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 FABULiE ^SOPLSELIlCTiE,. / / / 
 
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 AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION, 
 
 MORE LITERAL THAN ANY YET EXTANT. 
 
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 DESIGNED FOR THE READIER INSTJIUCTION 01 
 BEGINNERS IN THE LATIN TONGUE, 
 
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 f BY H. CLARKE, 
 
 ^ TEACHER OF THE LATIN LANGUAGE. 
 
 ^ PHILADELPHrA': 
 
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 PRINTED FOR JOHN CONRAD AlfD CO. MATHEW 
 CAREY, H. AND P. RICE, THOS. AND WM. 
 BRADFORD, S. F. BRADFORD, P. BYRNE, J. 
 AND J. CRUKSHANKS, JOHN MCCULLOCH, H. 
 SWEITZER, W. W. WOODWARD, JACOB JOHN- 
 SON, J. HUMPHREYS, AND J. GROFF, 
 
 1802. 
 
 Xi L. FLOWMAN; PRlNTiR, 
 
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PREFACE. 
 
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 WHOEVER hath duly confidered the great difficulty there 
 i^ in our firft encountering with the idioms of the Latin 
 tongue, the variety of English words, which will fomctimes an- 
 fwer to one Latin one, with the many miftakes which boys muft 
 naturally be liable to, who cannot immediately form any tolera- 
 ble judgment of the thing which they are engaged in; muft 
 furely, in fome meafure, he brought to aclcnowledge, that the 
 having things explained and cleared up to their underftandings, 
 as they go along, is the bed and only means of making them 
 «ager 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 defccnd a little lower, than others have hi- 
 therto fubmitted themfelves to. For I will not refufe to own, 
 that I am apprehenfive, the fear of too great a baldnefs in the 
 tranflation hath deterred even thofc, who have carried this affair 
 farther than was at firft imagined it could ever have gone, from 
 rendering it fo plain, that children might ftill the more readily 
 come into the knowledge of the conftruclion, and form a better 
 and quicker idea of the different parts of fpeech. 
 
 Things relating to inftru(^ion cannot well be made too eafy ; 
 but to write in the terms of a pedant, or in fuch a lownefs or 
 poverty of expreflion, as dwindleth almoft into nonfenfe, is a 
 hardfhip too great to be fubmitted to by any man of fpirit. 
 But alas ! Freedom of ftile is one thing, and literal tranflation 
 another ; and the beft 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 towards the making a progrefs more con- 
 fidcrable ; whereas, by attempting the conftrudion of phrafes 
 too foon, they become loft, and bewildered in a maze. 
 
iv PREFACE. 
 
 It hath been thought proper therefore to make the English' 
 words here to anfv/er to the Latin, as grammatically as pofli- 
 ble ; and, where more exprefTive ones might often have been • 
 made ufe of, thofe, which are moft ufually met with, Uave been 
 judged the mod convenient ; the varyii>g the phrafe too much 
 at firfl: tending rather to confound, than graft any thing in the 
 memory. 
 
 * A new edition of jEsop, with the Latin and English each.- 
 in their diflin6l columns, had. been long ago wiftied for j but, . 
 as Mr. Locke had before fuffered an interlineary verfion of it* 
 to be printed with his name in the title page, it is highly pro- 
 bable, 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 lan- 
 guage by Grammar ; which, confequently, did iiot lead him 'to 
 hiave the English made with the greateft grammatical ftrictnefs 
 to the Latin, and left room for fomething to be attempted^ 
 which might be afforded at an eaGer rate, and what might better 
 anfwer the purpofes of a common fchool-book. 
 
 Upon the whole, yon have here a colledion of the greateft 
 part of the Fables done in an eafier manner, than any yet ex- . 
 tant ; and the farther you enter into the book, you will find 
 fuch little liberties taken in the expression, as may naturally 
 fuit with te7ider capacities^ whilft the judgment ripens by 4e-^ . 
 grecs. 
 
 Beildes, the advantage of the Roman and Italic characters be- 
 ing alternately ufed for the better inftruftion of young beginners, 
 this translation is contrived to anfwer line for line throughout ; 
 and care hath been generally taken tn avoid the breaks oi words 
 fo frequent in things of this nature, that it is next to an ini- 
 poffibility now to miftake. 
 
