iem,
acAiiis advcnientibus, All'is
abeuntibus, lilo femper ex-
peEiante rr.ajorem Predam,
tandem capit acivefpe-
rafcere : Tune Auctps,
Spe amifia caplcndi mul-
tas, cum jam effet Tempns
guie/andf, attrahens fiui
Rctia, cspit tantiim ut.am
Fringillam, qua infclix Avis
reroanferat in Area.
to Him ; Which being fed,
and flying away, Others
come to feed; Which
aifo He neglected to take for
their Fetvnefs. This Ot\.er
being kept thro 1 the whole Day,
and Others coming, Gihtrs
going away, fie always ex-
peBltig a greater Prey t
at length // began to grow
Evening : Then the Fowler,
the Hope being loll of taking ma-
ny, when now it was Time '
of rejling, drawing yp his
Nets, took only one
Chaffinch, fvluci unhappy Bird
had remained in the void Place.
MOR. .MoR.
Hoec Fabula indicat, Eos This Fable (hows, that they
faspe i)ix pofle eapere often fcarce are able /o to^
pauca, hii volunt a few Things, Wh? are \villing
comprehendere omnia. to take all Things.
FABLE CXIV.
De SUE 6f CANE.
SUS irr'uhlat odori-
fcquum Canem t Qui
aJulal'dtur Domino Mur-
mure ?<. Cauda, a ^/o
f uerat inftmSus ad oucnpa-
roriam Artem mu'iis
Verberibm & Vcllicatrcnil-us
Annum: Cui Canis' inquit,
In fane, nefcis
Qnse fnm confecutus ex
ill is Verberibus ; ctenirn per
Jta vefcor fuaviftma
Caroc
Of the SWINE and the DOG.
THE SwiSc laughed at the
Scent-following Dog, Who
flattered the Mafter w;VA a Mur-
mur and A/'J Tot/i by Wham
He had been injlrucled for thefo-w~
ling Art wf wfl)'
Stripes and Plucks of the
Ears : To w/om the Dog /a/W,
Mad Wretch, T"^ knoweji not
What / Z'a'Uf obtained from
thofe Siripes ; for y
I am fed iv : ,th the woftfweet
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Partridges
Came Perdicum
Cotttrnicum.
& Flefli cf
Quails.
79
and
Hfcc
ne feramus ini-
quo Animo Verier a Prat-
ceptorum, Qua confue-
verunt effe Caufa mu/torvm
bonorum.
MOR.
This Fable admoniflie* Us,
that We fhould not bear <witb an
impatient Mind the Stripts of Ma-
fters, Which have
ufcd to le the Caufe of many
good Things.
FABLE CXV.
De
TRABE increpante Pi-
griiiara Bourn.
TRabs, Que veheba-
tur Curru, increpabat
Boves, ut Itntulos, dicens,
Pigri, curritt, nam portatis
le<vc Onus : Ctii
Boves refponderunt, Irri-
des Nos ? Ignoras,
(ju Pee n a manet Te.
Nos deponemus hoc Onus
cito : autem turn Tu coge-
ris fultinere, quoad rum-
paris. Trabs indoluit,
nee aufa eft amplias la-
rejjere Boves Conviciis,
MOR.
Hasc Fabula mo net
Quemlibet, ne infultet
Calami tatibus Aliorum,
cum Ipfe poj/it ftibjici
majorilus.
Of ihe BEAM blaming the Slow-
nefs of the Oxen.
THE Beam, which was car-
ried in a Waggon, blamed
the Oxen, as Jloju, faying,
Tejloiu Wretches, run, for ye carry
a light Burden ; To whom
the Oxen anfwereJ, Doll Thou
laugh at Us ? Then knoweft not,
what Punifiiment waits Thee.
We (hsll lay down this Burden
quickly : but then Thou /halt It
forced to bear, until thou maycft
be broken. The Beam grieved.
nor dared longer to pro-
voke the Oxen with Revilings.
MOR.
This Fable advifeth
any One, that He in full not
the Calamities of Others,
whin He Himfclf may be fubjeft
to greater.
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FABLE CXVI.
De CARDUELE 3*
PUERO.
CArduclis interrogata a
Puero, a Quo fue-
rat haliita fuis Deliciis,
& nutrita fuavibus Cibis,
cur egreffa Cavea
0//<r/ regredi, inqutt,
Ut />^m pa fee re meo
Arbitratu, non tuo.
Mo*.
Of the LINNET arf
the BOY.
THE Linnet being qfled by
the Boy, by tf'Aorc She had
been held in his Delights,
and nouri/hed with fweet Meats,
why having gone out of the Cage
Sita <zu< un-willing to return, ya//
That /may ^ aWf to feed at my
Pleafure, not at thine.
If OK.
This Fallc fhows,
Haec Falula indicat, Li
lertaiem Vitse antepor.endam berty of Life
cunSis Deliciu. before all De/igbts.
preferred
FABLE CXVII.
Scurra 5* Epifcopo. Of the Jefter an^/ the Bifiiop.
SCurra accedens ad quen-
dam Epifcopum, divitem
quidem, fed avarum, Ca-
lendis Januarii, petebat au-
reum Nvmtfma Nomine
Strent ; Antiftcs
tiixit, Homfnetn infanirt,
.Qui crederet, tantam Pecu-
niam dari S:bi in
Strenam. Turn Scurra
ccepit efflagitare argenteum
Nummum ; fed, cum I lie
eficertt. Hoc vii/eri nimium
JiW, orabat, at trade-
ret 5/3; asreurn Quadran*
tern : Sed cum non poffct
AJeftcr coming to r-
/am Bifhop, /vVi
indeed, ^w/ covetous, on the Ca-
lends of January, afked a Gol-
den Piece of Money in the Name
ofaNew-rear'sGift: The Prelate
faid t that the Man was mad,
Who believed, that fo much ^l/o-
,^y would be given Him for
a New-Tear* sGift. Then the Jejle?
began /o ajk fome Silver
Money ; but, w/>d> He
yiu/, that This ftemed too much
/o Htm, He entreated, /a/ He
would give Him a brafs Far-
thing But wim he was not able
SELECT FABLES OF JESOP. 81
txtorquere Hunc ab Epifco-
po, inqutt, reverende Pater ,
imperti Me tua Benediflione
pro Sir end : Tune
Epifcopus inquit, Fill, flt&e
tua Genua, ut benedicam Tibi.
At Scurra inquit, Ego nolo
tuam tarn vi/ein Bcnedi&i-
onera ; etenim ii valeret
sereum Nummum, profe&6
nunquam concederes Earn
Mihi.
MOR.
Haec Fabula eft confeda
contra eos Epifcopos 5*
Sacerdotes, Qua ejlimant
Opes 5" Divitias //ra
quam Sacra, & Myjleria
Ecclefis.
/o wring This _/rowz the Bi-
(hop, A* yJV/, reverend Father^
reward Me with your Bleffing
for d New- Tear's Gift : Then
the fit/hop faid, 5o, bend
thy Knees, that / may blefs Thee.
But the Jefler faid, / will not
have thy fo cheap Blef-
fing ; Jfr if /'/ availed
a brafs Farthing, truly
t;<?r wouldft Thou grant /f
to Me.
MOR.
This Fable is made
againft thofe Bifhops and
Priefts, Who efleem
Wealth and Riches more
than the facred Rites, and Myjleries
of the Church.
FABLE CXVIII.
De Upupa honorata in-
digne.
FEre omnes Aves invi-
tat* ad Nuptias Aqui-
las ferebant indigne, Upupam
prxferri cateris, quia
fjjet infiguis Corona, &
ornata Terficoloribus
Pennis ; cum femper cflet
folita volitare inter Stercora
fc? Sordes.
MOR.
Fabula ^rguit
Of the Puet honoured un-
worthily.
ALmoft <z//the Birds ^//TJ- ;w-
Wto /^ Wedding of the Ea-
gle ^ore ;V unworthily, Ma/ //&* Part
was preferred to the reft, becaufe
Jhe was fine with a Crown, and
adorned with various coloured
Feathers ; when always She was
to neille OWCB? the Mud
Filth.
MOR.
reproves
This
Eorum, ^t// in ho- ly of Them, /fofo in honour-
norandit Homimbus fotius ing Men rather
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fbleant obfervare Nitorcm
Vcflium, & Prtftantiam
Formae, quam Virtutes
fcf Mores.
arc wont to mind the Splendour
ef Cloaths, and Excellency
of Beauty, than Virtues
and Morals.
FABLE CXIX.
De SACERDOTE fc?
PYRIS.
QUidam gulofus Sacerdos
proficlfcent extra Patri-
<im ad Nuptias, ad >uas
fucrat invitatus, reperit
jtceroum Pyrorum in
Itincre, Quorum attigit
tie Unum quidem ; quin po-
tius habcns Ea Ludibrio,
confperfit Urina ; etenlm
indiguabatnr, Ciboi hujuf-
modi offer ri in It in ere,
Qui accej/ebat ad lautas
Epulas. Sed cum offendlffet
in Itinere quendam
Tor rent em it a auSum
Imbribus, ut non pof-
fet tr an/ire Eum fine
Pcriculo Vit<e, conftitin't
redire Domum ; Autem re-
vert rnt jcjunnsy// opprefTus
tantd Fame, ut nifi
cotnediflct ilia Pyra, >u<e
confpcrfcrat Urina, ciim
non invtniret Aliud,
fuiffet extinftus Fame.
MOR.
Haec Fabula admonet,
Nihil efle contemnendum,
ciim JV/^iV fit tarn vile lf
ab-
the PRIEST
the PEARS.
and
A Certain greedy Pried
going out of his Coun-
try to a Wedding, to #7>zV
He had been invited, found
a Heap of Peats in
the Road, of Which He touched
not One indeed ; but ra-
M<rr having 77v/n in Derifion,
He fprinkled them with Urfne ; for
He rcfented, /^a/ Meats of this
K.indjlou/d le offered in the Journey,
Who waj .gw'nf to fumptuous
Dainties, ^w/ when He had found
in //6<? Way a certain
Break fo increafed
with the Showers, //><7/ He was
not able /o pafs over It without
Danger of Life, He refolved
to return Home : But -
turning fading He 'was opprefled
with fo great Hunger, that unlefs
He had eat thofe Pears, Which
He had fprinklcd witl>l7ritu t wbcn
He could not find any Thing elfe,
He had leen dead mitt Hunger.
MOR.
This 'Fable advifc?,
that Nothing is to be defpifed,
feeing that Nothing i*fo vile anaf
ab-
SELECT FABLES OF MSOP.
abje&um, Quod non
aliquando efle Ufui.
abjcft, Which
fometime be of Ufi.
may
FABLE CXX.
Ds Porco
Equo.
Of the Hog and the Horfe.
POrcus confpiciens Equum
Belldtoris, Qiii ta/a-
THE HogleboMng the Horfe
of a fflarriour, Who arm-
phradus prodibat ad Pug-
ed went in Bat-
nam, inquit, Stulte, Qo
tle, [aid, Fool, Whither
properas ? etenlm fortaffe
doil Thou haften ? /or perhaps
morieris in Pugnd.
TJ6o wilt die in /<> Fight.
Cui Equus refpondlt,
To whom /^e ^cr/f anfvvered,
Cullellus adimct ^//aw Tibi,
A Knife will take Z$ from Thee,
impinguato inter Lutum &
fattened amortgll Mud and.
Sordes, cum S s J)' er ' ts
Filth, when 7"/6oz/ ySf/// /6ai;^ done
Nihil dignura Laude ; vero
Nothing worthy of Praife ; but
Gloria comitabitur /wflw
Glory fhall accompany my
Mortem.
Death.
MOR.
MOR.
Ha:c Faoula innnit, efje
This Fable hints, that it is
honeftius occumbere^ Rebus
more honeft to die, Things
geftis praeclare, guanf
being carried famoufly, than
protrahere Vltam adtana
to protrafl a Life fpent
turpiter.
bafely,
FABLE CXXI.
tie Coriario emcnte Pellem Of the Tanner buying the Skin
Urji nondum capti a of a Bear not yet taken by
Venatore. the Huntjman.
COriarius acceJens ad r T^ H E Tanner coming to
fanatortm emit Pel/em JL the Hunter bought the Skin
Urfi ab Eo, & protulit of a Bear of Him, <W proffered
Pscuniam pi o ". Ille dixit t Money QI //, He fatd*
Sibi that
M
8 4 SELECT FABLES OF
Sibi ncn effe Pellem Urfi
in Prafentia / cseterum po-
Jlridi: profe&urum
vfnatam, &, Urfo interfec-
to, polticetur, Se daturum
Pellem Illius El. Coriari-
us profeSus in Sylvan,
afcendit ahiffimam
Aiborem, ut Jnde profptce-
ret Certamen Urfi
& Venatorlf. Venator
intrepldus profe&us ad
Arftrura, vbi Urfus /atelmt,
Canibus immiflis, compulit
Ilium exirc, ^w, Iftu
Penatorit e'vitato, pro-
Jiravit Eum Humi. Tune
Senator fciens, hanc Feram
non fevire in Cadavera, fuo
Anhelitu retento, fimulabat
5^ mortuum. Urfus olfa-
cicns, cum dcprehcnderet
Ilium, nee fpirantem Nafo,
nee Ore, abfcejjit. Coria-
rius, cum perfpiceret Feram
abefle, ac ad e fie
Nihil amplius Psrtculi t
deducens Se ex
Arlorti & accedtns ad Ve-
natorem^ Qui audebat non-
dum/urgere, tnonebat I/tum,
ut fvrgeret : deinde
interrogavit, Quid Urfus
cfTet locutus Ei ad Aurem.
Cui Venator inquit, Mo-
nuit Me, ne vellem
deinceps venders Pellem
Ur/i, nJH priut cepe-
rim Eum.
that He had not the Skin of a Biar
at prtfent ; but the Day
after He fhould go
to hunt, and, the Bear being kill-
ed, He promifes, that He would givs
the SL'm of k /o #H. The Tan-
ner having gone into /<^ Wood,
afcends a w;y high
Tree, //W thence ^i? might i>e-
hold the Engagement cf the Bear
and ftk Hunter. The Hunter
unajfrigkted having gone /
the Cave, where the Bear /aj A/V,
the Dogs being fent in, forced
Him to go out, Who t the Blow
of the Hunter being avoided,
beat Him on the Ground. Then
the Hunter knowing,/^/ this Bead
did not rage on CarcafTes, his
Breath being held, feigned
Himfelf dead. The Bear fmell-
ing, when he held
Him t neither breathing at the Nofe,
nor Mouth, went away. The Tan-
ner, when He perceived the Beajl
to be gone, and that there was
Nothing more o/" Danger,
letting down Himfelf out of
/e Tree, and OT;- to /* Hun-
ter, Who ^arr// not
yet to arife, advifed Him,
that He fbould arife : then
He ajkedy What //^ Bear
had fpoke /<? ^'m in his Ear.
To whom the Hunter faid, /?
warnedMc,tbat Ifiouldnot be will-
ing hereafter to fell the Skin
of a Bear, unlefs I frjl (hall have
taken /T/m.
MOR.
SELECT FABLES OF ^KSOP.
MOR.
Hxc Fabula iadicat, in-
ctrta non habea-
da pro certis.
MOR.
This Falle fhows, thfit uncer-
tain Things are not to be account-
ed for certain.
FABLE CXXII.
ita >' Milite. Of the Hermit and the Soldier.
A Certain Hermit, a Man
o/ mo/? ^ Life,
ad'ctfed a Soldier, /^a/ fe-
culrar Warfare being left, W^/V/>
Few exercife without Of-
fence of God, and Hazard
of Life, at length, be would give
Hirafclf to Quiet of Body, and
would confult for Safety of Soul.
To Whom the Soldieryij/W, Father,
/ quill do what Ton advife ; for
it is true, tkat at this Tims
Soldiers neither dare to afk
Pay, o///jo' it be fmail t
nor to plunder.
MOR.
This Fable (hows,
^<# Many renounce Vices^
becaufe They are not able to ex-
ercife Them longer.
QUidam Eremita, Vir
fancTi/fima Vitae,
bortalatur Militem, / fe-
culari Militia relida, Quam
Pauci exerccnt abfque Of-
fenfa Dei, s* Difcrimine
^irV, tandem traderet
Se j^//Vrt" Corport&, sf
confuleret Salutl Animre.
Car Miles inquit, Pater,
faciam quod wanes ; nam
*/? verum, yworf hoc Temper e
Milites neque audent exigcre
Stipendia, licet fint cxigua t
neque pradari.
MOR.
Fabula indicat,
renunciare fit Us t
Hsec
Multos
quia ///*' non poffunt
ercere Ilia amplius.
FABLE
86 SELECT FABLES OF JESOP.
FABLE CXXIII.
De Viro & Uxorc
QUid am Fir, fua Uxorc
defun&a, Quam valde
dilexerat, duxit Aheram, &
Ipfam Viduam ; Qu<e afli-
diie oljiciebat Ei V'trtule: &
fort'ia Facinora prioris Ma-
riti : Cut, ut r/>r-
fet Par, Ipfe quoqut refe-
rebat probatiffimos Mores,
fe 9 infigrrem Pud'icitlam de-
funclx Uxoris. Autem quo-
dam Die, i>a/a fuo
Fire, dedit Partem Capo-
nis, Quern coxerat
Ccenam Utrifq; Pauperi
petenti Eleemofynam, dicetis,
Do Hoc Tibi ro Anima
w prioris Viri ; Qpod
Marititf audiens, Paupere
accerfito ab Eo, dedit
reliquum Caponis li't,
dicens, Et Ego quoque do
Hoc Tibi pro Anima met
defun6tas Uxoris. Sic ////',
dum dlter ctipit nocere
Alteri, tandem non habu-
crunt S>uod coenarent.
MOR.
Knee Falida monet, non
effe pugnandum contra Eos
hii pofTunt oindicare
Se o//W.
Of the Man and Wife
married.
^ Certain jffdn, his Wife
beingdcad,^AoH/2^vcry much
had loved, married dnotler t and
# f r a Widow ; Who dai-
ly oljeSed to Him /^ Virtuet and
-valiant Deeds c/"^r former Huf-
band : To Wham, that ^ ^
return- the Like, He o^o relat-
ed / ^ approved Morals,
and remarkable Modejly of his
dead Wife. But on a cer-
tain Day, f//; angry 'with her
Hnfoand, She gave /\ir/ of a Ca-
pon, Which fhe had cooked for
the Supper of Each < to a poor Man
nfklng an Alms, foying t
I give y/^/V to Thee _/br the Soul
c//" my former Hujland ; W r hich
/.-' Hujland heaving , the poor Alan
being called ^y Him, gave
//j/? r/Jj of the Capon /o ^/'w,
faying, -^^ I alfo give
TAw to Thee for the Soul c/" my
departed Wife. Thus r%,
\vhilft One defires to hurt
the other, at length had
not What They might fup on.
MOR.
This Fable advifcfi, that it is
net to be fought agatnjl Thofe
Who are able to revenge
Themfelves very well.
FABLE
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FABLE CXXIV.
De LEONE &? MURE. Of the LION and the MOUSE,
LE O, captus Laqueo la
Sylva, cum vidcret
Se ita ir ret it urn, nt
r.on. pojjet explicare
S? inde, ragavit Murem,
ut, Laqueo abrofo
ab Eo, liberarct Eum,
promittens, Se non futurum
immemorem tanti Benefic'ii ;
Qjjod cum Mus ffctffet
prompte, rogavit Leonem,
vf traderet FHiatn
Sibi in Uxorem : Leo
non abnuit, ut faceret
Rent gratam fuc BencfaAorf.
intern nova nupta veniena
ad Virum, cum non
videret Eum, Cafu prejfit
Ilium fuo Pede, fe* contri-
vit.
Moa.
Hsec Falula indicat, Ma-
trimonia & cetera Confor-
tia improbanda, Q^^e
ctntrahunlur ab Imbaribus.
THE Liovjaten in a Snare /
the Wood, Wjfn He faw
Himfclf fo entangled, that
7/<? ct</j ' 0f o3/^ to extricate
Himftif thence, afked \.\\e Moufe,
/^a/, the Snare being gnawed
by /^/m, He would free Him t
promifing, tint He would not be
unmindful of fo great a Benefit ;
Which <wlen the Moufe had done
readily, Hi a/ked the Lion,
that He would give bis Daughter
to Him to Wife : The Lion
refufed not, that He might do
a Thing grateful to his Benefactor.
But the new married Lady coming
to the Hufband, -when She did not
fee Him, by Chance prfffcd,
Him with Her Foot, and trod
him to Pieces.
MOR.
This
Fable (hows, that Mar-
riages and other Fellow -
(hips are to le. condemned, Which
are contraQed by Unequals.
FABLE CXXV.
De ULMO & SILERE. Of the ELM and the OSIER.
ULmu
Flu
Lmus, nata in Ripd
uminis, irridel^t
Siler proximum Sibi,
Ut {Jebile & infirrjnum,
quod
THE Elm, born on the Bank
of a River, laughed at
the
Oder
weak
next to Him,
and infirm,
becavfe
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quod fle&eretur J omnem
vel leviffimutn Impetum
Undarum ; autem extolle-
bat juam Firmitatetn S3 5
Robur magntficis Verbis ;
guod Jnconcuffa pertulerat
affiduos Impetus Amnis
multos A n n os, Autem
Ulmus tandem perfrafta
maxima Violent ia Unda-
rum, trahebatur ab
Aquis : Cut Siler
ridcns, Jnquit, Vicina, Cur
deferis Me ? Ub't nunc
eft tua Fortitude ?
MOR.
Fabula Indicat Eos effe
fapientiores, >ul ccdunt
potentioribus, quam *j>ul
volentes rejiftere fuperau-
tur turpitcr.
becaufe it would be bent at every
even the lighted Force
of the Waters ; but She extol-
led her own Stcadinefs and
StrengthTOz/A magnificent Words ;
becanfe unfhook Jhe. had bore
the daily Attach of the River
many Years. But
the Elm at laft being broken
by the very great Violence of the
Waters, was drawn along by
the Waters : To 'which the Ofier
laughing, faid, Neighbour, Why
doft tiou forfake Me ? Where now
is thy Fortitude ?
MOR.
The Fable./fouY/^ Thofe to be
more wife, /Wo yield
to the more powerful, \hzn They Who
.willing to rejift are over-
come bafcly.
FABLE CXXVI.
JDe Cera appetente
Duritiem.
CEra ingemifcelat, Se effe
moflem, & procreatam
penetrabilem cuicunquc le-
viflimo /5;. Autem widens
Lateres faclos ex Luio,
molliores multo, Se perve-
nifle in tantam Duritiem
Calore Ignis, ui per-
durarent m/ra Secula, jecit
Se / Ignem, ut confeque-
retur eandem Duritiem ; fed
ftatim liquefaffa in Igne
fft confumpta.
Of
the Wax dejlring
Haidnefs.
THE Wax grieved, \h*t It was
foft t and ma</
penetrable to every the lighted
Blow. But
the Bricks madt of
fofter ^y much, that they
ram^ to fo great Hardnefs
by the Heat of the Fire, that They
laftcd many Ages, // f*/?
itfelf into the Fire, /ta/ it might
obtain the fame Hardnefs ; but
prcfe ntly being melted in the Fire
it was confumed. MOR.
SELECT FABLES OF JESOP. 89
MOR. MOR.
Hcec Fabula aditionet,
ne appetarxut, Quod
ejl denegatum Nob'ts a Na-
turd.
This Fable advifes,
that nut dejire not, What
is denied Us . by Na-
ture.
FABLE CXXVII.
Agricola affeSante Of the
Milltiam,
&f Mercaturam.
Hufbandman
Warfare,
and Merchandife.
offering
QUidtmdgricola fcrebat
<sgre, SeaJJidue volvere
Terr am, nee fervenire ad
magnas Divitias fuis per-
p etuis Labor thus ; cum vt-
deret nonnullos Milites, Qui
ita auxerant Rem
Bello, ut incederent bene
induti, 5" nutriti lautis
Epulis agercnt beat am
Vitam. Igitur fuis Ovibus
venditis cum Capris ac
JBobus, emit Equos &
Arma, & profeSus eft in
Militiam ; Ubi, cum effet
pugnatum male a fuo /w-
peratore, non folum perdidit
J^w<? habebat, y^i/ etiam
recef'it multa Vulncra.
C^uare, Militia dam-
nata, Jlaluit . exercere
Mercaturam, ut in Qua
cxiftimabat efie mnjus
Lucrum, 5* minorem
JLaborem. Igitur Pradiis
venditis, cura impleviflet
Navim ' Mercibus, capcrat
navigare ; fed, cum effet
in
A Certain Hujbandman bore it
i//, that He daily ftirred up
the Earth, nor arrived to
great Riches by hit per-
petual Labours ; when /fe
faiu fome Soldiers, Who
/o had increafed /7/j ^?a/^
in the War, that They .went well
clothed, and fed with fumpiuous
Dainties led a happy
Life. Therefore his Sheep
being fold with the Goats and
0., He bought Horfes and
Arms, and iwn/ into
/(? ^far ; Where, when it was
fought unfuccefsfully by his Gi?-
neral, He not on/v loft
What Things He had, a/ alfo
received many Wounds,
Wherefore, War being' con-
demned, He refolded to exercife
Merchandife, as in what
He thought- there was greater
Gain, <2^ lefa
Labour. Therefore his Farms
being fold, when He had filled
a Ship with Wares, /rV had begun
to fail ; but, when /& cwv
S o SELECT FABLES OF JESOP.
;n Ahv, magna Tempejiate iu the Deep, a great Tempejl
coorta, Na-uis fubmeifa eil, having arofe, the Ship was funk,
Ipft cum caeteris,
H
erant :n i
ad Unuru.
Oniiizs peiicre were in
tu One.
It,
the
reft,
perifhed
MOR. MOR.
Haec Fabula admonet, This Fable advifes,
Qucmhbet debere cffe con- that every One ought to be con-
tentum fud Sortc, cum tent with his cwn Lot, whtn
fa parata ubique. Mifery is ready every where.
FABLE CXXVIII.
De ASINO (ff SCURRA. Of the Ass an</ the JESTEI.
A Sin us ferens indigne,
quendam Scurratn
honorari & atniciri pulchris
Vtflibiu, quia edebat magnos
5ooj Ventris, acajjit ad
MagiftratuS) petens f vel-
Isnt honorare Se minus,
guam Scurram ; Et cum
Magljlratus admirantes
interrcgarent, cur dutxret Se
it a. dignum ffonore, inquit,
Quia err.itto majorts Crepi-
tus Ventris, quam Scurra, &
e-js abfque Factors.
MOR.
Haec Fabula arguit Eos t
Qiii profiindant fuas Pau-
n,vf in leviffimis Rebus.
THE Afs Itarlng it unkindly,
that a certain Jtfter
was honoured atkl dot bed in fair
Garments, becaufc He made great
Sounds of Belly, wf/ to
the Magijlrates, dcliring that they
would not honour Him lefs,
than the Jefter ; Jtnd when
the Maijlral?s admiring
ajked, why He thought Himfelf
fo worthy of Honour, He faid,
Becaufe I fend out greater Noi-
ksoj Belly, than ^ J^r, and
thofe without Stink.
MOR.
This Fable reproves
Who lay out their
R/a in the lightejl Things.
Thofe,
FABLE
SfcLECT FABLES OF ^ESOP.
FABLE CXXIX.
jftt Amhe tdcejjente fuutn
Fontem Conviciis.
QUidam Amnis lacef-
fcbat fitum Fo tern
Conviciis, ut ir.ertcm, quod
Jtaret immobilis, nee haberet
alias Pifces, autem com-
mendabat Se plurimum,
quod crearet optimos Pifces,
9" ferperet per Valles
blando Murmure.
Fans indignatus in Amnem,
velut ingratum, reprejjlt
Undas. Tune Amnis, /r/-
t>atus Si Pifcilus &
dulci Sono, evanuit.
MdR.
Haec Fabula notat Eos,
Q_ui arrogant bona,
>u<s agiint, Silt,
(5* non attribuunt Deo,
a *uo t ceu a largo
Fonte, noftra Bona pro-
cedunt.
Of the River provoking his
Spring with Reproaches.
A Certain River pro*
voked Aw Spring
wlthReproacheS) &*Jl u gS l fi>i becaufe
j^/e JlooJ immoveable, nor had
y Fifh, but com-
mended Hlmfelf very much,
lecanfe he bred /ta ^^/? Fifhcs,
an^/ 'cfept thro* the Vallies
w//A a pleafant Murmur.
The Spring angry at the River,
<?.? ungrateful, kept back
the Waters. Then the River, de-
prived both of the Fi/hes and
the fweet Sound, vani/hed away.
MOR.
This /W^ marketh Thofc,
Who ar*ogate the good Things,
W^iVA They do, to Themfelves,
and do not attribute Them toGod t
from Whom, as /row a large
Fountain, cur ^doi Things -^iriS-
cced.
FABLE CXXX.
tnaligno ^
Dtmtine.
Of the wicked JJ/an and
QUidam malignus Vir,
<rw perpetravifTet
A Certain wicked Man,
_ <zy^f He had committed
p/urima Scelcra, to" fzpius many Wicked nefles, and often
taptus, & eonclufus Carcere, ^'j laken t and /&w/ in Prifon,
was detained very
N
clofel
92 SELECT FABLES OF ^ESOP.
pervigili Ctiftodia, imflo-
rabat Auxilium Damor.is,
Qui fftpewanero a fruit ////',
& liberavit Eum e multis
Periculis. Tandem Dtmon
apparuit Ei iterum depre-
kenfot & imploranti folitum
Auxilium, habens magnam
Fafcem Calcecrum pertufo-
rum fuper Humcros, dicens,
Amice, tion poffum effe
Auxilio Tibi amplius ;
etenira peragravi tot
Loca pro liberando Te,
ut contriverim omnes ho
Ca/ceos, & <?/wf nulla P^-
cunia fupcrcft Mihi, Qu^a
valeam compararc olios ;
qua re per ills*
MOR,
Hxc Fabula admonet,
ne cxiftime-mus noflra
Peccata fore fcropcr impu-
nlta.
with a watchful Guard, im-
plored the Help of the Devil,
Who oftentimes was la'nh Him t
and freed Him out of many
Dangers. At length the Devil
appeared to Him again ta-
ken , and imp/or ing the ufual
Help, having a great
Bundle of Shoes worn
out vfon his Shoulders, faying*
Friend, / am not able to be
a Help to Thee longer ;
for I have travelled thro* fo many
Places for freeing Thee,
that I have worn out all thefe
Shoes, and moreover no Mo-
ney remains to Me, with Which
/ may be able to get others /
wherefore thou fault ptri/&.
MOR.
This Fable advifes,
that <we faould not think our
Sins will be always unpunifo-
ed.
FABLE CXXXI.
De Avibus volentilus
cligere plures Reges.
AVes cor.fultabant de
eligendis pluribus
Regibus, cum Aquila fola
nan ~ pojfet regere tantos
Greges Volucmm^ & fe-
ci/ent fatls Voto, nifi
deftitiffent a Conjilio
Mouitu Cornicis, Q[uae,
(um Caufa interrogabatur,
cur
the Birds i^ "Mining
to choofe mor* Kings.
E Birds cenfulted about
X choefing more
^Tm^j, feeing that /^ Eagle alone
cyflj o/ fli/^ to rule fo great
Flocks of Birds, and T^j a/
done enough to their Wifo, unlefs
They had defijled from the Counfel
by the Advice of the Crow, Who,
the Caufc was afted,
why
SELECT FABLES OF 1ESOP. 93
cur non duceret plures wlty She did not think mere
Regej e'igendos, inquit, Kings tvere to be chofen, faid,
quia mult't Sacci impler.tur becaufe many Bags are Jilttd
difficilius, quam unus. more difficultly, than one.
MOR. MOR.
Hxc Fabula docet e/e This Fable teaches it to be
longe melius gubernari ab by far better to be governed by
Uno, quam a taultu Prin- One, than by many Prin-
cipibas. ces.
FABLE CXXXII.
De Mulicre,
Se velle
fuo ^itVo.
<j>ua dicebat,
mori fro
Q Used am Matrona, ad-
m o d u m pudlca &
amar.tljjtma Viri, ferebat
aegre, Maritum detine-
ri ad-verfa Valetudinc : la-
mcntabatur, ingemifcebat,
5*, ut te/laretur fuutn
jfmoran in Virnm^ rogabat
Mortem, ut, ^ efltt tr^-
/wra Maritum 5/^/,
potius vellet occidere Se,
quam Ilium. Inter &fff
Verba, wrV Mortem veni-
entem horribili Afpcclu>
Timore Cujus preter-
rita, & jam pcenitens fui
J-'otl, inquit, Ego non fum,
Quern petis ; jacet in
L,e8o, QjJ_em venlfti
occiiura.
the Woman, Who faid,
that She waj willing to die for
her Hujband.
Mat
A Certain Matron, ve-
ry chajle and
mojl loving of her Hufband, lore it
ill, that the Hujband was kept
down by bad Health : She la-
mented, She grieved,
and, that She might tejlify Her
Love to her Hit/band, She a/Iced
Death, that, if He was
f natch her Hufband /row
He rather would kill
than ,#/tfz. Among
Words, She beholds Death com-
ing with a horrible slfpefl,
with the Fear c/" Whom being af-
frighted, andnow repenting of Her
Vow, She faid, / am not He,
Whom Thou feekeft ; He lies in
the Bed, Whom thou comtjl
about to kill.
thefe
MOR.
94 SELECT FABLES OF JESOP,
MOR.
Haec Fabula indicat, Ke-
nem eflc adeo amantem
simici, Qui non
efle bent bibi,
teri.
MOR.
This Fable (hows, that nt
One is fo loving
malit of a Friend, Who had not rather
Al- ic was ivell to Him, /tan Ano-
ther.
FABLE CXXXIII.
Dt Adolefccnte canentc in Cf the * young Man Jmging at
Funcre Matris. tie Funeral of his Mother.
QUidam Vir profeque-
batur defunffam
Uxorem, Qut tffcrt ba-
tur ad Sepulchrum
Lachrymis & FUtibus ; veto
ftus Filius canebat, Q<ii,
cum Incrcparetur a Pa-
trc, ut amens, Qui can-
tarec in Funere Mntris,
cum deberet eflc majlus, &
una Secum, inquit,
Pater, Ji conduxiili
Sacerdotety ut canerent, cur
irajcerti Mihi concintnti
gratis ? Cut Pater
inquit, Tuum Officium, &
Sacerdotum non ell idem.
MOR.
Hsec Fabula Indicat,
Qmnia non efle decora Om-
nibus.
A Certain Afan follow-
ed )&/j ^a</
Wife, 0tt was
borne /o the Grave
^/V^ Tears and Weepings ; but
^/J Son /? Who,
a;^n he was blamed by the Fa-
ther, as mad, //''/iff could
fing at the Burial o/a Mother,
when /& oz/fA/ to be faa, and
/o cw^ together tu'itb Him, faid,
Afy Father, if You have hired
Prit/ls, that /|?y m;^A/ ^w^, why
are you angry with Me Jinging
gratis ? 7"o -a'Aom the Father
faid, Thy O^t and
that of the Priefls is not the fame.
MOR.
This
//
Men.
fliows, that
are not decent for AH
FABLE
SELECT FABLES OF JESOP. 95
FABLE CXXXIV.
De relotypo Vtro, Q^ui dede-
rat Uxorem cuftodiendain.
ZElotypus Vlr dederat
Uxorem, Oil am com-
pererat vivere fat-urn pudi-
ce, cuidam Amico, Cut
fideret plurimum, cuflodi-
endam, pollicitus ingentem
Pecuniam, fi obfervaret Earn
ita diligenter, ut nullo
Modo violaret conjuga-
iem Copulam. At Ille, ubi
xpertu& effct hane
Cuftodiam nlmis difficilern
aliquot Dies, fcf comperifltt
fuum Ingenium vinci Vei-
futiS Mullens t accedeus ad
Maritum, dixit , Se
nolle g ere re hanc tarn
duram Provinciatn amplius ;
quandoquidem ne Argus
auidemy Qjii Jttit tot us
cculatuf, poIFet cujlodire Jm-
pudicarn Mitlierem : Ad-
didit preterecii fi^neccfle,
St malle dtferre
Saccum plenum Pulicibus in
Pratum quotidie integro
AnnO) &, Sacco foluto,
fafcere Eos inter Kcrbai,
$5* Vefpcre rec/u-
cere omnes Domtim, quam
fervare impudicam Mttlie-
rcm uno Die.
MOR.
Hasc Fabula indicat, nuUot
Cuftodes tjjs lU diligentcs,
Qui
Of the jealous Man t Who had
glvm his Wife to be guarded.
A Jealous Man had given
his Wife, Whom He bad
found to live but a little chafte-
ly, to a certain Friend, to Whotit
He could trufl very muck, to be
guarded, having promifed much
Money, if He could obferve Her
fo diligently, that by no
Method She might violate the con*
jngal Tie. But He, when
He had experienced tbit
Charge too difficult
fome Days, and had found
his Wit to be overcome by theCun
ning of the Woman, going to
the Hnfband, faid, that He
was unwilling to bear this fo
hard a Province longer ;
feeing that not Argu*
indeed, Who was all
eyed, could be able to keep an un-
chafte Woman : He add-
ed moreover, if it <was neceflary,
that He had rather carry down
a Sack full of Fleas into
a Meadow </a:'/y for a whole
Tear, and, the Sack being loofed,
/o feed Them among the Grafs,
and in the Evening /</ bring them
back all Home, than
/o /?<rf/> an unchafle Wo'
man one Z)s.
This
Guards
MOR.
Fable fliowg,
are fo
that no
diligent,
Who
9 6 S-ELECT FABLES OF 1ESOP.
Qui valiant cuftodire Who can be able to keep
impudicat Mulicres. vnchajie Women.
FABLE CXXXV.
Be Viro recufantc Cly-
ftcres.
QUidam fir, Germanus
^- Natione, ad m od u m Jives,
zgrotabat ; ad curand'im
Quern plures Medici
acccfferunt, (etemm Mufcae
convolant catervatim ad
Mel) Unas Quorum dicelat
inter Cater a, efie
Opus Clyfteribus, ft vcl-
let convalefcere ; Quod
cum Vir audirtt, in fact us
Medicina hujufmodi, per-
cilus Furore, jubet
Medicos ejic'i
Domo, dicens t Eos
effe infamos, Quit cum
Caput doltret, vellent
mcderi Podicem-
Of the Man refining Cly-
flcrs.
A Certain Man, a German
by Nation, very rich,
was fick ; to cure
Whom many Phyjicians
came, (for the Flies
Jly in Heaps to
the Honey) Or.: of Whom fald,
among otherTbings, that there was
Need of Clyftcrs, if He was
willing to grotu well ; Which
when the Man heard, ur.ufed
to a Medicine of this Kind, mo-
ved with Anger, He command:
the Phyficians to be e#ft out
of the Houfe, faying, that They
were mad, Who, when
the Head grieved, tuert willing
to cure the reech.
MOR.
Hsec Falula indicat,
Gmnia, qua m vis falutaria,
vidcri fs" afpera Of obfu-
tura infuetis & inexper-
tif.
MOR.
This Fable (hows,
that all Things, alt ho* healthful,
feem both rough and hurt-
ful to the unaccvftomed and inex~
perienced.
FABLE
SELECT FABLES OF MSOP. 97
FABLE CXXXVI.
De Afino tegrotante, &
Lupis vifitantibus Eum.
A Sinus agrotabat, &
Fama exiverat, Eum
moriturum cito ; Igitur,
cum Lupi venffitit ad
vijendum Eum, ff peterent
a Filio, guomoffo ejus Pater
valcret, Ille rtfpondit per
Rimulam Ojlii, melius,
an am vellttis.
MOR.
Hacc Fabula Indicat,
Of the Afs being Jtck, and
the Wolvts vifiting Him*
TH E Afs -was fid, and
Fame had gone out, that He
would die quickly ; Therefore,
when the Wolves had come to
fee Him, and afked
of the Son, how hia Father
did, He anfwered thro*
the Chink of the Door, better,
than Ye would have Him.
MOR.
This Fable fhowd,
rbear
Others with
Moleftia, hios tamen cupi- Trouble, Whom yet They de*
unt interire celeriter. fire to perifh quietly.
quod Multi fngunt ferre that Many feign to
of
FABLE CXXXVII.
De Nuce, Slj
Mature.
Q
Uaedam Mutter inter-
tem Viam fccus, C^ijse im-
petebatur Saxis a Populo
prastereunte, quare eflet
it a amens, ut quo r*^-
retur pluribus ff majoribus
Verberibust eo procrearei
plures 3" praeftantiores
Frufius ? Cui nywj/,
Efne immemnr Proverbii
die en -
Of the Nut-tree, the 4fs, and
the Woman.