 * Vide pRETACE to Clarke's Cordery, 
 
«ELECTiE FABUL^ iESOPI, 
 
 SELECT FABLES ^^-^iESOP 
 
 FABLE I. 
 
 De Gali.o. 
 jT^ ALLUS, dum vcrtlt 
 
 Gem mam-, inquiens, ^uid 
 reperio Rem tarn nitidam ? 
 Si Gcmmarius reperiffct 7V, 
 Nihil esset laetius 
 
 Eo, lit ^li fciret 
 
 Pretium : Quidem est 
 nulli Usui Mihi, nee scftlmo 
 Alagni ; imo eqtcidem 
 
 mallem Granirm lior- 
 dei omnibus Gemmis. 
 
 A 
 
 a 
 
 do I 
 if a 
 
 NotI: 
 than 
 the 
 
 Of the Gocx. 
 
 COCK, zuhil t 1 e turns i-vy 
 
 a Durgj-it, find^ 
 
 yewely faying, jrhjf 
 
 find (3 Thing fo bright f 
 
 Jeweller liad found 77i<?f, 
 
 ivouid b: 
 
 He. 
 
 joyful 
 
 /r/;j uouid>knc\r 
 Pr;c^ : Inler.d it is 
 
 of no t/>." to Me, nor do I efteem i*. 
 at a great Rate ; nay indeed 
 I had rather liave « Grain of Ear- 
 ley iA^/z tv// Jewels. 
 
 Morale. 
 Intelligejfjf;- Gremmam Ar~ 
 tern 8c Sapientiam ; per G«/- 
 /jnn, Hominem stotidum 8c 
 
 The iVIo; 
 Underftrnl by 
 Art and /f isdom ; 
 a Man /I/ 
 
 A I.. 
 
 the Jewel 
 by the Cccky 
 dish ar.fi 
 
 :^32907 
 
S^XECT FABLES OF /ESOP. 
 
 voluptjiriinn ; nee Stulti 
 aman-t liberales Arte?, cum 
 .leiciant Usian carum ; 
 v.ec Voluptarius, ^J^^PP^ 
 A'oluptas .ij/.'T placeatZ/, 
 
 voluptuous ; neither Fools 
 
 love , liberal Arts, vthen 
 
 they know not the use, of them ; 
 nor H voluptuous man, because 
 Pleafure i;lone pleaies hiin,_^^^ ' 
 
 FABLE IL 
 
 Ve Cane isf Umbra. 
 
 CAnis tranans fluvlunf\ 
 vehebat Garnem Rictu ;' 
 Sole splendente^ Umbr; 
 Carnis lucebat in Ao.iii 
 Sluam Ille videns^ Sc aviclle 
 ca'ptans, perdidit v^uod erat 
 ia Fducibus : Itaq; pertulsus 
 Jaftuia ts* Rei £5* 
 Spei, primum ftupuit ; de- 
 inde recipiens Animum fic 
 clatravit: Mifer ! Modus 
 
 deerat 
 
 Erat ^ 
 
 ni desipuissks, 
 
 i 
 
 tu£ . Cupldttati : 
 
 falls , super que ^ 
 
 Jam, 
 
 tuam Snikitiams eft 
 
 ?ninus Nihllo Tioi. 
 
 MoR. 
 Sit Modus 
 
 Cupiditati, ii-e . 
 .crVdpro incert'Ls. 
 
 tu-ae 
 
 amittas 
 
 Of the Dog and the Shadow» 
 
 A Dog snvimming over a River^ 
 carried Flefli in his Chops ; 
 the Sim shining^ the Shadow 
 of the Flesh ihone in the Waters ; 
 nvhich Ke ^eeing^ 2ivA greedily 
 catching at, lost what loa^ 
 in his Jaivs ; Therefore struck 
 with the Lofs both of the Thing and 
 \\\z Hope, at first He was amazed ; 
 afterwards taking Courage thus 
 he barked out : Wretch I Modera- 
 tion was wanting to thj Defire : 
 There ivas enough, and too much^ 
 unlefs.f/iOM hadst been.mad» Now, 
 thro* thy Folly ^ there is 
 less than Nothing /or Thee, 
 
 MoR. 
 Let there be Moderation to thy 
 Desire^ left f/io« /o^e 
 
 certain things /br uncertain. 
 
 lie Lupo 'O' GruE. 
 ,UM Lupus vorat 
 Overtly forte Oj^a 
 hael'ere m Gula, antbit^ 
 orat Oft.-»?, Nemo opitulatur ; 
 Omnes d.ctitant, eum tulisse 
 Pramium ^w« Voracitatis ; 
 Tandem multis Slandiuiis 
 
 FABLE in. 
 