A Certain Woman a/k-
*^^ ed a Nut-tree, grow,
ing^y fAr^sy-5u/fWhich waslea-
ten with Stones ^y the People
pafling by, w/^y It was
fo mad, /^/ by how much // was
beaten with more and greater
Stripes, by fo much /'/ yielded
more and better
Fruits ? To whom it faid t
A.U thou unmindful of the Proverbs
$8 SELECT FABLES OF JESO?.
Jicsntlt ita, Nux, Afinus, faying thus," 4 Nut-tree t an Af,
Mulier, // ligati W a Woman, <7rr bound
#*<: tria Jy a like Law. 73^ three
do Nothing rightly, if
ceafe.
ccflant.
Lege.
Nil reSe t fi Verbera
Mo*.
MOR.
Haec /*/* indfcat, This Fable ffiow.
Homines faepe /0/<?rf con- /<z/ JI/i often are wont to
fodere Se propriig wound Themjelvts with their own
Darts.
FABLE CXXXVIII.
De Afino, non invcnierite
Fintm Laborum.
A Sinus angelcitur plurf-
* mum hyberno tcmporc,
quod afficerctur nimio
Frigore, & haberet durum
Viclum Pakarum ; quare
optabat vernam Tern per iem t
& teneras Herb as. Sed
cum Ver adveniflet, &?
cogeretur a Domino,
Qui crat Figulus, defcrre
drgillam in Aream, &
Lignum ad Fornacem, &
inds Latcres & Tegulas ad
di?erfa Loca ; pertsefus
Vent) in Quo tolcrabat
tot Labores, fperabat
^Eftatem, ut Dominiis
\mpeditus Mcffc
fateretur Enm quiefcere ; Scd
tune quoque, cum compel-
leretur ferre MefTes in
A ream, & inde Triticum
Domum, nee cflet Locus
Qui-
Of the Afs, not finding
an End of his Labours.
THE Afs tuas grieved very
much in winter Time,
that He was affe&ed with too much
Cold, and had hard
Meat of Chaff"; wherefore
He defircd the Spring Seafon t
and th'e tender Grafs. But
when Spring came, o*/
He was compelled ly the Matter,
/Wo was a Potter, to carry
Clay into Ak Tan/, and
Wood to //if Furnace , and
thence Bricks an</ Tilci /o
diverfe P/flf ; tired
of the Spring, in Which He bore
yb many Labours, /^ hoped for
Summer, /^a/ the Mafter
being hindered by the Harveft
would fuffer Him fo r^ / But
then alfo, W>fn He was com-
pelled to bear the Corn into
the Barn, and thence the Wheat
Home, nor was there S^a
for
SELECT FABLES OF ^SOP. 99
Qnieti Sibt ; fait em fperabat
Aqtumnum fore Finem
Laborum : Sed, cum ne
tune quoque cerneret Finem
Malorum, cum quotidif
Vinum, Poma, & Lignum
eflent portanda, rurfus
efflagitabat Niyem fc?
Glaciem Hyemis, ut tune
faltem aliqua Requies con-
cederetur Sibi a tantis
Laborious.
MOR.
Hsec Fabula indicat,
ejje nulla Tempora prsefen-
Quac non funt fub-
jefta
ls Laboribus.
for Reft, for Him ; at lea ft He
that Autumn -would be the End
o/*/&;V Labours : But, -a>en not
/^fl alfo He perceived an End
of Evlhy feeing that .daily
Wine, Apples t and 7^boJ
were to be carried, again
He longed for the Snow and
Ice of Winter, that //JOT
at lead fame keft m/^/J/ be
granted to Him /row fo great
Labours.
MOR.
This Fable fhows,'
/^fl/ M^r r^ no Times of the pre-
fent Life, Which are not fub-
jeft /o perpetual Labours.
FABLE CXXXIX.
M
ANY Mice,
ing in the Hollow
a ' Wall, efpied
Cat, Who /<7y oa
boarded Floor, with her Head
t)e Mure, Qui volebat Of the Moufe, Who was willing
contrabere Amicitiam cum to contract a Friendfhip 'with
Fele. the Cat.
GOmpIures Mures, com-
morantes in Cavo
Parietis, contemplabantur
Felem, Qtjje incumbebat in
Tabulate, Capite
dcmtjffa, & /''/?' Vnltn.
Tnc Unas ex lis /'nyu/V, Hoc
JJniniat videtur admodum
benignum, Cff mite ;
ttenim prasfert quandam
SantTimomam ipfo Fultu ;
volb alloqui Tpfam,
fe 1 n eft ere ind'iffolulilem
Amicitiam cum Ea ; ^?/<*
cum dix'tffety & acccjpf.
Then One c/ them [aid,
Animal feems i;<fry
kind and mild ;
/or She fhows a certain
San8ity in Her very Countenance ;
I am willing to fpeak to Her,
and to knit /i indffifublc
Friendmip TO/'/^Her; Which Things
when He had f aid, and &?</ <a/)-
prcached
o
ioo SELECT FABLES OF JESOP.
/ft propius, erat captus, proachcd nearer, He was taken,
& dilaceratus a Feie. and torn to Pieces by the Cat.
Tune Cseteri, v'ukntes Hoc, Then the Rdl, feting This,
aicbant Secum, profcfio /aid with Themftlves, truly
non eft addendum temere It is not to be trufttd rafhly
Vvltiti. to the Countenance.
MOR. MOR.
Haec_ Faltita ionuit, This Fable hints,
Jionatus hon c(Te ludicutidoi llat Men are not /o & judged
c I^u/iti, fed .v Opetibus ; by i/jeCounUnance, but ij Works ;
riw atrocrs Z,v/z farpe Jeiing that fierce Wolves often
dditcfcant fub ot/W Pcile. / y?-:W under a S/;fc]>'s Skin.
FABLE CXL.
Z)^ Afino, ^z/i fervicbat
ingfato Hero.
A Sinus, ^ul ferviveiat
ingraio Htro multos
Annos inoffenfo Pcde,
yj-wf/, lit Jit i dum ^
preffus gravl Sarcina, &
incedcret falebrofd Via,
recidebat fub Otic re. Turn
impiacabius Do minus <rom-
pellebat Euro furgere mull is
J^erletibut.
nuncupans
)gnai)um & pigrum Animal.
^/ mifcr s4Jinus dicebat
Secum, inter /i<ft Verbera,
Infelix Ego, J^K/ fortittis fum
tarn ingratum Herum ! Nam
quamvis ferviverim Ei multo
Tcmpore fine QJfenfd, tamen
ion compenfat hoc onw
Deliftum m> tot priflinit
Beneficiis.
Of the Afs, Wko fcrved
c ungrateful Mafter.
THE Afs, ff^ohad ferved
0/7 ungrateful Mafter many
Years wi/A an ir.offenfive Foot,
cnce, as it happens, whilfl //f <a/^J
prefled with a heavy Load, ar.d
went in an uneven Way,
fell under the Burden. Then
the implacable Mafter com~
pe! led Him to rife with many
Blows, calling Him
on idle and dull Animal.
But the miferable 4fs faid
io//A Himfclf) among thefe Stripes,
Unhappy I, WAo have got
yo ungrateful a Majler ! For
altho* I have fcrved ///m a long
Time without Offence, yet
He dots not tLtigh this one
Fault ///.o mj fo many
Benefits.
SELECT FABLES OF JESOP. 101
MOR. MOR.
Hzc Fabula confifta eft This Fable was feigned
sn Eos, S>ui immemores againjl Thofc, Who unmindful
Benefciorum collatorum of Benefits conferred
Sibit profequuntur etlam on Themfelves , profccute. focn
minimam 0/enfam fui Be- the lead Offence of their e~
nefafloris in Se atroci nefacior on Him with a cruel
Pxna. Punsjkmtnt.
FABLE CXLI.
De Lupo, fitadcnte Hif-
trici, ut deponeret
fun Tela.
LUpus efuriens in ten -
derat Minimum in Hij-
tricem, Q^iam (amen ;;on au-
debat invaiien, qviii erat
munita unJique Sag'ULis.
Autem Ajlutid excogitata
ptrdtndi Earn, ceeplt fua-
dcre ////', ne porta-
ret tantum Onus Teloritm
Tergo Temfore Pacis,
quandoq-j'idcm Sagitcarii non
bortartiit Alicj'.iid, nijl cum
"Temfui Prxlii iri/laret ;
Cui Hijlrlx inquit,
Eft credendum fempsr efTe
TTempus pvxliandi adverfus
Lupum.
MOR.
Haze Falula
fapientem Virum
fempcr , ejfi
adverfus Fraudes
rum t & HcjYtuK.
innuit,
oportere
m u n i t u m
Inimico-
0/"the Wnlf, perfuading the Por-
cupine,/^ She would lay down
kcr Darls.
TH E Wolf /junserinjr had
bent bis Mind \\pon the Por-
cupine, Which nevertbeleft He dar-
ed not to attack, becaufe She <was
fortified every inhere with Daits>.
But a cunning being thought on
of dejlroying Her, He began to per-
fuade Her, that She would not
carry fa great a Burden of Darts
on her Back in a Time of Peace,
feeing that the Archers did not
carry any Thing, unlefs when
the Time of Battle approached :
To whom tike Porcupine faid,
// is to be believed always to be
a Time of fighting- asain/i
a Wolf.
MOR.
This Fable hints,
that a wife Man ought
always to be fortified
aga'iiift Deceits of Ene-
mies t and Foes.
FABLE
102 SELECT FABLES OF JESOP-.
FABLE CXLII.'
De MURE libcrantc
MILVUM.
MU S, confpicatus
Milvum implicitum
Laqueo Aucup'ts, mifertus eft
jfvis, quamvis Intm'icx Sibi ;
Vinculifque abrofis
Dentibus, fecit Viam
Sibi evolandi. Mil v us,
immemor tanti Beneficil,
ubi vldlt Se folutum,
corripiens Murem fufpican-
tem Nil tale, lacerqint
Unguibus, & Roftro.
MOR.
Haec Fabula indicat,
malignos Viros folere repen-
dere Gr -alias hujus Modi
fills Belief aftorlbus.
Of the MOUSE freeing
the KITE.
THE Moufe, having cjpted
the Kite entangled
in the Snare of the Fowler, pitied
the Bird, ahho' an Enemy to Her ;
and the Bands being gnawed
with her Teeth t She made a Way
for Her offying out. The Kite,
unmindful of fo great Benefoy
when He faiv Himfelf loofed t
feizing the Moufe fufpeft-
ing no fuch Thing, tore Her
with her Claws, and Bill.
MOR.
This Fable fliows,
that wicked Men are wont to re-
pay Thanks of this Kind
to their BenefaSors.
FABLE CXLIII.
De Cochlea petente a Ja<oe t Of the Snail dejr'mg of Jupiter %
ut poffet ferre that She might be able to bear
foam Domura Secum. Her Houfe with Her.
CU M Jupiter, ab Ex-
ordio Mundi,
dargiretur fingulis Anima-
libus Munera, Qu<t peti-
iffcnt, Cochlea petiit
,33 Eo, tit poffet
circumferre fuam Domum.
Interrogata a Jove, ywar^
expofceret tale Munus ab
Eo,
WHEN Jupiter, from the Be-
ginning of the World,
bejlowed on all Ani-
mals the Gifts, Which They
had defired, fta Snail defircd
of. Him, ^fl/ She might be able
to bear about her Houfe.
Being afked by Jupiter, why
She demanded fuch a Gift /r/w
Him,
SELECT FABLES OF JESOP. 103
Eo, Quod futurum erat Him, Which would bye
grave, ' & molejlum illi, heavy, and troublefome to He.r^
inquit, malo ferre tarn She faid, I had rather bear fo
grave Onus perptfuo, quam heavy a Burden perpetually, than
now pofle vitare malum fco/ to be able to avoid a bad
Picinum, cum -W&W libuerit. Neighbour t when /lilt.
MOR.
Haec Fabula
Vicinitatetn
fugiendam omni
mo do.
indicat, This
MOR,
Fable
fhows,
Malorum t/xit tb& Neighbourhood^ bad MR
Incorn- is to be avoided with every Dif~
advantage.
FABLE CXLIV.
Z)t Herinaceo ejiciente
Vipcram Hojpitem.
HErinaceus., pr<efentiens
Hyemem adveniare,
rogavit Viper am, ut eonce*
dcret Locum Sibi in fua
Cavern a adverfus Vim
Frigoris ; Quod cum Ilia
fectffet, Herinaceus, pervol-
ucns Se hue atque illuc,
pungebat Viperam Acu-
mine Spinarum, & torqitebat
vehement er ; Ilia videns Se
male trafiatam quando
fnfcepit Herinaceum Hofpi-
tio, orabat Eum blandis
Verbid, ut exiret,
cum Locus effet nimis
anguflus duobus. Cui
Herinaceus inquit, Ex-
eat, Qui nequit manerc
hie ; quare Vipera fen-
efTe
Locum
Sibi
Of the Hedge -Hog cajling out
the Viper her Hojl.
THE Hdge- Hog, perceiving
the Winter to approach,
alked the Viper, that She would
grant a Place to Him in her
Cavern againjl the Extremity
of the Cold ; Which when She
had done, the Hedge- Hog, roll-
ing Himfelf hither and t hither t
pricked the Viper with the Sharp,
ncfs of his Darts, and tormented Her
vehemently ; She feeing Herfilj
ill treated ivher<
She took the Hedge-Hog Gueft-
wife, entreated Him with fair
Words, that He would go out,
feeing that the Place was too
narrow for both. To whom
the Hedge- Hog yi/W, Let Him
go out, Who cannot abide
here ; wherefore the Viper per*
ceiving, there was not a Place
for
104 SELECT FABLES OF
Sibi tit, ctffit iltine
ex Hofpitio.
MOR.
Hsec Falula indicat, Eos
non efle admittendos in Con-
fortium, Q^i poffunt ejicere
Nos.
for Her there, departed thence
out of her Lodging.
Mo*.
This Fable ftiows, that 'They
are not to be admitted into Pel'
loiuflj'ip, Who are. able to caft out
Us.
FABLE CXLV.
quodam
Poetd.
QUJdam Avnciia acce-
dens o/ Poetam, ca/uj
Agros coiebat, cum o^n-
interrogabat Eum, quo
Pa8o poffct v'tvere \\.z fofas ?
Cui ///f inquil, Tanturr.
coepi ^ folus,
adveniiU /&<r,
MOR.
Hasc Fabula
erudites Viros,
nue Jlipantur
fndicat,
conti-
Turba
z & C/" a certain Hujbandman and
A Certain Hvjlandman com-
ing fo a Puct, -K/Ac/r
Fields He ploughed, when ^? had
found Him a/en; among his Books^
afkcd ^;m, by what
Means He was able to live fo alene?
To whom //V faid, / <?/:/)
began to be alone, Jwcs
You came hither.
MOR.
This Fable fliovrs,
Mfl/ learned Men, /^o conti-
nually a thronged with a Crowd
dod'iffitnorum Virorutn, o/" /^ moft learned
tune tfle y^/oj, cum juerint then are alone, vhen /,
inter illiteratos Homines. amongft illiterate Fellows.
FABLE
SELECT FABLES OF JESOP.
FABLE CXLVI.
105
De Lupo,
Ovis,
Gregcm.
induto Ptlle
i devorabat
LUpus, inctutus Pelle
Ovis, immifcuit Se
Grtgi Ovium, &
quotidie occidebat Aliquam
ex is : Q^tod cum Pa-
ftor animad'utrtiffet, fufpen-
dit Ilium in alt't/Jinid
Arborc. Autem caeteria
Pafloribns interrogantibus,
cur fufpendiflct Ovcm,
aiebat, Quiffem Pellis ejl
Ovis, ut videtis ; avtem
Opera erant Lupi.
MOR.
Haec Falula indi'cat,
Homines non efTe judican-
dis ex Habittt, ltd ex
Operibus ; quoniam Muhi
faciunt Lupina Opera fub
ls Ovium.
0/the Wolf, clotted with the Skin
of the Sheep, Who devoured
the Flock.
A Wolf, */// with the Skin
of a Sheep, mixed Himfelf
with a Flock of Sheep, and
////y flew fame One
of TAfTO . Which when the Shep-
herd had olferved, He hang-
ed Him on a very hi^h
Tree. But the o-hcr
Shepherds a fk i n g,
why He had hung /&? Sheep,
He faid, / B </// the Skin is
a Sheep's, j you fee ; but
the Works were a Wolf's.
MOR.
This
but
fhow,
judg-
Fable
// ATf are not
ed by #a3/V,
Works ; becaufe Many
efo Wolves' Works under
the Clothings of Sheep.
FABLE CXLVII.
Dt CANE occidente OVES O/* the DOG killing the SHEE?
yb/ Domini. of his Mafter.
Uidam Paflor dederat
fuas Ovt-s Cant culto-
diendas, pafcens Ilium
optimis CiKs. At Ille f<epc
occidebat aliquant Ovem ;
cum Pajlor animad-
vrrtiffct,
A Certain Shepherd had given..
/$ Sheep /o his Dog to be
kept, feeding Him
wfV:> /^<r 3^ Meats. But He o/te
killed fame one Sheep ;
Which when the. Shepherd had ob-
106 SELECT FABLES OF
vertiflVt, capiens Canero,
volebdt occidcre Eum.
Cui Canis inquit, iQnare
cupis perdert Me ?
Sum unus ex tuis domffticis ;
potius interfice Lupum, Qui
Continue infld'tattlr tuo
Ovili. I mo, inqitit Pa-
ftor, Put'j Te magls dignlim
fiTorte,c(yi\n\I*upum: Etcnitn
Jlle proficetur Se mem
Hoftem pal am ; wrS Tu,fbl>
Specie Amicitis, quotidie
imfn'muis meum Grtgem.
MOR.
Hzc Falula fndi'cat, Eos
effc punlendot tange tnagls %
Qui Ifdunt Nos yi/3 Specie
jlmlcit'ue, quam ^/ pro-
fitcntur Se notlros Immlcoi
palam.
fervcd, taking the Do)j $
He iuat tutUing to kill Him.
To \vhom /^ Dr^ faid, Wbtrefoti
dofl Thou defire to dejlroy Me ?
/ am one c/" thy Domeft'tcs ;
rather /^ the Wolf, Wh 9
continually lays 'wait for your
Sheepfold. Nay, /jjj the Shep-
herd, / think You more worthy
of Death, than ike Wolf : For
//if profefles Himfelf my
Enemy openly ; litt Thou, undef-
the Show of Friendfiipy daily
dimitilfkeft my Flock.
Mo*.
This /aJfe (hows, //&/ T%
are to be punijhsd by far wor^,
Who hurt Us t/</irr a Pretence
Friend/hip, than 77*^ /^o pro-
efs TLemf el-vet our Enemies
openly.
P/
fef
FABLE CXLVIII.
ARIETE pugnante cum
TAURO.
Rat
idam Aries
Eat quam
</tr Oves, ^f
habebat /am firmum Caput
& Cornueit ut ^a/ra &
facile fuperaret cttero;
Arittes ; jwart cum inveniret
nulhim Ar'tetem amplius,
Qui anderet objijlere Sibi
occurfavtiy elatus
crebris Vitloriis, anfus eft
provocare Taurum ad Pug-
nam ; fed primo Congreffii,
Of th
the BULL.
THERE was a certain Ram
among the Sheep, Who
had fo firm a Head
and Horns, that prejently and
eajily He overcame /Af other
Rams ; wherefore when Atf found
iro jRjw more,
/P$o dared to with/land Him
running againft Him, puffed up
with frequent Victories, he dared
to provoke a Bull to Bat'
tie i but at the frjl Ofet,
-n
SELECT FABLES OF 7ESOP. 107
cam arietaviflet in
Front era Tauri, eft reper-
cufius tarn atroci Iftu,
ut fere moriens, diceret
haec, Stultus Ego !
quid cgi
? Cur aufus fura
lace/fere tarn potentem Ad-
verfarium, CK/' Natura
creavit Me imparem ?
MOR.
Haec Fabu/a Indicat, won
^j ccrtandum cum poten-
tioribus.
when He had butted again/I
the foiehead of the Bull, He was
ftruck back with fo cruel a 2?/c*y,
that almofl dying, He faid
thtfe words, Fool that I am !
what have I done ? Why dared I
to provoke fo powerful an Ad-
verfary, to Whom Nature
hath created Me unequal ?
MOR.
This Fable (hows, */&/?/ /V
M of to be drove w;VA the more
powerful.
F A B L- E CXLIX.
De Aquila rapiente Filios
Cuniculi.
AQUILA, nidulata in
altiffima Arbore, ra-
puerat Filios Cuniculi,
Qm pafcebatur non longe
illinc, in Praedam fuorum
Pullorum ; Quam Cuni-
culus orabat blandis Verb'u,
ut dignaretttr reftituerc
fuos Filios Sibi ; At Ilia,
arbitrans Eum effe pu/illum
& terreflre Animal,
dilacerabat Eos ffkgin&nt,
Quos apponebat fiiis PW///J
eptilandos m Confpeftu
Matris : Tune Canicular,
commotus Morte fuorum
Filiorum, haud permifit
hanc Injuriam abire fmp.u-
nitara ; ctenim efFodit
radicitus, !%u<e
fofti-
0/"thc Eagle friatchlng the Young
of the Coney.
THe TLzg
a very high Tree, hadfnatch-
ed away the Young of the Coney,
Who was fed not far
from thence, for the Prey c/" her
Young ; When the Co-
ney befought with fair Words,
that .S/ji? would vouchfafe to reftore
for Young fo Her ; But Sfo,
fuppofing Him to be a /?///?
and earthly Animal,
tore Them with her Talons,
Which She put to her To-ang
to eat in the Sighc
of the Dam : Then the Coney,
moved at the Death of her
Toung, permitted not
this Injury to go unpunifh-
ed ; for She dug up
the Tree by the Roots, Which
fuftain-
io3
SELECT FABLES OF JESOP.
fuftincbat N'ulurn, Qux
procidens Icvi Impulfu
Ve n t o r u m , dtjtcit
Pull os Aqulle adhuc implu-
wes in Humunt y Q^ij
dspafti a /V/ir pras-
*Buerunt Solatium Doloris
Cuniculo.
MOR.
Hasc F alula iddicat Ne-
minem frctum fua Potentii
deaere defpicerc in;bedl!iores t
cum aliquando infirmiores
ulcifcantur lujurias potsn-
tiorum.
f attained /^ A'^7. whicfc
/J//JHJ with a light JWj/I
of the Winds, threw do<wn
the Young 0/"/ta Eagle, as ytt wn-
Jledg^d l upon /^; Ground, Who
&ij? w/ // by /if /#7A/ ^^ra/?j- af-
fordtd Comfort of Grief
MOR.
This Fable (hows, that n
Man relying on his Power
ought to defpife the Weaker^
feeing \h*\. fomctimes the Weaker
rs-oeng: the Injuries of the mors
powerful.
FABLE CL.
De Lupo, Plfce Fluvii,
qffeSante Regnum
Marls.
ERAT Lupus, in quo-
dam Amne, >ui ex-
cedebat cecterot Pi fees
fjufdtm Fluminis in Pul-
chritudine, Magn'ttudine, ac
Roborc ; tinde Omnes admi-
rabantur, tf afficiebant
Eum raaximo Honors ;
quare elatus Superbia
capit appetere majorem
Principal urn. Jgitur Am-
nc relifio, in Quo regna-
verat multos Annos, ingref-
fut eft Mare, ut vendi-
caret Rcgnum Ejus Si-
ft ; fed offendcns Delphi-
num mirte Magnitudinis,
0/"the Pike, a Fiji of the River.
affeSing the Dominion
of the Sea.
THERE was a Pile, in a cer-
tain River, Who ex-
ceeded the other Fifties
of the fame River in Fair-
nefs, Greatnefs, and
Strength ; whence All admir-
ed, and affe&ed
Him with the greateft Honour ;
wherefore puffed up with Pride
He began to defire greater
Command. Therefore the Ri-
ver le'mg /eft, in Which He had
reigned many Years, He entered
into the Sea, that he might chal-
lenge the Dominion of It to Him-
felf ; but finding a Dol-
phin of a ivonderful Greatnefs,
SELECT FABLES OF ^ESOP. 109
>ui rcgnabat in Illo, eft
it a inftSatut ab I Ho, ut au-
fugiens vix ingrederetur
Odium Amn'iS) nnde
aufus ejl exire non amfliiis.
MOR.
Ha;c Fabuta admonct Nos t
ut contenti nollris Rebus,
ne appetamus, ^/< funt
longe tsajora nc/?w Viribus.
J^o reigned m It, //: -UMJ
fo purfuzd by .#/, that jlyi*g
a-Wtiy fcarce could He enter into
the Mouth of the River, whence
He durjl to go out no more.
MOR.
This Falie admonifhes Us,
that content with our own Things,
We do not defire, What are
ly far greater f&m our Strength.
FABLE CLI.
De OVE con-vitiantc
PaRori.
OVis eonvitlabatur Pa-
ftori, quod non con-
tentus Lafte, ^i/<j<y mul-
gebat ab Ea i fuum Ufum,
& 7/j/w! Fiiiojum,
infvper denudaret Illam
Vellere. Tune Paftor
iratus trahebat ejus Filium
ad Mortem. Ovis inqnit,
Qtid pejtis poles facere
Mihi ? Pa (tor inquit, ut
cccidam Te, 5* projiciam
devorandam JL/upis Cff
Canibns. 0-u/j filuit,
formidatit ad hue major a
Mala.
MOR.
Hcec Fabula indtcat,
Homines non dcfaere excan-
defcere in Deum, ii pcrniittat
DivJtias 5* Filios ntiferri
Ipfis ; rww poflit
viferre ctiam majora Sup-
plicia
0/"the SHEEP railing on
the Shepherd.
A Sheep railed on a Shep-
herd, /rt/ not C'ir -
tent with t}i'..- Milk, IVlleb He
milked /rew Her /or his own Ufr,
and //6<f t//^ of his Children,
moreover He ft ripped Htr
of the Fleece. T^un the Shepherd
angry dragged her Young- one
to Death. The Sheep fays,
What worfe are You able to do
to Me ? The Shepherd f.iys, that
Iinay&i!/Tl\ee,and throw Thee out
to bt devoured by the Wolvts and
Dogs. The Sheep held her Peace,
fearing yet greater
Evas.
MOR.
This /aJ& (hows,
fta/ Afc?/j ought not /<? grow
tuarm againft Gctf, \$ He pennitteth
Riches and Children to be talcn
from Them ; when He is able
to bring even greater Punifh-
ments
no SELECT FABLES OF JEBOP.
plicia Ipjis 8c vlventilus jnents upon Them both
& mortals. and dead.
FABLE GUI.
De Auriga &? Rota
Currfis Jlridente.
AUriga interrogabat
Currum, quare
Rota, >U(e erat deterior,
ftrideret, cum cseteri non
facer ent idem ? Cut
Currus inquit, JEgroti
femper confuevcrunt effe
morofi ff queruli.
Of the Waggoner and the Wheel
of the Waggon creaking.
TH E Waggoner aflted
the Waggon, wherefore
the Wheel, Which was worfe,
creaked, when the reft did
not do the fame ? To whom
the Waggon faitl, The Sick
always have ufcd /0 be
morofe and complaining.
MOR. MOR.
HxcFat>u/aindicat,MaIa This Fable fhows, that Evils
femper folcre impellere always are wont to drive
Homines ad Querimoniam. Men to Complaint.
FABLE CLIII.
De Viro wienie experiri
Amicos.
QUidam V'tr admodum
dives 6c liberalis^
habebat magnam Copiam
jfmicorvm, Quos fape invi-
tabat nd Co^nam ; W Quern
accedelant libentiflirne.
dulem volens experiri, an
effent ^/?/ Sibi
in Laboribus 55" Pericnlis,
fonvocavit Eos omnes, di-
cens. Inimicos effe cbortos
Sibi,
O/" the Man willing to tty
his Friends.
A Certain Man very
r/V/6 and liberal,
had a ^ratf Abundance
of Friends, Whom often He in-
vited to Supper ; to Whom
They went raolt willingly.
JBitt willing to try, whether
They would be faithful to Him
in Labours and Dangers,
He called together Them all, fay-
ing, that Enemies were rifen up
againft Him>
SELECT FABLES OF 1ESOP. in
Sibi, Quos ftatmt
occldere ; quare, Armis cor-
reptis, treat Secum,
ut ulcifcerentur Injurias
lllatas Sibi. Turn Oranes
caperunt excufare Se,
prater Duos. Igitur, ceterls
repudiates, habuit tantum
Illos Duos in Nuniero
Amicorum.
MOR.
Hsec Fabula indicat, ad-
iierfam Fortunam ejje
optimum Experimentum
Amicitiae.
againft Him, Whom He refolvcd
to kill ; wherefore, Arms being
taken up, theyfhouldgo with Him,
that They might revenge the Injuries
offered to Him. Then All
began to excufe ThemJ 'elves ,
except Two. Therefore, the re/1
being rejected, He held only
Thofe Two in the Number
of Friends.
MOR.
This Fable fiiows, that ad-
verff Fortune is
the beft Experiment
of Friendfhip.
FABLE CLIV.
De Vulpe laudante Camera
Leporis Cani.
CUM Vulpes fugeretur
a Cane, & jamjam
effet capienda, nee
cognofcerat ullam aliam
Vtarn evadendi, inquit, O
Canis, quid cupis perde-
re Me, cujtis Caro non po-
teft effe ulli Ufui Tibi I
cape potius ilium Leporem ;
(etenim Lepus aderat prope)
cujus carnem Mortales dicunt
tffe fuaviffimam. Igitur
Cam's, motus Confilio
VulpiSy Vulpe omiffd,
infectitus ^Leporem ; Qjjem
tamen non potuit capere ob
ejus incredibilem Veloc'i-
tutem. Poft paucos Dies
Lepus
Of the Fox praiftng the Flcfli
of the Hare to the Dog.
"y^HEN 'the Fox was put to flight
by the Dog, and juft now
was to be catched, Jtor
knew any other
Way of efcaping, He fald> O
Dog, why dojl Thou defire to de-
ftroy Me, whofe Flejb can-
not be of any Ufe to Thee ?
take rather that Hare ;
(for the Hare *was nigh)
whofe Fie Hi Men fay
is mod iwect. Therefore
the Dog, moved with the Counfel
o/" fta Fcx, the Fox being let alone ,
purfued the Hare ; Which,
yet He could not take for
her incredible Swrift-
ntft. After a few Days
the Hart
in SELECT FABLES OF JESOP.
Lepus conveniens Pulpem
accufabat Earn vehemeri-
ter, (ctenlm audirat ejus
Vcrba) quod demonllraflet
Se Cani. Cut
Vulpes inquit, Lepus, quid
accufas Me, cum lavidavi
Tc tantopere ? Quid
diceres, fi c'ttvperafftm
Tc >
MOR.
Haec Fabula indicat,
Homines machinari Perni-
clem Aliis fub Specie
Laudatlonis.
ty (f or
Wor
the Hare meeting the Fox
accufed Her vehement-
had heard her
rds) becaufe She had fhown
Him to the Dog. To whom
the Fox faid, O Hare, ivhy
do You accuft Me, when / have
praifed Thee fo greatly ? What
ivculd Toufay, if / bad difgraced
You ?
MOR.
This /o^/V (hows,
A&d/ ^/i* contrive Dtjlruc-
tion for Others z/n^r the Pretence
of Commendation.
FABLE CLV.
De Lepore petente Callidi- Of the Hare a/king Crafti-
tatem, & Vulpc Celeri- nefs, and the Fox Swift-
neft from J-u-tr.
THE Hart and the Fox leg-
ged of Jupiter ; This,
Ma/ He would join Siviftnefs
to her Craftinrfs ; That, that
He would join Craftineft to his
S-wtftnefs : To Whom Jupiter
thus anfwered; We have bellowed
G//>/ to all /'/' Crea-
tures, from /i? Beginning
of the World, ctrt o/" our mojl ll-
leral Bofom ; but to have given
All to One would have been the In-
jury of Others.
LEpus s? Vulpes /</#-
^n/ a Jove ; Hasc,
/ adjungerrt Ctttnfatem
fuz Calliditati ; I lie, /
adjungeret QalKditatem fuse
Celeritati : Q^iibus Jupiter
ita refpondit ; Klargiti fumus
Munera fingulis dn'w.anti-
&us, ab Origine
Mundi, r noftro nbtralffi-
mo Sinn ; y^^/ dtdiflTc
OmK/'<z Uri fuffit lu-
juria Aliorum.
MOR. MOR.
HJCC Fabula indicat, This Fable (hows,
efTe larglttim fua that Gad has given hit
Muncra Gifts
SELECT FABLES OF JESOP. 113
Munera ita sequali Lance %
ut Quifgue dcbcat ejje con-
tentus fua SGI te.
Gifts 4t>rf y equal a Balance^
that Every One ought to be con-
tent with bit own Lot.
FABLE CLVI.
Z)g Equo ineutto, fed
veloci, & cxteris irri-
dentibus Eum.
COmplures Equi fuerant
addufli ad Circenfes
Ludos, ornati pulcherri-
mis Phaleris, prajter Unum,
Qtiem cttteri irridebant, ut
incultum, &f ineptum ad
tale Certamen ; nee cpina-
bantur, futurum unquam
Vi6lorem. Sed ubi Tempus
currendi advenit, &, Sig-
no Tuboe data,
cunc\i exfiliere e Carcere,
turn demum innotuit, quanta
Hie paulo ante irrifus fu-
pcraret ceteros Velocitate ;
etenim, omnibus aliit relic-
tis pnjl Se longo intervallo,
affccutus tjl Palmam.
MOR.
Of the Horfe
fivift, and /
ing /ffm.
but
mock-
MANY Horfet were
brought to the Circenjian
Games, adorned with moft beauti-
ful Trappings, except One y
Whom the reft laughed at, as
ugly, and urxfit for
fuch an Engagement; nor
think, that He would be
Viftor. But when
of running approached, z<c\&,the Sig-
nal of the Trumpet being given t
all leaped from the Goa/ t
lhenat/ii/2 it appeared,^ hoiu much
This a little before derided ex-
celled the reft ia Swiftnefs ;
for, all the others being
left behind Him at a long Diftance*
He gained the Viftory.
MOR.
f, Homines The Fable Jignijiesy that Men
non judicandos ex Habitu, are not to be judged by Habit t
fed w Virtntc. but by Virtue.
FABLE
114 SELECT FABLES OF 1ESOP.
FABLE CLVII.
De Ruftico adm'iffo ad Of the Countryman admitted to
Jurifconfultum per Focem the Lawyer by the Voice,
Hxdl. of the Kid.
h'dam Rujiicui, im-
plicitus gravi Lite,
accfjfit ad quendam Jurif-
confultum, ut, Eo Patrono,
explicaret S:. At
I He impeditus aliis Nego-
tiij jubet renunciari,
Se nunc tton pnffe vaca-
re Illi s qua re
abiret rediturus
alias. RulHcus,
>ui fidebat El plurimura,
ut veteri ? fido dmico,
nunquam admittebatur.
Tandem deferent Hasdum
adbuc ladtantem, Iff
pingucm, Secum, ftabat ante
Fores Jurifperiti, &
vellicans Haedum, coegit
Ilium balare. Janitor,
>ui folebat admittere Eos,
Qui portarent Dona, ex
Pracepto Heri,
Voce Hsedi audit a,
illico aperient Januam,
jubct Homincm Intro'lre.
Tune Rufticus, conver-
fus ad Haedum, inqvif, Mi
Hfdule, ago Gratias Tibi,
)tue eifecifti has Fores tarn
faciles Mibi.
MOR.
Fabula indicat, nullas
JRes cfTc tarn duras tf diffi-
cilcs,
A
Certain Countryman, en-
tangled / a heavy Suit,
'a/fnf to a certain Law-
yer, //ta/, He being Patron,
He might unfold Him/elf. But
/fo hindered wi//6 o/^tr Af-
fairs orders Him to be told,
that He now <w^j not able to be at
Leifure for Him ; wherefore
He Jhould go away to return
another Time. The Countryman,
Wbo trufted to Him very much,
as an old and faithful Friend t
never was admitted.
At length bringing a Kid
a,s yst fucking, and
fat, nviib Him, He flood before
the Doors o/" /A? Lawyer, and
plucking the Kid, forced
Him /o /(*<2/. The Porter,
W/&0 was wont /o <//// Thofe,
Wbo brought Gifts, by
the Command of his Mafter,
the Voice of the Kid being heard,
prefently opening the Gate,
orders the Man /a enter.
Then fta Countryman, having
turned to the Kid, /0/</, My
little Kid, I give Thanks to Thee,
W^o haft made thef: Doors fo
cafy to me.
MOR.
The Fable flows,
Things arc yb hard o
that no
</ diffi-
cult,
SELECT FABLES OF ^SOP. 115
cilcs, Quas Munera non cult, Which Gifts do not
afctiunt. open.
FABLE CLVIII.
De Sene deficient e
Saxis jfuvencm
diripientem Poma Sibi.
QUidam Sencx drabat
Juvenem diripientem
Poma Sibi blandis Verbis,
ut defcenderet ex
Arbore, nee vcllet auferre
fuas Res; fed cum funde-
rct Verba incaffum, jfuvene
contemnente ejus jEtatem
&? Verba, inquit, Audio,
effe aliquam Vlrtutem non
tantum in Verbis^ verum
e tlam \ n Her bis ; igitur cccpit
vellere Gramen, & jacere in
Ilium ; Quod 'Juvenls
confpicatus rldebat vehe-
raenter, y arbitrabatur
Senem delirare, >ui cre-
deret, Se pofTe depel-
lere Eum ex Arbore. Tune
Scnex, cupiens experiri
Omnia, inquit, Quando Verba
^ Tierbse vaAf/ Nil
adverfus llaptorem mearum
Rerum, agam Eum
Lapidibus, in >uibus quoq;
r//Van/ efie Vlrtutem ; &
jaclens Lapides, Quibus
implcverat Gremiuzn, cocgit
Ilium dcfcendere, ^ abiie.
Of the old Man driving down
with Stones the young Man
flealing Apples from Him.
A Certain old Man befought
a young Man flealing
Apples from Him withfairWords,
that He would defcend out of
the Tree, nor would take away
his Things ; but when He poured
out Words in vain, the\young Man
defpifing his Age
and Words, He fata*, I hear,
that there is fome Virtue not
only in Words, but
alfo in Herls ; therefore He began
to pull theGrafs, and to throw it at
Him ; Which the young Man
having feen laughed vehe-
mently, and thought.
the old Man to doat, Who be-
lieved, that He was able to drive
down Him out of the Tree. T^ra
the old Man, dejiring to try
a// Things, fa id, wtan Words
aizfl? Herbs o>flr7 Nothing
again/} the Stealer c/" roy
Things, / will drive Him
with Stones, in Which alfo
They fay that there is Virtu: ; and
throwing Stones, <a///A which
He had filled A/V ///>, he forced
///'w to defcend, <7/7</ to go away.
MOR.
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MOR,
MOR.
Hnrc Fabvla indicat,
This Fable
fhows.
Omni a
tentanda
that all Things are
to be
tried
Sapienti,
prinfquam
by a wife Man,
before
that
confugiat ad
Auxlltutn
He jlceth to
the
Help
Armorura.
of Arms.
FABLE CLIX.
De Lufcinia pollicente Of the Nightingale promt/ing
Accipitri Cantum pro to the Hawk a Song for
fud Vita. her Life.
LUfcinia comprehenfa
a famelico Accipitre,
cum intelligcret, .5V
fore devorandam Jib Eo %
rogabat Eum blandu, vt
dimittcrrt Se, polli-
cita, Sefe relaturam
tngentem Merccdem pro
tanto Beneficio. Autem cum
Accipiter rogaret, Quid
Gratia poflet referre
Sibi ; inquit, Demulcebo
tuas Aures du!cilusCant'\bu3.
Accipiter refpondit, Malo,
demulceas meum Ventrem ;
poffum vivcre f:ae tms
Cantibus, fed non fine
C'tlo.
MOR.
Fabula docet, uti- This Fable teacheth, that pro-
Ha anteponenda Jitable Things are to be preferred
jucvndis. to phafant.
THE Nightingale being caught
by a hungry Hawk,
ii'hen She underftood that She
fhould be devoured by Him,
afked Him fairly, that
He would difmifs Her, having
promifed, that She would return
a vaft Reward for
fo great a Benefit. But tuhen
the Hawk ajkea* What
Favour She was able to return
to Him ; She faid, I will foften
thy Ears with J<weet Songs.
The Hawk anfwered, / had rather ,
thou ftiotildeft foften my Belly ;
/ am able to live without thy
Songs, but ncf without
Meat.
MOR.
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FABLE CLX.
117
De Leone eligente Porcum
Socium Sibi.
LE O, cum vcllet
adfcifcere Socios Sibi,
& multa Animalia optarcnt
adjungtrc Sefe Illi. fc?
expofcerent Id Votis &
Prccibus, czteris fpretis,
volult in ire
Societatem folura cum Porco.
Autem rogatus Caufam,
refpondit, >uia hoc Ani-
mal eft adeo tidum, ut nun-
quam relinqueret fuos Arnicas
& Socios in r///o, quanturavis
niagno, Difcriminc.
MOR.
Haec Falula
Amicltiam Eorum
dam, Oui Tempore
referunt
fitatis
docet,
appeten
Adver-
Pedera
a praeftando Auxilio.
Of the Lion cboojtng the Hog
a Companion for Hunfelf.
THE LION, >wben He would
get Companions to Him f elf,
and man\' Animals tu'iflxcl
to join Tbtrnfcl-vcs to Him, and
required It with 4 Vovvs ami
Prayers, the others being defpifcd,
He w as willing to enter into
Society only ivilh the Hog.
But being afked the Caufe,
He anfwerc-d, Btcaitfi this Ani-
mal is TO faithful, that He ne-
ver tur/iihl tca-ve his Friends
and Companions in 'cy,. altho'
great) Danger.
MOR.
This ^a3/<? teaches,
that the Friendfhip of thofe is to It
dejtred. Who in the Time of Ad-
vcrfity </9 o/ /r^w ^a^ a Foot
yVom affording Aff.ftance.
FABLE CLXI.
De Ciiiice petente Cibum &
Hofpitium ab Ape.
CUM Culcx hyberno
Tempore conjicerct, Se
periturum Frigore &
Fame, acceffit ad Alvearia
Apum petens Cibum B 5
Hofpitium ab Eis ; ^a.?
fi fi'lffct confecutut ab /J
pro-
O/" the Gnat a/king Meat
Lodging of the Bee.
WHen ^^ Gna^ in theWlnler
Time conjcfturtd, that He
fliould perifh tuitb Cold and
Hunger, He went to the Hives
of the Bees ajiing Meat and
Lodging from Them ; Which
if Ht Jhould obtain from Them
He pro-
uS SELECT FABLES OF JESOP.
promittebat, Se edofturura
J^ilios Eorum Artem
Muficae. Tune qusedam
Apis refpondit, At Ego
mallem, quod met Liberi
edifcant incam Artem, Q^uae
potent eximere Eos a
Pertculo Famis if Frigoris.
He promifed, that He would teach
the Children of Them the Art
of Mufick. Then a certain
Bee anfwered, But I
had rather, that w_y Children
Jbould learn my ^//-/, Which
'will be able to exempt Them from
/^ Danger of Hunger on*/ Cold.
MOR.
Hsec Fabula admonet This
nos, ut erudiamus noftros Us, that
Liberos his Artibus,
valent vindicare Eos
Inopia.
MOR.
admonifhes
itiflrufl our
Children in thofe yfr/j, Which
are able /o defend Them yrowj
Want.
FABLE CLXII.
De Afino Tuliclne, &
Lepore Tabellario.
LEO, Rex Quadrupe-
durn, fugnaturus
adverfus Volucres, inflruebat
fuas Acies : Autem inter-
rogatus ab Urfo, Quid Iner-
tia AJini, ant Timidi-
tas Leporis conferret Vidto-
liam i, C*uos ccrnebat
adefle ibi inter Cfttrot,
refpondit, Afmus,
Clangore fu<e Tubs,
concitabit Milites ad
Pugnam ; vero JLepus fan-
<?etur Officio Tabeliarii
ob Celeritatem Pedura.
MOR.
Fabula Jtgnificat, Ncmi-
yjni eJTi adeo eontempttbikm,
CMli
Of the Afs //je Trumpeter, and
//6f /Tari? the Letter-Carrier.
THE L,ion,/ta.S r ;'n i 2'ofthefour-
footed Beaftsj about to fight
sgainfl the Birds, difpoied
his Troops : But being afk-
ed by the Bear, How the Slug-
giflinefs of the Afs, or the Fearful-
nefs of the Hare would bringV\ta-
ry to Him, Whom He fatu
to be prefent there among the reft,
He anfwertd, The Afs,
with the Sound of his Trumpet,
ivi/l roufe the Soldiers to
the Fight ; but the Hare will per-
form the Office of a Letter-Bearer
thro' the Svuiftnefs of his Feet.
MOR.
The Fable fignifies, that no
One is fo contemptible,
Who
SELECT FABLES OF jESOP. 119
Qm non poffit prodefle Nobis Who cannot be profitable to Us
in allqua Re. iafome Thing.
FABLE CLXIII.
De Accipitribus Inimicit
inter Se, Quos
Colwnbe compofuerunt.
ACcipitres laimici inter
5tf decertabant quotiJ'te,
& occupati fuis Invidiis
minime inftjlabant alias
Aves. Columbas dolentes,
IjCgatis tnffis, compofuere
oj .- Sed ////, ubi /KH/
effefti Am'tcl inter ^,
non definebant vexare &
occiJere casteras imbecilliores
Aves, y maxime Cotumbas.
Turn CoUimbx dicebant,
Quanta trat Difcordia
Accipitrum melior Nobis,
^w^ffz Concordia.
MOR.
Haec Fabula admonet,
Odia malorum Civium
inter ^ potiue altn-
da t quam extinguetula, tit,
dum certant inisr
Se, permlttant bonos
fires vivere quiete.
Of the Hawks Enemies
among Themfelves t Whom
the D;i'fs reconciled.
THE Hawks Enemies among
Themfel'ves contended daily t
and bitfed with their own Enmities
they very little infejled the other
Birds. The Doves grieving^
Ambafladors be tag fent, reconciled
Them : But They, wher. They were
made Friends among Themfehes^
did not leave off to -vex and
kill the' other weaker
Birds, and moftly the
Then the Doves
By hoiu much was the
of the Hawks Letter
than their Agreement.
MOR.
This Fable admonilhes,
that the Hatreds of bad Citizen:
among Themfelves rather are to be
nourijked than extingui/bcd, that,
ivbiljl They contend among
Themfelves, They may permit good
Men to live quietly*
Doves.
(aid,
Difcord
to Us,
FABLE
120 SELECT FABLES OF JESOP.
FABLE CLX1V.
Da Senc wienie
re Mortem.
differ-
QUidam Senex rogabat
^-- Mortem, Q^ae advenerat
crept ura Eum e
Vita, ut deferrety
dum conderet fuum
Tcjiamentum, & prgpararet
caetcra neceffana ad
tantum Iter. Cj
Mors inquit, Cur monitus
toties fl Me now prapardjli
Tc ? -EV, cum ///< dice ret,
<?KO</ nunquam viderat Earn
Liniea, inquit, C'wm quoti-
die rapicbam non wzo^o tuos
JEquales, Quorum JVw//i
fere j am reftant, verum
etiam jfwucnes, Pueros, cf
Infantes, nonne admombam
Te iua Mortalitatis ? Cum
fentitbas tuos Oculos
tabffcere, tuum Audit urn
miriui, & tuos cfftercs
Scnfus dejicere indies, nonne
dicebam Tibi, Me tjje
propinquam ? & negas,
Te ^ admonitum ?
yr/ar/f non eft Jffircndum
ulterius.
MOR.
HJEC Fabula. indicat, quod
debemus vi-vere, quafi^/>wy5;r
cernamus Jllsrtem adeffe.
0/the old Man being willing to
defer Death.
A Certain old Man afked
Death, Wiio came
to fnatch Him out of
Life, that #<? would defer it,
till ft nW<; his
Willy and prepared
the other necejjary Things for
_/o ^rraf a Journey. To whom
Death faid, Why warmd fo
often y Me A<7^ /0a no/ prepared
Thyfelf? Md, when ft faid,
that He never Aa</ feen Him
fo/o/v, He faid, When dai-
ly / fnatched away not o/y thy
Equals, of Which 2Vc<r
almoft wow remain, but
alfo Toung Men, Boys, and
Infants, did not I admonijb
Thee of thy Mortality ? When
Thou perceivedft thine Eyes
/0 ^row //TOT, thy Hearing
to be leflened, and thy C//VT
Senfcs /o decay daily, did I not
fay to Thee, that I was
near ? and ^/? Thou deny,
that Thou /&<?/? been admonifhed ?
wherefore it is not /o fo deferred
longer.
MOR.
This Fable fliows, that
We ought to //w as if always
We faw Death to be prefer.t.
FABLE
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FABLE CLXV.
121
D Avaro Viro alloquente
Sacculum Nummi.
QUidam a-varus Vir
moriturus, & relic-
turus ingentem Acervum
Aureorum male partum,
intcrrogabat Sacculum
Nummorum, Quern jvjjtt
affcrri Sibi, Q^ibus
ejjet allaturus Voluptatem ?
Cui Sacculus inquit, Tuis
Haeredibus, >ui profun-
dent Nammos quasiitos a
Tc tanto Sudore, in
Scortis Cs" Conviviis ; 3*
Dsemonibus, Qui manci-
pabunt tuam Animam
tfternis Suppliciis.
MOR.
Haec Fabula indicat ej/e
ftultiffimum labor are
in Eis, Q^ias ftnt
allatura Gaudium Aliis,
aulem Tormenta Nobls.
Of the covetous Man fpeaking to
the Bag of Money.
A Certain covetous Man
about to die, and about to
leave a vaft Heap
of golden Pieces /// gotten,
ajked a Bag
of Monies , which be commanded
to be brought to Him, to whom
He <was about to bear Pleafure ?
To Whom the Bag faid, To thine
Heirs, Who will
fpend the Monies gotten by
Thee with fo great Sweat, upon
Whores and Feafts ; and
to the Devils, Who will tor-
ment thy Soul
with eternal Punifhments.
MOR.
This Fable (hows it to be
a mod foolifh Thing to labour
in thofe Things, Which may be
about to bear Joy to Others,
but Torments to Us.
FABLE
122 SEL-ECT FABLES OF
F A B L E CLXVI.
De Vulpe &? Capro.
VUlpes y Caper fiti-
bundi defcenderiint in
<juendam Puteum ; in Quo
cum perlibiffent, Vulpes
ait Capro circumfpicienti
Reditutn, Caper, elto bono
Animo, namq; excogitavi,
quo paflo nterquc Jinius
reduces. Siquidem Tu
friges Te refitim, prior ibus
Pedibus admotis ad
Parietcm, 9" reclinabis
tua Cornua, Mcnto addnfto
ad Ptcl:us, Ego tranfiliens
per tua Terga & Cornua,
& evadens extra Ptittitm,
educam Te ifthinc
pojlea, Cujtis Conjilio
Capro kabente Fidem, atq;
obtemperante, ut Ilia jubc*
bat, Ipfa profiliit e Puteo,
*c deinde geftiebat pre
Gaudio in Margine Putei,
& ex-ultabat, habens Nihil
Curac de Hirco. Caterum,
cum incufaretur ab Hirco,
lit fdtfraga, refpondit,
.Enimvero, Hirce, ft eflet
Tibi tan turn Senfus in
J\Iente quantum ejl
Setarum in Mento, r.on tle-
fcendtffes in Puteum,
priufquam habul/fes cxp'.o-
ratum dc Redifu,
Of the Fox and the He-Goat.
A FOX andzGoz\.ldng thir-
Jly defcended into
a certain Well ; in Which
when They had well drank, the Fox
fays to the Goat looting about for
a Return, Goat, be o/" good
Cheer, for I have thought
by 'what Means \Ve both wy ^*
brought back. If truly Thou
v/7.' /// ly/rrhyfelf^rfl/Vjthy fore-
Feet being fet to
the Wall, and wilt lean forward
/Ay Horns, /Aj Chin being drawn
to thy Breaft, / leaping
over thy Sack and Horns,
and efcaping out of /Ae /JV/
will bring out TA<v thence
afterwards. To whofe Counfcl
the Goat having Faith, oJ
obeying, flj She com-
manded ', She leaped out of /A* #W/,
and then jumped for
Joy upon the Brink o/" / Well,
and rejoiced, having na
Care of the Goat. /?/,
when She tvas accufed by the Goat,
as a League- Breaker, She anfwercd ,
Indeed Goat, // there had been
/ 77'^ as much of Senfe in
thy Mind as //v/v w
of Hairs on thy Chin, thou wculdjl
not have defcended into the Well,
before that thou hadjl examin-
ed about a Return.
MOR.
SELECT FABLES OF JESOP.
Mo*.
Haec Fabula innuit,
pritdentem Virum delere
explorarc Finem, antequam
venlet ad peragendam Rem.
MOR.
This Fable hints,
that a prudent Man ought
to examine the End, before that
He tomes to do the Thing. f
FABLE CLXVII.
De Gallis cf Pcrdice. Of the Cocks an</ the Partridge.
CU M Shtidam haberet
GW/wJDomi, mercatus ejl
Perdicem, 5" dedit am
in Societatem Gallorum
alendam, & faginandam
Una tarn Zis. Galli
g'i/7"* P ro &" mordebant
' abigebant Earn. Autem
Perdix affliclabatur apud
Se, exi/limaas talia
inferri Sibi a Gallis,
quod fuum Genus efiet
alienum ab Illorum Genere.
^i?ro ubi won multo />o/2
afpcxit ///oj pugnantes
inter Se, ef mutuo
percutientcs, recreata a
Mcerore tff Triftitia, inquit,
Equidem pofl Hasc non af-
flifiabor amplius, widens Eos
dimicantct etiam inter Se.
MOR,
Hzc Falula
prudentes Viros
nnuit,
ferre
Contumeliq* illatas <a Alie-
nigenis, J^MOJ vident K<>
abftinere a5 Injuria
uomffticorun,
w
HEN a certain Man had
Cocls9X.llom*,fy bought
a Partridge, a^/ gave ^'
into the Company of the Cocks
to be fed, and fattened
together with Them. The Cocks
every one for liimfelf bit
and drore asvay .//. But
the Partridge was afflicted <with
Herfeif, thinking that fuch things
were offered to Her by the Cocks,
becaufe her AtW was
different from Mf/r Kind.
j8?// v/hen o/ much after
She faw TAfnj fighting
amongjl Thcmfelves, and mutually
Jlriking t recovered from
Grief and Sadnefs, She faid,
Truly after thcfe Things I /hall
not be afflicted more, feeing Them
fighting even amongjl Themfelves.
Mop..
This Frtifc hints,
that prudent Men cw^f to bear
the Contumelies offered by Fo-
reigners, Whom They fee not
to abftairi from the Injury
of their own Countrymen.
R
FABLE
!2 4 SELECT FABLES OF JESOP.
F A B L^E CLXVIII.
Dt JACTATORE.
QUidam V":r pcrcgrina-
tus aliquandiu, cum
i'nijjet reverfus Domum
Uerum, cum jaftabundus
przdtcaret tnu/ta aiia gejla
a Se viriliter in diverfis Re-
gionibus, turn vero Id max'i-
mt, quod Rhodi fuperaf-
fet Omnes faliendo : Rho-
illos, Qui ad fuer ant, efle
Teftei ejufdem Ret :
UP, us E or urn,
Qui aderant, refpondens illi
inquit, O ffcmo, fi IJlud eft
vertim. Quod ioqucris, Qjjid
0/wj eft Ti3 Teftibus?
Ecce Rhodium ! Ecce hie
Certamen faliendi !
MOR.
Hasc Falula indicat,
quod, ubi vera Teftiinonia
adfunt, eft n/'A/V Opus
Pcrbis.
Of the BOASTER.
A Certain Man having travel-
led a long while, when
He was returned Home
again, loth boafting
told many other Things carried on
by Him manfully in divers Re-
gions, and truly That efpeci-
ally, that at Rhodes He had ex-
celled All in leaping \ that tkeRho-
dians, Who had teen prefent, were
IVitncJjes of the fame Thing :
One of Them,
Who ivere prefcnt, anfwering him
fait/, O Man, if 7^<7/ is
true, Which you fpsak, What
Need is there /o 7"ou of Witneffes ?
Behold a Rhodian ! Btkeld here
<? Trnz/ of leaping.
MOR.
This Fable fliows,
that, where /r^ Teflimonies
are prefent, there is no Need
of Words.
FABLE
CLX1X.
De Viro tent ante
Of the Man tempting
Apollinem.
Apollo.
Q
Uidam facinorcfus Vir
contulit Se Delfhos
tentaturus dpoltinem, &
Pafierculum /i
Pallio. .<2flB tenebat fuo
Pugno,
A Certain wicked Mar.
betook Himfclf to Delpho:
about to tempt Apollo, and
having a Sparrow under
his Cloak, Which He held in hh
Fift,
SELECT FABLES OF ^SOP. 125
Ptigno, 5* accedens ad
Tripodas, interrogabat Eum
dicens i Quod habeo in med
Dextra, vivitne, an ejl
mortuum ? Prolaturus Paf-
ferculum vivum, fi Ills re-
fpondifiet, mortuum : rurfus
prolaturus mortuum, ft
refpondiflet, vivum ; etenim
occidiffct Eum Jlatim
fub Pallia clam, privfqitam
proferret. At Deus,
intelligent fnbdolam Calli-
ditatem Hominis, dixil,
O ConfuJtor, facito Utrum
mavis facer e ;
ctenira ejl penes Te ; 3*
proferto Jive vivum, Jive
mortuum, Quod habes in
tuis Manil/us.
MOR.
Haec F alula inn lift, M'-
hil latcre, neque fallerc
divinam Men tern.
Fift, and going to
the Trevet, He afied Him
faying. What / have in my
Right Hand, livetb it, or is it
dead? About to pluck forth theSpar-
row alive t if He had an-
fwered, dead : again
a If out to pluck it forth dead, if
He had anfwertd, alive ; for
He would have killed It prefently
under the Cloak privily, lefort that
He plucked it out. But tlie God,
undemanding the deceitful Craf-
tinefs of the Man, ///,
O Confulter, do Thou Whether
Thou art more willing to do ;
for ;'/ is in the Power of T/>ce ; ana
pluck out either alive, or
dead, What Thou haft in
thy /AWj.
MOR.
This FaWe hints, //R/ai No-
thing lies hid from, nor deceives
the divine Mind.
FABLE CLXX.
De Pifcatore Of Snaaride. Of the Fifherman an</ the Sprat.
/~\Uu3am Pifcator, Retibus
^^^ dimi/Jis in Mare,
extulit pufillam Smaridem,
^^ He obfecrabat Pifcato-
rem ; Noli capere Me tarn
pufillam in pmfentid ; fine
Me abire f crcfcere
ut poftea psiiaris
Me ^if adulta cum tnajori
Commodo. Cut PiJ'ca-
cor
A Certain Ft/herman, his Nets
&?/// /<;/ i/own into the Sec,
brought out a fmall Sprat,
Which thus befuught the Fifher-
man; Be not 'willing to take Me fo
little at prefent ; fuffcr
Tkf^ to go away, and to grow,
that afterwards Thou mavjl obtain
Me fo grow a up with greater
Advantage* To whom the Fifh-
erman
126 SELECT FABLES OF ^ESOP.
ter inquit, Fero Ego ejfem erman faid, But I ftould be
amens, Ji omitterem mad, if I fhould omit
Lucrum licet exiguum, Qjiod a Gain altho' fmall, Which
habeo inter meas Maims, I have between my Hands,
Spc futuri Boni for the Hope of a future Good
yuamvls magni. a/fko' great.
MOR. MOR.
HxcFabu/a indicat Eum This Fable fiiov/s Him
efle Jlolidum, Qui fropter to be fooll/b, Who for
Sjpcm niajoris Commodi Hope of a greater Advantage
non ampleSitur Rem $5* does not embrace a Thing both
praefcntem ff ccrtam, licet prefent and certain, although
pnrvam. fmall.
FABLE CLXXI.
jDe Equo y Afino.
Vtr habebat
Equu;n & Afinum ;
autem dum faciunt Iter,
Afinus inquit Eqno, Si
vis, Me efle falvum,
leva /f/tf Parte met Oneris :
Equo non obfequente Jllius
J^criis, Afnuis eadetis Tub
Onifr^ tnoritur. Twt Do-
minus jfumenterum imponit
Equo oranes Sarcinas,
Q^uas S/Jinuf portabat, W
fimul Corium, Quod
exuerat a roor/wo
Afino : ^ao Onere
Equui deprefius 5* gemens
ijat/, Vae -/T//7j; infclicifii-
mo 'Jumtntorum / Q^iid
//fl/ cvenit mifero
Mihi ! A^OT recufans
farttn:, nuns ^cr/o totum
O/ the Horfe / the Afs.
A Certain A/an had
a /Tflr/f and an Afs ;
but whiljl they make a Journey,
the Afs y<2)'j to the Horfe, If
You are willing, that I be //"?,
lighten Tiff of a Part of my Burden :
The Horfe not obeying His
Words, the Afs falling under
//k Burden dies. T^ the Ma-
fter </" /Af ^a^j puts on
the Horfe all the Packs,
Which the Afs carried, and
at the fame Time the Hide, Which
He kadjlripped off from the dead
Afs : With which Burden
the Horfe depreffcd and groaning
faid, Woe to Me moft un-
happy of Beajls ! What
an Evil has happened to <wretched
Me ! For refilling
a Partf now / carry the whole
Onus, Si
Corium.
SELECT FABLES OF ^ESOP. 127
infufer Illius Burden^ and moreover his
Illius Burden>
Hide.
MOR.
Hsec Fabula innult,
This
MOR.
Fable
hint?,
majores debere effe Parti- that the greater ought to be Par-
cipes in minoribus Lubori- takers in the lefler La-
btts, ut
incolumes.
Ut,
77;
Cnt
boars
fofi-
that Both may be
FABLE CLXXII.
De TUBICISE.
QUidam Tubicen, inter-
ceptus ab Hoftibus in
Militia, proclamabat ad Eos t
(3iii circamjijlebant, O Viri %
Nolite Deciders Me innocuum
8c infonlem ; etenim nun-
quam occidi Ullum ; quippe
habev Nihil aliud, quam
hanc Tnbanft. Ad Quem
Illi refponderunt vicij/im
cum Clamore ; Veto "Tu
trticidabcria magis hoc
*Pf * quod rim
Tu Ipfe nequeas
Jimicare, potes im/ellere
Csteros aJ Certamen.
MOR.
HSEC Fabula innuit,
y^ peccant prater csteros,
-Q^ii perfuadent malis ff
improbis Principibus ad
agendum inique.
O/" the. TRUMPETER.
A Certain Tramfeler, ta-
ken 3y the Enemies in
the War, trW oaf to Them,
Who y?oo</ about, O A/^n,
Be not willing to kill Me harntlefs
and innocent ; for n<r-
r#r have 1 killed any On? ; for
/ have Nothing elfe, than.
this Trumpet. To- Whom.
They a n f we red in Turn
with a Noife ; But Thou
/halt be flain rather on this
/an<? Account ; becaufe when
"Thou Thyfelf can'ft not
j%/, Thou art able to drive
the Reft /o the Engagement.
MOR.
This Fable hint*,
that They fin beyond Others,
Who perfuade bad and
wicked Princes to
a3 wnjudly.
FABLE
123 SELECT FABLES OF JESOP.
FABLE CLXXIII.
De Vaticinatore.
Vdticinator fedens in
Foro fertnocinabatur ;
Cui Shtidam denunciat,
Ejus Fores effe effraclas,
3* Omnia direpta,
Quae fuifftnt in Domo.
Vaticinator, generis &
proper ans Curfu, recipiebat
Se Domum : Quern
>uidam iutuens cur-
rentem, inquit, T\), >ui
promittis, Te divinaturum
aliena Negotia, certe Ipfe
non divina/li tua.
MOR.
Hasc Falitla fpciSat ad
Eos, Qui non rede ad-
nHniltraiites yL^/ Res,
conantur providcre &
confulere sJi'.cnis, QjJse
non pertinent ad oj-.
Of the Fortune-teller.
A Fortune -teller fitting in
the Market difcourfed ;
To whom <}* declares,
Ma/ bis Doors were broke open,
and all Things taken atuay t
Which had been in the Houfe.
The Fortune-teller, Jtglnng and
hafting in his Pace, betook
Himfelf .fiW .- Whom
a certain Man perceiving run-
ning, ("aid, Thou, /Pfo
promifelt, that Thou wilt divine
cr/jfrj' Affairs, furely Thyfclf
bajl not divined thine own.
MOR.
This Fable looks to
Them, Who, not rightly ad-
minillering *A'r oiun Affairs,
endeavour to forefee and
co nf u it 'for other Men's t \Vhich
do not belong to Them.
FABLE CLXXIV.
De Puero & Matre.
QUidam /"ufr in Schold
furaius Libellum,
attulit yi/<f Matri ; a
Qua non caftigatus, quo-
tidie furabatur magis atque
rnagis ; Autem ProgreJJu
Temporis ccepit furari
majcra. Tandem depre-
henfus
0/"the Boy and his Mother.
A Certain Boy in School
having ftolen a little Book,
brought it to his Mother ; by
Whom not being chaftifed, dai-
ly He ftolc more and
more ; But in Progrefs
of Time He began to fleat
greater Things. At laft being ap-
prehended
SELECT FABLES OF JESOP. 129
henfus a Magiftratu, diice-
batur ad Supplicium. Fero
Mat re fequente, ac vocij'e-
rante, Ille rogavit, ut llce-
r:t Sibi loqui paulifper cum
Ea ad Aurem. Illo per-
mi flb, 3* Matie proper ante,
& admovente Aurem W Os
Filii, evdlfit Slitrifulam
Matrts fuis Dentibus.
Cum Mater, & cseteri,
>ui adftabant, increparent
Eum, non modo ut Furem,
fed etiam, ut impinm in
fuam Parentem, inquit, H<ec
fuit Caufa tnei Exitii ;
etenim Ji caftigaffet Me ob
Libtllum, Q^iem furatus fum
prius, fecijftm Nil ultefius ;
mine due or ad Supplicium.
prebended by tbeMagi/irate, He was
led /o Punifhmcnt. But
the Mother following, and crying,
He a/bed, that ;'/ m/f/fo ^ /a-a;-
_// for Him /o j^ea^ a little ivitk
Her r her Ear. He being per-
mitted, an</ the Mother haftening,
and moving her Ear to tht Mouth
of the Son, He tore off the Ear
of his Mother ivith his Teeth.
IV hen the Mother and the Others,
Who flood about, blamed
Him, not only oj a Thief,
but alfo, aj impious to
his Parent, He faid, Sta
was the Caufe of my Dejlrufiion ;
for //She had chaftifed Me for
f/k /////tf 5oo^, Whifh / /<?/;
fir ft, / had done Nothing further ;
now / am led to Punijhment.
Hxc
quod
MOR. MOR.
Fabula indicat, This Fable
/hows,
non coercentur that They Who are not rejirained
inter Inltia peccandi,
evadunt ad majorq Flagitia.
at the Beginnings of intino r ,
go on to greater Crimes.
FABLE CLXXV.
De Hircis &f Capellis. 0/thcHeGoats0n</theSheGoats,
CU M Capellm obtmu-
iflent Barbam a Jove,
Hirci caperunt offendi,
qula Mulieres haberent
parem Honorem cum Eis.
Jupiter inquit, Sinite Illas
frui vana Gloria, 3*
ufurparc Ornatum veftra:
WWEKtheSkeGoats had ob-
tained aBeardfvom Jupiter,
the He-Goats^anto be offended,
becaufe the Females /5a</
equal Honour with !TA<fw.
Jupiter yi/V, Suffer ye Them
to enjoy /^ vain Glory, and
to ufurp the Ornament of your
SELECT FABLES OF JESOP.
Dignitat'is, dum non equent Dignity, whilft They do not equal
veftram Vtrtutem. your Virtue.
MOR.
This Fable teaches j"hee t
that thou mafjlbear Thofe to ufurp
_ thy Ornament , Who arc
inferiores Tibi in yirtute. inferiors to Thee in Virtue.
MOR.
Hasc Fabula cdocet 7V,
ut feras Illos ufurpare
tuum Ornatum, Qui funt
FABLE CLXXVI.
De Filio cujufdam Senis
Sif Leone.
.Uidam &zcr habebat
unicum Filium gcr.t-
jpiritus,
Q
rg^ Spiritus, $5f Amatorem
'venaticorum Canum. Viderat
Hunc per Quictem trucidart
a Leone. Igitur terrifus,
ne _/or/^ aliquando Eventus
fequeretur hoc Somnium,
extruxit quandam polit-if]:-
mam, & amcnifjimam
Domni ; inducens Filium
Z//WT, affiduus Cujlos ade-
rat ////. Depinxerat
Domo omne Genus Ani-
malium ad Deledlationern
Filu, cum Quibus etiam
Leonem. Adolefcens in-
fpiciens H^c, contrahebat
Moleftiam Eo magi 3.
Autem quod am Tempore,
adftans prcpius Leoni,
inquit t O truculent i/Jima
Fera, affervor in hac
Domo proptcr inane
Somnium met Patris : Quid
faciam Tibi ? Et it a di-
cens,
0/"thc Son of a certain old Man
and a Lion.
A
Certain elderly Man
an only Son o/" a
had
rous Spirit, and a Lover
of bunting Dogs. He tad fee*
Him in a Dream to be hilled
by a Lion. Therefore afraid,
left by Chance fornetime an Evert
fhould follow this Dream,
He built a certain very
fine, and mojl pleafant
Ho life ; bringing his Son
thither, a daily Guardian was pre-
fent to Him. He had painted
in the Houfe every Kind of Ani-
mal? for the Delight
of his Son,, with U r h':ch alfo
a jL/cn. The Youth /oo>-
f'/?f OK thefe Things, contraSed
Trouble by fo much the more.
But on a certain TVw,
ftanding nearer to the Lion,
flfe /rt/V, O moft cruel
wild Bead, / am hj>t up in this
Honfe for a vain
Dream of my Father : What
(hall I do /a Thee ? And > fay-
ing,
SELECT FABLES OF ^SOP. 131
cent, incujjit Manum
Parieti, volens truer e
Oculum Leonis, & offende-
bat in Clavo> Qtii latebat
illic, qua Percuffione
Manus emarcuit, & Sanies
fuccrevit, & Febris fubfc-
cuta eft, 3" brcvi Tempore
raortmis eft. Ita Leo
occ'idlt Adolcfcentem, Artt
Patris jvvante Nihil.
MOR.
HJCC Fabitla indicat,
Neminctn poffe dcvitarc
$ht<g funt Ventura.
ing, He Jlrucli his Hand
on the lall t willing to pluck out
the Eye of the Lion, and Us hit
it on a Nail, Which lai hid
there, with which Blow
the 'Hand rankled, and the Matter
grew undtr, and a Fever fol-
lowed, and in a (hurt Time
He died. Thus the Lioa
killed the Youth, the Art
of the Father availing Nothing.
MOR.
This Fable fliows,
that no Man is able to avoid
thofe Things Which arc to come.
FABLE CLXXVII.
De Vulpe * Rubo.
VUlpes, cum afcende-
ret quondam Sepem,
ut vitaret Periculum
gtuod yjdebat imminere Sibi,
comprehendit Rubum
Manibus, atquc perfodit
Volam Senti-
tus ; Sc cum foret
faucia graviter, inquit, ge-
raens, Rule, Citm confuge-
rim ad Te, lit juve-
ris Me, Tu nocuifli
Mihi. Cut Rubus ait t
Vul^pes, errdjiiy Qjuae
pittajll capere Me pa-
ri Dolo quo confuevi-
Jli capere cetera.
Of the Fox and the Bramble,
THE Fox, when She got up
upon a certain Hedge,
that She might avoid a Danger
Which She faw to hang over Her,
catched hold of a Bramble
with her Hands, and pricked
the Hollow of her Hand with the
Thorns ; and when She was
wounded grievoufly, /he faid, groan-
ing, to the Bramble, When I have
fled to Thee, that Thou mightejl
have helped Me, Thou haft hurt
Me.. To whom the Bramble fays,
O Fox, Thou haft erred. Who
hajl thought to take Me with the
like Deceit with which Thou hajl
tifed to take other Things.
MOR,
SELECT FABLES OF &SOP.
MOR.
Fabula ftgnificat t quod
fjl ft u It u m implorarc
Auxilium ah Illis, Quibus
eit datum a Naturti potius
obifft, quam prodcjft.
MOR.
The Fable fignijit;, that
it is a foolifh Thing to implore
Help from Them, to IVbom
it is given by Nature rather
to hurt, than to profit.
FABLE CLXXVIII.
Z)<f Vulpe 5" CrOcodilo. 0/"the Fox aK<i the Crocodile.
VUlpes tf Crocodilus
contendebant de
Nobilitate. Cum Crococli-
,'vs adduce ret Malta pro
.SV, & /</c?rt/-
/w^ra Mod urn </<;
Splendore fuorum Proge-
nitorum ; Vldpti fubridsus,
alt Ei, Hens, Amice,
r^ quidem Tu non dix-
eris f/Gf, apparet
dare ex /> Corio, quid jam
inultis Annis f u 'fii de-
nudatus Splendore tiwrum
Progenitor urn.
MOR.
Fabula fignificat, quod
/? ipfa potif/imuTH rcfellit
r,t>u/ncei Homines.
THE Fox and the Crocodile
contended concerning
their Nobility. When /f Cnwro-
dlle brought many Things for
Himfelf, and foo^^ Himfelf
beyond Meafure concerning
the Splendoun o/ 7^V Ance-
ftors ; ^ .Fax fmiling,
yi/V to Him, So Ho, Friend,
although indeed Thou hadft not
"have faid Th'u, it appears
clearly by thy Skin, /Aa/ now
fflony Years Thou kafl bten de-
prived of ike Splendour of thy
Ancejlors,
MCR.
The Fable
? Thing iifelf
'? Men.
that
refutes
FABLE
SELECT FABLES OF JBSOP,
FABLE CLXXIX.
De Vulpe &? Venatoribus. Of the Fox and the Hunters.
VUlpes, effugiens Ve-
natores, ac jam defeja
currendo per Viam,
Cafu reperit Lignatorcm,
Quern rogat, ut abfcondat
Se in quoquo Loco. Ille
cflendit Te&orium ; Vulpes
ingrediens Id t abfcondit St
in qvodam Angnlo. Vena-
tores adveniunt, rogant
JLignatorcm, Jt videret
Vulpem. Lignalor negat
Verb^s quidem, Se vi-
diflfe ; verb oRendit
Locum Manu, til/i
Vulpes latebat ; vero Vena-
tores, Re nofi percep-
ta, Jlatim abetint.
Vulpes t ut profpidt
Illos alitffe t cgrcdi-
cns TeSorio t rccedit tacite.
Lignator criminatur
Vulpem, quod, cum fecerit
Eutn fa/vum, ageret Nihil
Gratiarum Sibi. Tune
Vulpes, convertens Se, ait
tacite ////, Heus, 4mice t
fi haluiffes Opera
Manuum, & Mores fimiles
tuts Verbis, perfolwrem
intritas Gratias Tibi.
MOR.
Fabula fignijlcat, quod
nequam Homo, etjl polli-
cetur bona, tamen pra-
Jlat mala &? improba.
THE Tcox.Jtyingfromtht Hun -
ters, 7zr/ now tired
with running rt/ow^- the Way,
by Chance found a Wood- Cutter ,
Whom A'if <7/,r, that //^ m^ 1 />.'V/tf
Himfelf in any Place. He
flowed the Cottage;, 7""Ae jFo.v
entering //, hides Himfelf
in a certain Corner. 7"^^ ^i/-
/fTj coir.e up, /ry.c
the Wood- Cutter, if He fa'w
the Fox. The Wood-Cutter denies
in Words indeed, that He had
fccn Him ; Ivt He fliowed
thfi Piace with his Hand, Wv/:
the Fox /i?v ;V ; but /Af //a-
/^rj-, the Thing not being per-
ceived, immediately go away.
The Fox, as foon as // perceiv;
I'licnri /o ^^ ^ ?/?f away, comniP"
out of /.^ Cottage, rellres/t/tnt/j.
The Wood-Cutter accufe^
the Fox, //>/, when //^ liMvnade
Hi in y/f He gave n
Thanks to Him. 7"7;rr,
the Fox, turning Himfelf, favs
foftly to Him, Hark ye, Frienri,
if thou would]] have had the AV
of thy Hands, and thy Morals likf.
/o /-6y Words, / would pav
the deferved Thanh to thee.
MOR.
The Fable fignifies, that
a wicked Man, aliho' He pro-
mifes good Things, yet //e />.;-
farmetk bad <jr/ wicked Things.
FAB L E
i34 SELECT FABLES OF &SOP.
FABLE CLXXX.
De Cane vocato ad
Canam.
Uidam Fir, cum pa-
t opiparam Ca-
nam, voeavit qucndam
Amicum Domum ; Ejus
Canis quoque invitavit
Canem dlterius ad Ca-
nam. Canis ingrejfus,
cum vidertt tantas Dopes
apparatas, latut, ait Secum,
Sane txplelo Me ita hodie,
qnod non indigebo comedere
eras. fVro Cpquus
tor l~p' dent, tacitus cefit per
Caudam, atque rotans
terque quaterquc, projecit
Ilium per Feneftram. Ille
attonitus affurgens Jfumo,
dum yi/^/V clamans, cfteri
Canes accurrunt Ei, atque
rogant, quam opipare cte-
naverit : At Ille languens
ait, Ita cxplcvi Me
Pc/w & Dapibus, quod
Viam.
MOR.
Of the Dog invited to
Supper.
A Certain Man, when /&
had prepared z dainty Sup-
per, invited a certain
Friend Home ; His
Dog alfo invited
the Dog cf 'the other Man to Sup-
per. The Dog having entered,
when .//<? yiew fo great Dainties
prepared joyful, fays with Himfelf,
Truly //to///// Myfelf >To-Day,
that I {hall not want to eat
To-morrow. But the Cook
feeing Him, filent foo> Him by
/* 7a//, and whirling Him
both three and four Times, threw
Him thro' //k Window. He
amazed rifing up from the Ground,
whilll He Jlies crying, the other
Dogs run up to Him, and
afk, how daintily He had fup-
ped : But He languifhing
fays, So have I filed Myfelf
with Drink and Dainties, that,
wA#i I came out, / faw not
the Way.
MOR.
Fabula Jignificat, mul- The Fable Jignifies, that many
ta cadere inter Cal'icem Things /a// between the Cup
Sc Labra. and the Lips.
FABLE
SELECT FABLES OF ^ESOP.
FABLE CLXXXI.
135
De Aquila & Homine.
CUM quidam Homo
cepiffet Aquilam,
Pennis Alarum
avuljis Ei, dimijlt
Earn morart inter Gallinas.
Peinde Quidam, merca-
tus, munlt Alas
Pennis : turn Aquila
volans capit Leporem, Csf
fert Ilium fuo BenefaBor'i.
Q^uam Rem Vulpes con/pi-
dens, ait Homini, No-
li habere hanc Aquilam
Hofpitio, tie venetur
Te, aeque ac Leporem.
Turn Homo item emlfit
Pennas Aquihe.
MOR.
Haec Fabula fignificat, quod
Benefaftores quiJem funt
remunerandi, vero improbi
omnino vitandi.
Of the Eagle and the Man.
WHEN a certain Man
had taken an Eagle,
the Feathers of the Wings
being plucked from Her, He difmi/fed
Her to dwell among the Hens.
Afterwards a certain Man, having
purchafcd Her,ybr///?fj her Wings
with Feathers : then the Eagle
flying takes a Hare, and
bears Him to her Benefaftor*
Which Thing a Fox perceiv-
ing, He fays/o the Man, Be un-
willing to have this Eagle
in Entertainment, left She hunt
Thee, as well as the Hare.
Then the Man alfo plucked off
the Feathers from the Eagle.
MOR.
that
This Fable fignifies,
Benefa&ors indeed are
to be requited, but the Wicked
altogether to be avoided.
FABLE CLXXXII.
De Agricola. Of the Hufbandman.
QUidam Homo, exiftens
Agricola^ cum cog-
nofceret adeffe Finem
Vitas Sibi, & cuperet Filios
fieri pcritos in Cultu
sfgrortim, vocavit Eos, atq;
iyt//V, Filii, Ego decedo e
Vita ;
A Certain Man, being
a Hujbandman^ when He
knew that there was an End
of Life to Him, and defired his Sons
fo tarome fkilful in the Tilling
Lands, called 7^, and
O Sons, / depart out of
Life ;
136 SELECT FABLES OF
Vita ; cmnia mea Bona funt
con/ita in Vined. I ill, pofl
Obitum Patris, putantes
refer ire hunc Thefaurum in
Vinsd, Ligonibus, Marris,
ac Bidentibus fumptis, fun-
ditus effodiunt V'msam, &
non inveniunt Thefaurum ;
vero, cum Vinea full probe
effojfa, produxit longe plures
Frudus foli to, atq; fecit
Illoj divitcs.
MOR.
Hsc Fabula figniiicat,
quod affidnus Labor paiic
Thefaurum,
Life } all uiy Goods are
placed in the Vineyard. They, after
the Death of the Father, thinking
to find this Treafnre in
the Vineyard, Spades, Mattocks,
and Prongs being taken, entire-
ty dig up the Vineyard, and
do not find the Trcafure ;
but, when the Vine ivas well
dug u pt it produced />j far more
Fruits than ufual, ant/ made
rich.
MOR.
This FaLIe fignifies,
that daily Labour bringeth furtli
Treofurt.
FABLE CLXXXIII.
De quod am Pifcatere.
QUidarn Pifcator inex-
pert us pifcandi) Reti
ac i'ibiis ajfumptti, accedit
juxta Littus Marts, atq;
fuperexi/lens quodam Saxo
cospit imprimis tubicinate,
fntans, Se capturum ej/e
Pifcesfaci/e Cantu ; veriim
cum ccnfeqverttur mil I urn
EJfefium Cantu, Tibiit
depofitis, dimifit
Rete in Marc, ac cepit
ferplures Pifces ; fed cum
extraheret Pifces e Reti,
atgue perfpiceret Eos fal-
tantes, ait non injahe, O
improba Animalia, cum tu-
bicinarem, noluiflis faltare ;
Of a certain Fl/berman.
A Certain Fijberman un/lvil-
ful of Fifiing, his Net
<?nr/ Pipes being taken, goes
nfflr the Shore of the Sea, and
Jlanding up on a certain Rock
He began a/ jfr/? to pipe,
thinking, that He ftould take
Fifties M/F/y with a Tune ; but
when He obtained no
^# with a Tune, /& P/>J
being laid down, He 1st down
the Net into the Sea, and took
wry may Fifties ; but when
/fc </rfw the Fifties out of the Net,
and perceived Them dan-
cing, He fays, not unwittilj, O
wicked Animals, w^/ I pip-
ed, Te were unwilling to dance ;
SELECT FABLES OF ^ESOP. 137
nunc quia cejfo tubicinare, now becaufc / ceafe to pipe,
faltatis continue. Te dance continually.
MoST.
Ha!C Fabula docet,
Omnia fi unt
fiunt fuo Tempon.
MOR.
This Fable fliows, that
All Things are done we/!, Which
are done in their own Seafon.
FABLE CLXXXIV.
De quibufdam Pifcatoribus.
PIfcatore profeB't
pifcatum, fcf defeffi
pifcando diu, pneterea
opprefli Fame & Mcerore,
quod ceptffent Nihil,
turn decernant abire,
eccc, quidam Pifcis fugiens
Aliam infequentem Se fallat
in Naviculam. Pikatores
admodam Iseti comprehendunt
Ilium, ac vend unt in
Urbc grandi Pretio.
MOR.
Hacc Fabula indicat,
quod Fortuna exhibet Id
frequentius, Quod Art noil
poteft '
Of certain Fijlermen.
FIrtiermen having gone
to fifh, fl</ tired
with Jl/hing a long while, befidcs
oppreffcd tuith Hunger and Grief,
becaufe They had taken Nothing,
when They refolve to go a-way,
behold, a certain Fifh jflying
another purfuing Him leaps
into the Boat. The Fifhertnea
very joyful take
Him, and fell Him "
the City at a great Price.
MOR.
This Fable fliowg,
/af Fortune offers That
very frequently, Which Art is not
able /0 efed.
FABLE
138 SELECT FABLES OF
FABLE CLXXXV.
De Inope 5" infirmo.
QUidam Pauper $ cum
agrotaret, vovit
Z)w, quod, Ji liberare-
tur ab co Morle, immo-
laret centum Boves.
>uod Dii volentes experiri,
facile reddunt Sanitatem Illi.
Igitur liber a Motbo,
cum non haberet Boves,
quia erat pauper, colle-
git Ofla centum
Bourn, fc? deponens
yi//<?r Altare, inquit, Ecce,
nwnc pevfplvo Votum, Quod
*OT>/ Vobis. -D audi-
entes Hoc alfiftunt El in
Somniis, atq; inguiunf, per-
gito orf Littus Marts ;
etenim ill reperies cen-
tum Talenta Auri fcmoto
Loco. Ille expergefaSus,
memor Somnii, dum
pergit ad IAttus t incidit
in Latrones, >ui fpoliant
5" vcrberant Eum.
MOR.
Hasc Fabula Indicat,
go</ Mendaces accipiant
Pracmia Mcndaciorum.
Of the poor and infirm Man.
A Certain poor Man, when
/fe waj fick vowed
to the Gods, that, if He fhonld be
freed from that Difeafe, He
would facrifice a hundred Oxen.
Which the Gods ivitting to try,
ffl/7/p reftore Health to Him.
"therefore free /row the Difeafe,
wtan he had not flk Oxfn,
becaufe Atf <zyaj poor, He ga-
thered the Bones ef a hundred
Oxen, and putting them down
upon the Altar, He faid, Behold,
now I pay the F'otv, Which
I vowed to YcO. The Gods hear-
ing This (land before him in.
Dreams, and .A?* Go
to the Shore of the Sea ;
for there Thou (halt find a hun-
dred Talents of Gold in a fecret
Place. He having arofe,
mindful o/" f/k Dream, whild
He goes on to the Shore, falls
Thieves, Who rob
beat Him.
MOR.
This
A^f Liars
the Rewards of Lies,
(hows,
receive
FABLE
SELECT FABLES OF JESOP. 139
FABLE CLXXXVL
De Pifcatoribus.
QUIDAM Pifcatoret
trahebant Rete Mari ;
Quod cum fentirent efle
grave, laetabantur magno-
pere, putantes fuiffe multos
Pifces ; fed, ut traxif-
fent Rete in Terr am,
cum perfpiciunt paucos Pifces
quidem, vero ingens Saxum
inefTe Red, fiunt trifles.
Qmdam ex Illis, jam
grandis JEtate, inquit ptu-
denter Sociis, Eftote
quietia Animu ; quippe
Maflitia eft Soror Laetitiz ;
etenim oportet Nos pro- ,
fpicere futures Cafus, y
ut >uis ferat illos
levitii, perfuadere Sibi
fic eventuros.
MOR.
Hec Fabula Jignificat,
quod >ui rezninifcitur
kuman<e Sort is, ajficititr
tninirae in adverfis.
Of the Fifhcrmen.
CERTAIN Ffieraen
\^s drtw their Net out of the Sea;
Which when they perceived to be
heavy, They rejoiced great-
ly, thinking that there were many
Pi/lies ; but, as foon as They had
dragged the Net unto the Lana f r
when They perceive few Fijhes
indeed, but a vaft Stone
to be in the Net, They become fad.
A certain One of Them, now
great by -Age, fays pru-
dently to his Companions, Be Te
of quiet Minds ; for
Sorrow is the Sifter of Gladnefs ;
for it behoYeth Us to fore-
fee future Mifchances, and
that any Man may bear Them.
more lightly, to perfuade Himfelf
that They will come to pais.
MOR.
This Fable fignifies,
that He who remembereth
human Lot, is
the Icaft in adverfe Things.
FABLE
SELECT FABLES OF JESOP.
FABLE CLXXXVII.
Cat a mut,ita
QUaedam Caia, tapta
dmcrc cujuftam
J'petio/t Adoltfcentis, oravit
Veoerem, ut mutaret
JSam in Fczminam. Venus
ntlferta I Hi us tnvtavlt liam
:n Formam Famint ; Qiiam,
cum effet va/a'e forinofa,
j4mator adduxit Domurh.
Sed ciim fedcrent Jimul in
Cu&icu/o, Venus volens
cxperiti, Jt, Facie mutatq,
inutaflet : y Mores,
coii/iltult Mure in in Medi-
um ; >uam cum Ilia
profpesit, oblita Formas ff
Amoris, fcrfecuia eft
Murem, vi cape-
ret ; fuper qua Re Venus
indignata, defiuo mutavit
Eara in prioretn Formam
Cata;.
MOR.
Fabula Jignificaf t quod
Homo t licet //#/
Pcrfonam, tamsn retinet
' 'dm Mores.
She-Cat being ckang
a Woman.
A Certain Caf, ' tsken
with the Love of a certain
leaittiful Young Man, be fought
Vtnus, that She would change
Her into a Woman. Venus
having pitxd Her changed Her
into the Shape of a Woman ; Whom,
when. She was very beatitiful,
the LoTcr led Home.
But ivhen They fat together in
the Chamber , Venus willing
to tiy, i/~, the Face &/n? changed^
She had changed fl^o her Morale,
plated a Moufe ;" the Mid-
dle ; Which when She
faw, having forgot her Shape <?</
Love, iSA* pitrfued
the Moufe, f&rf She might take
Her ; upon which Thing Venus
being ongry t again changed
Her into the former Shape
of a Cat.
MOR.
The Fable Jtgntfiet t that
a Man, altho* He may change
his Perfon, yet rctaicf
thtfame Manners.
F A B L F
SELECT FABLES OF ^ESOP. 141
FABLE CLXXXVIII.
De duobus Inlmicis.
DUO Qu'idam habentes
Inimicit'ias inter Sc
navigabaut una in Navi.
Et ciim Alter non paieretur
Aherum flare in eodein
.Loco, Units ftdit in Puppi,
Alter in Prord. Autcm,
Tempeftate ortd, cum
Navis eflVt in Periculo, Qrti-
fedebat in Prom rog.it G\.\-
bernatorem Navis, Quz
Pjrs Navis fcret fubmnfa
prliis ; & cum Gubernator
dixifftt Pup pirn, I lie ait,
Mors nunc non eft adto
mole/la Mihi, ft perfpicio
meum Inimiciun mori prius.
MOR.
Hxc Fabufa redargult
Inimicitias Hominutn ; tu,n
Inimicus fgfius digit
perJere Seipfum, vt per-
dat Inimlcum.
Of the two Enemies.
TWO certain Men having
Enmities between 'Themjflves
failed together in a Ship.
And when the One would not fujf'er
the Other to Jland in /)6c fame
Place, On? fat a/ the Head,
the Other at the Stern. But
a Temped having arofe, when
/,!ie .S^i was ,tw Danger, //^ ^v^
i"iU a/ the Prow fl/>f.r the Gover-
nor o/' //!? Ship, What
Ptir/ of the Ship would be funk
^/fr/r ; aitd ii-/v the Pilo^
had faid the Ster-it, /^ fai-d,
Death now /j n^/
trcublefome to Me, // I perceive
my Enemy to diejirft.
MOR.
This Fall: reprovrt
the Enmities of Men ; <wLcn
one Enemy very often chpof-.-s
to dejlroy Himfelf, that He may
dedroy his Enemy.
FABLE CLXXXJX.
De C^ne 3" Fabro. Of the Dog and the Smith.
QUidam Faler habebat \ Certain Smith
Canem, Qni, dum /\_ a Dog, Which,
Jpfc cudebat Fernim, He Jlruck the
dormiebat continue) ; v-ero Jlept continually ;
cum manducabat) Canfs when He eat, the
had
ivhil/1
Iron,
but
Dog
fiatim afTurgebat, cf fine immediately rofe up, and without
Mo-
De,
142 SELECT FABLES .OF ^ESOP.
Mora corrodcbat Qua
crane dejeSa fub Men/a,
ceu 0/a, & Alia
hujufmodi. >uam Rem
Faber anlraadverteris, ait
"4d Canetn, Heus, Mifer,
nefcio Qyid faciam ;
Qui, dum cudo Ferrum,
dormts continue, 5*
tencris Segnitie ; rurfus
cum movco Denies, ftatim
furgis, & applaudis Mini
Cauda.
MOR.
Fabula Jignificat, quod
Socerdes & Somnolent! t Qiii
uivunt ex Lqloribus aliorum,
/WH* coercendi grav't
Cenfura.
Delay gnawed ^io/^ things which
were thrown down under *< T^/<f,
as Bones, and c/^r Things
of this Kind. flOWcA Thing
/>6f 5m//A minding, /^ 7^^
to //^<? )(?, So Ho, Wretch,
I know not WAa/ I fhall do ;
Who, whilft /^r/^ the Iron,
Jleepejl continually, and
art poflefled with Sloth ; again
when I move my Teeth, prefently
Thou rife ft, and fatterejl Me
with thy Tail.
MOR.
The Fable f'gnifies, that
//&e Slothful and Drowfy, Who
AW out of /^ Labours of Others,
or* to be retrained cf/'/A <?
Cenfurc.
FABLE CXC.
De qua dam Mula-
QUsdam ^f/^r, cffefta
pinguis nimio Hordeo,
lafciviebat nimia Pingue-
dine, 'rnquiens Secum,
Equus fuit meus Pater, ^w/
erat celerr'imus Curfu, y
Ego fum fimilis Ei per
Omnia. Parum poft con-
ti^it, quod oportuit Mulam
currere quantum potuit ;
fed cum ce//avit Curfu,
inquit, Heu ! Miferam Me,
putabam Me cfle 5o-
0/"a certain
A Certain Aftf/f, being made
fat with too much Barley,
wantoned with too much Fat-
nefs, faying with Herfelf,
A Horfe was my Father, Who
was fwiftefl in the Race, an^
I OT like Him in
// Things. A little a/ter It hap-
pened, that It behoved M Mule
to run aj mur/ as She could j
^w/when She ceafed from Running,
S/j* /W, Alas ! wretched Me,
7f%o thought Myfelflo be /^ Qf-
ffring of the Horfe ! 2?w/ now
SELECT FABLES OF JESOP. 143
memlni Patrem f u ffi / remember that my Father nuas
Afinum. an Afs.
MOR. MOR.
Fabula fignificat, quod The Fable Jignifies, that
Stu/ti non agnofcunt Se- Fools do not know Them-
ipfos in profperis ; fed in felves \nprofperous Things ; but is
adverfis perfape recognof- adverfe Things very often They
.cunt/ww Errores. again know their Errors.
FABLE CXCI.
De Medico S3"
Mortuo.
QUid am Med\cus> Qui
cur aver at ^grotum,
Shit paulo pq/l moriebatur,
aiebat Illis, ^i efferebant
Funut, Si tfte Vir abflinu-
iffet Vino, & fuiflet uftis
Clyjltribus, non ftiiffet
mortuus. Q^nidam ex His,
>ui aderant, ait Medi-
co hand infacete, Heus,
Medice, ifia Coniilia
fucrunt dicenda, cum qui-
bant prodeffe, non nanr, cum
aalent Nil.
MOR.
Fabula fignificat) quod
ttW Confiliunj no prodt-Jl,
dare /^/ eo Temper e eft yW
deludcrc Amicurn.
Of the Phyfician and
the dead Man.
A Certain Pbyfklan, Who
^a*/ looked after a fick Man,
^Wo a little after died,
_/Ji/W to Them, Who bore /e
Funeral, If *a Man /^a<7 abjlain-
ed from Wine, anJ had ufed
Clyjlers, He would not have been
dead, A certain One of Thefe,
Who were prefent,y}>.f to the Phy-
fician not unwittily, So Ho t
Phyfician, thofe Counfels
were to be told, when They were
able to profit, not now, when
They avail Nothing.
MOR.
The Fable ftgnificst that
when Counfel dues not profit,
to give If at that Time is truly
to play upon a Friend.
FABLE
144 SELECT FABLES OF
FABLE CXCII.
De Cane & Liipo.
CUM Cants dormiret ante
Aulam, J.upus fuper-
veniens Jlaiim ccpit Eu<n,
& cum vcllct cccUere
Eum, Cants orabar,
ne occideret Cum, inquiens,
lit us, mi Lupe, nunc noli
occtder e Me ; tiam, ut vides,
fum tennis, g^acilis, &
xnacilentus ; fed meus Ph-
rus eft fa&urus Nuptias,
ubi, fi expeSnlii parum,
Ego manducans opipare, atq;
fflus pingliior, fro uti-
lior 7/&. Lupus
kalens Fidem /f;/ Verbis
diaiijit Canem. Foft
paucos D'MS Lupus acccrlcns,
cura repeiit Canem dbmixi-
tin Dotni, Jlans ante
Aulam, rogat Canem, ut
fraflaret Piomifia
^f. Cam's inyuit, Hens,
Lupe, fi cep'iffes Me ante
Aulam, ncn expttia-
MOR.
Kzc Falrula indicat,
quod Sapiens, cum femel
vitavtrit Pericutum, con-
tinue raw/ infutwo.
Of the Dog W the Wolf.
WHEN the Do* flept A?/0;v
the Hall, iktWo/f coming
upon Him, prefehtly took ^/CT ;
and <zt'fn He was willing /o Jlay
Him, /Zv Z)cj befought Him,
that he 'would n ot kill Him, Joy ing t
So Ho, my Wolf, noiu be unwilling
to till Me } for, as you fee r
I ana fear, lean, . aJ
flender ; K* my ATa-
^r is about to make a Wedding,
when, Jf jo -y>j7/' -wait a little,
/ 1 eating daintily, and
^/n^ become fatter, (ball be more
advantageous to Thee. The Wolf
having Faith . in /</ Words
difm'iffed the Dog. -^/i*r
a few Days the Wolf coming,
when ./& found the Dog Jltep-
ing at Home, jlanding before
/Z* //a//, aflis //'^ Dog, tha,t
would perform his Promifes
The Dog /ay j, Hark ye,
Wolf, {{Thou hailjl taken Me before
the Hall, Thou ii'ou/ef/i not haiv
e Wedding in -vain.
MOR.
This FabLt fhows,
that Itift Man, when ow^ir
He hath avoided a Danger, con-
tinually takes Care for //* future.
FABLE
SELECT FABLES OF
FABLE CXCIII.
De Cane b j Gallo.
CAnis y Callus Socii
faciebant fier ; autem
Vefperi fuperveniente,
Callus dormiebac inter Ra-
mos Arloris ; at Cants ad
Radicem. Cum Callus, "it
fl^/c/tf, cantabat No8u,
Vulpcs .audivit Eum, accur-
rit, Sf. Jlans inferius rogabat,
Ut defeenderet ad ^f,
quod cuptrct compltdli
Animal adeo commendabilf
Cantu ; auttm, cum /r
dixifTet, w/ priue excttaret
Janicorem dormentem ad
Radicem, ut defcende-
ret, ciim ///? aperuifiet ;
///o quaerente, w/ vocartt
Ipfum t Canis projiliens
dilaceravit F~ulpem.
MOR.
Fabula Jigni/teai, pru-
dentes Homines roittere /nx-
Se,
potentiores quam
jj foriioiea
Of the Dog a</ the Cock.
A Dog and a Cock Companion!
made a Journey ; but
Evening coming on,
f/><? Cock flept among the Bran-
ches <?/" a 7"r^ ; but the Dug at
/A* Root'. When the COCK .?v
.fr ;V ivont, crowc<i / //'.
a Fox heard Him, runs i^
him, and Jianding below ajked,
that ^iff would come du<uun to Him,
becaufc He dejired to embrace
fla Animal fo commendable
for Song ; a/, ;when /^
had faid, that firfl ^ jlould wake
the Porter Jleeping at
/^ ^?oo/, that J7<? wi/j^/ foaj?
down, when ^? had opened ;
#,? alkcd, /Aaf He would call
.//zw, the Dog leaping out
tore /# Fox.
MOR.
The Fable fignifies t that pru-
dent JW> fend Ene-
rr.iss more powerful /Aan
Themfelves, to the more brave
^y Craft.
FABLE
146 SELECT FABLES OF
FABLE CXCIV.
De Ranis.
DUJERanx pafcebantur
is Palude ; attfem
^Eftate Palude ficca-
ta, quxrelant aliara ; ctterum
invenerunt profundum
Puteum ; Quo vifo, Altera
dixit Altcri, Heus Tu,
defcentfamus in hunc
Puteum ; Ilia refpondens ait,
Si Aqua amer it hie,
quomodo afcendemus ?
#/" the Frogs.
TWO Frogs were fed
in a Mairti ; but
in Summer /ta Marjb being dried
up, They fought another J but
They found a deep
Well ; Which being feen, One
faid fo the Other, So ho ?~0 t
let us defccnd f'n/o this
Well ; the Other anfivering fays,
//" the Water Jhould dry up here,
io-a; fhall we get up ?
MoR
MOR.
Fabula
declarat,
quod
The
Fable
declares.
that
//*
Res
funt
agend
a: ;-
Things
are
to
be
done
tn-
confederate.
coiifiderately.
FABLE CXCV.
De Leone & Urfo.
LEO fc? Urfus,
cepiflent magnum
^iinanlum, pagtwbant de o,
& vulnerati graviter
feipfis jacebant defatigati.
^a^j,videns Eos proftratos,
5f Hinnulum jacehtem in
Media, rapuit //ar, & /a-
j/fis/. I Hi videbant, fed
jaw non potuerant furgere t
dicebant, Heu ! mife*os
Not, quia laboravimus
Vulpf. '
Cf the Lion cW the Bear.
THE Lion and the Bear,-a6m
They had taken a great
Fawn, fought about Him,
and wounded grievoufly by
one another they lay do-urn tired.
A Fox, feeing Them laid down,
and the Fawn /y/nj in
the Middle, fnatched Him, and ran
away. They fa'w Him, but
becaufe They could not rife,
They faid, Alas ! wretched
Us, becaufe We have laboured
for the Fox.
MOR,
SELECT FABLES OF #!SOP. 14?
MOR.
Fabula ftgnificat,
tlitm Alii laborant,
potiuntur Prxda.
MOR.
quod The Fable fs n lfi is * tliac
Alii whilft Some labour, Others
enjoy the Prey.
FABLE CXCVI.
De C,
CAffita, capta Laqueo,
dicebat ploraxs, Hei !
Mihi mifera & infelici,
non furripui Aurum neque
Slrgcntam cujufquatn ;
autem Granum Tritici fuit
Caufa meae Mortis.
MOR.
Fabula tendlt in Eos,
Qui fobeunt magtium Peri-
culum ob inutile Lucrum.
Of the LARK.
THE Lark, taken in a Snare,
yi/ lamenting* Alas !
to Me miferable and unhappy ,
I have not taken away fta Go/J nor
?ta Silver of any One ;
^af a Grain <?/ Wheat has been
/ Caufe of my Death.
MOR.
The Fable toH/r to
Who undergo great
^fr for unprofitable Gain.
.Dan-
FABLE CXCVII.
De Leone confeffo Senio. 0/"the Lion 'worn out with Age.
WHcntkeLion was grown old,
nor could get his Liv-
ing, He contrived a Way,
how ProviRonsJbouIJnot lie wanting
to Him. Therefore having entered
the Den, lying down, He feign-
ed Himfclf vehemently to be fick.
The living Creatures, thinking Him
verily to be Jick, went
to Him for the 5a^of vifiting Him;
Whom the Lion taking can
up J* n sfy' When
now
u
CUM Leo fenuiffet,
nee poflet qvsrere Vic-
tum } machinabatur Viam,
qui Alimenta hand deeffent
Sibi. Igitur ingreffus
Speluncam, jacens, Jimula-
bat Se vehementer segrotare.
Animalia^ putantia Se
vere <egrotare, accedebant
ad Eum Gratia vifitandi ;
Qyie Leo capiens mandu-
cabat ftngvlaiim. Cam
jam
148 SELECT FABLES OF 1ESOP.
jam occidiflet multa Ani-
malia, Vulpes, Arte Lecms
cognita, accedens ad Adi-
tum Speluocaci ftans exte-
nts, regal Leonem quomodo
valcret. Leo refpondens
blandl Ei alt, Filia
Futyes, cur nan ingrederit
Intro ad Me ? fu/pts aitnon
illepide, Quoniam, mi
Ifere t cerno equidem perplu-
ra Vejligia Animalium tn-
grrdientiunij fed nulla Ve-
ftigia Eorum egredientium.
nciu He had killed md.'jy A pi-
rn als, The Fox, the Art of the Lion
being known, coming to .>< En-
trance of the Cwe,J}anding with-
out, <7,#.r the Lion how
He did. 7"/6<; jL/on anfwering
fairly to Him y^/W, Daughter
Fox, why ///? 716 OM not enter
in fo Me ? 7*^ AA- faid no/
unwlttily, Becaufe, my
Majler, I perceive indeed 'v 'ery ma-
ny Footjleps of Animals f/:^r-
/"/; /, but no Foot-
fleps o/" 7/5fm coming out.
MOR. MOR.
Fabula Jignificat, quod The Fable Ji n >fi
prudcns Horiio, >ui pro- a prudent Man, /W
videt immincntia Pericula, fees imminent
facile devitat Ilia. eaftly avoids Them.
><7 fore-
Dangers,
FABLE CXCVIII.
De Leone ^ Tauro.
LEO fsquens ingentem
Taurum per InJiJias,
cum accejjit prope, vocavit
Eum ad Coenam, inquiens,
Amice, occidl Ovem,
canabit Mecurn lodie, ft
placet Tibi. Pojiquam
difcubuiffent, Taurus
confpicicns plures Lebetcs,
<5? Obeli fcos faratos, &
adeffi nullam Ovfm Illi,
volutt dccederc ; Quern
Leo pfrfpiciens jam abeitn-
1cm t rogavit, cur abiret.
Taartu rtfpondit,
0/"thc Lion end the Bull.
ALTON following a great
^w// by Treachery,
\vhen //<? famr nrar, invited
Him /0 Supper, faying*
Friend, / have killed a Sheep,
You /ball f up with Me To- Day, if
// pleafes You. y& yoo a-f
They had fat down, the Bull
feeing iway Cauldrons,
and Spits ready y and
fa/ /^r<f wjj no S'/fw/ for Him,
waf willing to depart ; Wham
the Liunferceiving novt going away t
afked Him, w-^y He would go.
The Bull aufwercd, Tru>,
I do
SELECT FABLES OF 1ZSOP. 14$
non abeo de Nihilo,
cum videam Injlrumenta
pa rat a non ad coquendum
Ovcm, fed Taurum.
I do not go away for Nothing,
when I fee Injlntments
prepared not to drrfs
a Sheep, but a Bull.
MOR.
Fabula fi^nificat,
Art a improborum
latent prudeutes.
quod
non
MOR.
The Fable fignlfies,
the Arts of the Wicked
lie hid from the prudent.
that
da not
FABLE CXCIX.
De JEgroto fcf Me-
dico.
7}7GER, rogatus a
**-' Medico de fud
Salute, rffpondit, Se
fuddjfe violcnter ; Medi-
cus ait, Id fuifle bonum ;
rogatus ab eodem Medico
fecundo, quomodo invenie-
bat Se, ./Egrotus intuit,
Se fui//e comprenfum ve-
hcmtnti Frigore : Msdlcus
quoque ait t Id fore ad
Salutem. Interrogatus
tcrtio ab eodem, quomodo
rcperiebat Se, JEgrotus
inquity Se non potvijje
iligerere fine magna Dijji-
cultate. Medicus ait rurfus,
Id fulfle optimum ad
Salntem ; deinde, cvm
Oiiidaro Domejlicorum
interrogaret JEgrotum,
quomodo valeret, ait life,
tit Medicus ait, funt
Mihi multa &. optima Signa
ad
Of the Sick Man and the Phy-
fician.
THE Sick Man leing afied by
the Phyftcian about his
Health, anftoered, That he
had fiucated violently ; the Phy-
fie'ian fays, that That was good \
aflced by the fame Pbjfician
a fecond time, how He found
Himfelf, the fick Man faid,
that He it) as. fo'zcd -with a vehe-
ment Coldnefs ; The Phyftcian
alfo fays, that That was for
his ' Health. Aflted
a third time by /&? fame, liow
imfelf, flfe /^ ^/?
that He ivas not all?
to digeft without great Diffi'
culty. The Phyficianyi/)^ again,
/Aa/ T/fa/ was the bejl for
A/V Health ; afterwards, when
fome One of his Dome/licks
aflced the ftck Man,
how ^ didj fays //<?,
as /^ff Phyftcian fays, //1/rr^ /?r^
to Me many and ^ ^ Signs
150 SELECT FABLES OF JESOP.
ad Salutem, (amen difpc- for Health, yet I
reo illls SJgnis. rifh by thofe Signs.
pc-
MOR. MOR.
Falula indicat, dffenta- The Fable /how, that Flatter-
res efle culpandos. trs art to be blamed.
FABLE CC.
Be quodam LICNATORE. Of a certain WOOD-CUTTER.
DUM quidam Ligna-
tor fcindebat Lignum
juxta Flumen, dicatum Deo
' Merc ur'io, Securis Cafu
decidit in Flumen. Igitur
affe&us tna'fo Mcerore,
conjidebat getnens juxta
Ripam F/umints. Mer-
curius, motus Mifericordia,
apparuit Lignario, &
rogavit Caufam fui Fletus ;
>uam fimul ac didicit,
afferent aurearn Securim,
rogavit, utrum eflet
Ilia, Quam perdiderat. At
Pauper negavit efle
fiiam. Secundo Mercurius
detulit alteram, argenieani ;
Quam, cum Pauper
ntgaret quoque ejfe fuam,
pojlremo Mercurius detullt
ligneam ; cum Pau-
per ajjent'iret, Illam ejfe
fuam, Mercurius, cognofcens
Ilium efle Hominem verum
df juftum, dedit Omnes Sibi
Dono. Igitur Ligna-
rius, accedens ad Socios,
declarat Quid acciderat
WHILST a certain Wood-
Cutter cleaved Wood
near a River, dedicated to the God
Mercury, his Ax by chance
fell into the River. Therefore
afFeded -with much Grief,
fie fat down fighing near
the Bank of the River. Mer-
cury, moved with Pity,
appeared to the Wood-Cutter, and
flj&r/the Caufc of his Weeping ;
Which as foon as He learnt,
bringing to him a golden Ax t
He afked, Whether It was
That, Which be had loft. But
the poor Man denied that it was
his. A fecond Time Mercury
brought another, a Jilver One ;
Which, tulen the poor Man
denied alfo to be his,
at laH Mercury reached
the wooden One ; when the Poor
Man agreed, that That was
his, Mercury, knowing
Him to be a Man true
ajrfjuft, ^avf Them All /<? Him
for a Gift. Therefore the Wood-
Cutter, coming to A/V Companions^
declares /f&tf had happened
to Him.
SELECT FABLES OF ^SOP. i$t
Sibi* Unus e Sociis
vo/ens experiri Id, cum
acce/ji/fet ad F/utsen, dtjecit
Securim in Aquam^ deinde
confedit flens in Ripa ;
Caufam Cnjus F lei us cunt
Mercurtus audiviffct, ajfe-
rens auream Sfcurim, rogavit,
Illane eflet, Quam
perdiderat : Quam, cum
ajfereret effc fuarn, Mer-
curius, ejus Irapudenlia cog-
nit a, nee tradidit Ei
auream, nee fuam.
MOR.
Fabula fignificai, quod
quanta Deus ty? propi-
tior Probis, exiftit M/<>
j^/or Improbis.
/'? /('/m. One o/~ his Companions
willing to try //, when
/^ir came to /ta Rruer, threw
bis Ax into */><; Watcr> then
#< y/7< weeping on the Bank ;
the Coa/fofWhofe Weeping when
Mtrcary had heard, bring-
ing a golden y^.v, He afked,
7^/Arr r/^/ was It, /TAwA
He had loft : Which, when
/^ afferted to be /for own, Mer-
cury, his Impudence being
known, neither delivered to Him
the golden One., nor his own,
MOR.
The Fflble jlgnifia^ tiiat
by hotv much God w jtnorc propi-
tious to the Honejl, He is the mare
injcjluous to the Wicked.
FABLE CCI.
Medico, Qui
Infanos.
ciuabat
P Lures cottaquclanlur de
fuperfivd Cura Ecrum,
Qui alunt Cartes, ad Aucu-
pium. Quidam ex lis
inquit, Stultus Mediolani
rifit /f'oj refte, C'ww
Pabula pofctretur, inquit,
Fuit Medic us, Ci-vis Medio-
lani, >ui fufcipiebat
fanare infanos, delates ad Se
intra cerium Tempos :
autsm Curatio erat hujus
Modi ; habebat Domi
Aream, $5* in ed Lacunam
f&tidx
Of the Phyfician, Who cured
tie Mad.
MANY tetf/ of
the fuperfluousCart of Them,
Who feed -Dogs for Fowl-
ing. A certain Man o/" Them
fays, The Fool o/" Med'tolanum
kughed at Thefe rightly. When
the Story was demanded. He faid,
There <was a Phyfician, a Citizen
of Mediolanum, Who undertook
to cure the Mad, brought to Hint
within a certain Time :
tut the Cure was of this
Manner ; He had at Hnmc
a Court, and in i/ a Pon-.l
152 SELECT FABLES OF
fetlde Aqi:je, in Qua
ligavit Eos nudos ad
Paiurr., Alios ;ifq; ad Genua,
Aiios vfque ad Vent r em t
Nonnullos profunJius, fe-
cuiidiino Gradum Infaniae ;
ac tamdiu macerabat Eos
jlqud, quoad viderentur
fani Mente. Quidam
eft aJlaius inter Cdieros,
Quem fofu'it in Equant
uique ^ Femur, hti coc-
pit rejipifcere poft quindecim
Dies, 5* rogare yimrn Me-
dicum, vt rcduceretur
em Aqua ; Ille exemit
fiominem a Crucialtt, tarn en
ca Conditioae, ne egrede-
retur Aream. Cum
paruiffet aliquot Dicbus,
pcrmifit, vt perambula-
rct Mam Domnm ; at
ut nan egrtderetur exterio-
rem Tanuam ; (Sociis,
Qui erant multi, rellfiis in
Aqua ;) paruit Manda-
te Medici di/igen-
ter ; vero JIans fuper Li-
men quouam Temfore ; (nam
non audelat egredi,) vldit
Juvenem vsnisr.tcm in Equo
cum duobus Canibus, b 5
Accipitre ; motus Novi-
tate Rei ; (etcnim non tene-
bat Memoria
Quf viderat
ante Infaniam ; cum
jfuvcnis accefliflet, Ille
inquit, Ifevs, TH, oro, re-
fponde Mini paucis : Quid
ejl Hoc, >UQ vehe-
fit ? Intuit, eft Equus.
Turn
tif Jlinking Water, in. Which
He bound Them naked to
a Stake, Some up to the Knees,
Others up to the Belly,
fome more deeply, accord-
ing t-j the Degree of Madnefs ;
and fo long He jlarved Them
in the Water, till They feemed
found in Mind. A certain Man
was brought among the Reft*
Whom He p-ut into the Water
up to the Thigh ; Who be-
gan to repent after fifteen
Days, and to alk his Phy-
fkian, that He might be brought
cut of the Water ; He took out
/i6^ jlfian from the Torment, yet
on that Condition, that He Jhould
not go out of the Court. When
He had obeyed fome Days,
He permitted, that He might
walk over the 'whole Hotife ; lut
that hejlouldnet go out of the out-
ward -Gate ; (his Companions,
Who were many, being left in
fr Water ;) He obeyed //6<r COOT-
mandi of the Phyfician diligent'
ly ; but flanding upon /ta Thre/h-
cld on a certain TiW ; (for
/^ did net dare to go out,) ffefavf
a Young Man coming on Horff
with /wo Dog?, a</
a Hawk ; moved with the No-
velty c/"/f Thing; [forfffduf not
retain in Memory
A&* T/&OT^/ 7f*/rA He had feen
before his Madnefs ;} \vhen
/i6f Toung Man came near, //ir
fa id, So ho, You, / /rsj, an-
fwcr Me in a few Things : What
is This, en Which Thou art car-
ried ? &7y/ /&, It is a Horff.
Then
SELECT FABLES OF 1ESOP.
'53
Tum de'wceps, Q^id voca-
tur Hoc, Quod geftas
Manu, St. in qua Re
uteri's ? fife refpondit,
eft Accipitcr, &? aptus
Captui Perdicum.
Tum In fan us petit, &
Hi, C^ui comitantur Te,
Qui i'unt, 5* Quid
profunt Tibi ? J?;V,
Sunt Canes, & 0/>/i Au-
cupio, ad invettigandum
Jives. Autem hoe Aves,
Caufd capiendi Quas
paras tot Res,
cujus Pretii funt, fi con~
feras Capturam totius
Ann! in tinum ? KOT re-
fpondiflet parvum, nefcio
quid, & quod non ex-
cederet fex Aureos, Infanus
rogat, Quanam fit Impenfa
Equi, Canum, &
Acctpitris ? afHrmavit 7re-
penfam Eorum ejfe quotan-
nis quinqitaginta Aureos.
Tum admiratus Slultitiam
Juvenis, inquit, oro,
alt bine ocyus, antequam
Medicus rcdeat Domum ;
nam ft Hie compererit Te,
conjiciet Te IB fuam
Lacunam, veluti infani/Ji-
mum Omnium, to" collo-
cabit Te in ^ja ufque ad
Mentucn.
MOR.
Hzc Fabula oftendit,
multas Infanias effe quotidie
inobftrv&u*
Then afterwards, What is call'
ed This, Whuh thou beared
on thine Hand, and in what TTwtf
doft thou ufe it ? He anfwered,
it it a Hawk, and fit
for the catching of Partridges.
then the Madman ajks, and
TAefe, That accompany Thee,
/irAaf are they, an^/ What
do they profit to Thee ? He fays,
They are Dogs, and ./fr for Fowl-
ing, to trace
ftfe Birds. But ft&^fc Birds,
/or the Saka of catching /^"A/VA
You prepare fo many Things,
of what Price are They, if Ton
put together the Catching of a whole
Year into one ? When%\ had an*
fvvered a little, I know not
what, and </W it could not ex
ceed ^w Guineas, the Madman
afks, /fAa/ may be the Expence
of the Horfe, of the Dogs, and
oftheHawk? He affirmed theEx-
pence of Them /o ^ year-
ty ^/"<y Guineas.
TA^o having admired /A* ^"o/^
of the Young Mzn,fayshe, I pray,
jfo hence quickly, before that
the Phyftcian return Home ;
for // He Jhould Jind Thee,
/rV tuill throw Thee //<? his
Pond, as /A* wo^
wff^ of all Men, and He will
place Thee in //fc Water up /o
the Chin.
MOR.
This Fable fliows.
many MadnefTes to be daily
anci/Jrrw*^.
FABLE
154 SELECT FABLES OF
FABLE CCII.
JDf obflinata Muliere, $>u<e
vocavit Virum pedicirlofum.
QUffidarn Mulier, fupra
Modum- contraria yi-
ro, ua ut vellet fffe fupe-
rior, femel in gravi Alter-
catione cum Eo vocavit
Eum pedicuiofum. Ille, ut
retra&uret iUud Verbum,
contun&bat Uxoretn, ex Jens
Illaru Pugtris & Calcibus.
Quo magis caedebatur,
eo plus vocavit Illunar
pedicutofum. Vir tandem
laffus verier ando lllam>
ut fuperaret Pertina-
ciam Uxoris, dimifit
in Flumen per Funero,
dicens, ., Se fuffocaturum
Earn, ft non abftineret
fa/i'iaj Verbis. Ilia per-
ilabat n/>6<Vo minus cottti-
tiuare Jllud ferbutn, quam-
vis fixa ufqae ad Mentum
in Aqua. 7am Vir
demerfit Earn in Flumen,
it a ut non pojjlt loqui
amplius, tentans Ji pofiet
attertere Earn a Pertinaciu
Timor e Mortis. At Ilia,
Facultate loquendi ademp-
td, exprimebat Digitis,
Quod nequibat Ore :
Nam, Manibus ereclis fupra
Caput, Unguibus utriufqite
Poll ic is conjuncJis, dcdit
quod Opprobrium fotuit
Viro, Mo Geftu.
MOR.
Haec Fabula indicat, quod
Quidani retinebunt fuamPerti-
naciam etiam Pericuh Mortis.
F I
Of the obftin,ate Woman, Who
called her Hujbqnd loufy.
A Certain Woman, above
meafure cont-nry to her Huf-
band, fo that (he would be upper -
molt, once in a heavy Quar-
rel wit A Hirrt called
Him loufy. He, that
She might ret raft that Word,
bruifed his Wife, e eating
Her /VA AM Fifii and J7^//.
By how mucht/jeincrefht was beaten
^y_/o macA the morey<? ra//f</Him.
/oa/r. The Man at length
tired w/V>6 beating Her,
//j<?/ He might overcome the Ob-
Jlinacy of his Wife, let her down
into a River by a Rope,
f a y tn g> t^ 3 * He would fuffocatc
Her, r/" She would not abftaia
from fuch Words. She per-
fifted in nothing the lefs to conti-
nue that Word* al-
tho' jSjc^J up to the Chin
* the Water. Then the Man
pJunged Her t/a the River,
fo that iS^f rouW o# fpeak
more, trying if He could
avert Her _/fW her Obftinacy
by the Fear of Death. But She,
*A* Faculy of fpcaking ^/n^- /a^f
away, expreflfed with her Fingers,
For, her Hands being raifed above
her Head, the Nails of each
Thumb being joined, She gave
what Reproach She could
to her Hufband, by that Gefture.
MOR.
This Fable mows, that
Some will retain their Obfti-
nacy even at the Hazard of Death.
N I S.
Quid*.
naciam e tiara JL