 0/the Wolf and the Crane. 
 
 WHlift fl Wolf devonreth 
 a Sheep, by chance the Bones 
 f^uck /;zhis Throat; He goes about, 
 aiks- //1?/|&, Nobody assists ; 
 Ail \.Si3j;, that he had got 
 ■the Reward of his Greedinefs : 
 4c r length, with many Flatteries 
 
SELEUT FABLES OF ^SOP. 
 
 ])Iuribufq; ProtJtissis, inducit 
 Gruem, ut, longissiuij 
 Collo jnserto in Guhm 
 cximercT' Os infixum. 
 VeruJ7i illufit Ei petenti 
 Premium, inquiens, Inepla^ 
 abi, non hales fat, ^z^oi 
 vivis ? Debts tuam Vitam 
 Mihi ; 5/ vcUem, poteram 
 prsmordere fuiun CoUum. 
 
 Quod 
 perit. 
 
 MoR. 
 
 facis 
 
 and more Promises^ He draws in 
 f/ie Crane, thnt //er i-eri; /jng- 
 Keck i5t;/;7^>' thrust into /-/5 Throaty 
 She wouM pull out f/i^ iiofzefiKcd in. 
 But He played upon Her diking, 
 a Rewardf faying, Fooiy 
 go away, luist thi)u not enough, that 
 thou If veil ? 'Diou owes:: thy Li/e 
 to Me,; if I wculJ, / iv^s able 
 to bite off thj Neck. 
 
 MoR. 
 What ihoiithest for the ungralcfii), 
 perisheth. 
 
 FABLE IV. 
 
 De RusTiro i^ 
 Colt: DUO. 
 
 RUilicus tulit Donium 
 Colubrum repcrtum in 
 yi^'e^prope enedtuni Fri^ore; 
 adjicit ad Focum : 
 
 Coluber recipiens Vim^ 
 Virufquc, delude non /erf »5 
 Flanimam, inftcit omne Tu- 
 giirium Sibilando. Rusticiis 
 corripiens Sudem accurrit, 
 c3* expoRulat Injuriam 
 cum £a Verbs Verberibusq ; 
 N u ni refc rrei has 
 
 Gratias ? Num eripcret 
 Vitam ///», C^i dederat 
 Viuim ////? 
 
 Ofth 
 
 A 
 
 the Smake. 
 
 Countryman brought Heme 
 
 Snake 
 
 t( und 
 
 the Snow, almost deid ivith Cold ; 
 He lays him tL the Fire ; 
 Tlur Sjiake rt£ovd^ing Strength, 
 and Poifon, ihei^ not hearing 
 the Flarae, ^i//cq^ all the Co/- 
 fj^z-c with Hining./T/je Countryman 
 fnatching a Stake runs .up, 
 a;;r/ cxpoftulntt ; the Injury 
 with ///m in Wojds and Blows, 
 Whether he would return tl)efe 
 Thanks? Whether He would take 
 Life from Him, Who had given 
 Life JO if/?a ? 
 
 MOR. 
 Interdum /^, ut 
 
 obsint Tibi, Shiibus 
 
 Tu prcfueris ; k // mere- 
 antur 7?7fl/} de TV, dc ^^uibus 
 Tu meritus sis bene. 
 
 MOR. 
 Sometimes ;7 happens, that 
 Me>' 6re hurtful to Tliee, whom 
 Thou //r7f/ proftcd ; and TVjey de- 
 fervc /7/ of T/zftf, of Whom 
 Tbou ^^^it deserved well. 
 
 22^Qft7 
 
SELECT FABLES OF, .£SOP. 
 FABLE V. 
 
 De Apro isf AsiNO. 
 
 DUni insrs A Tin us irri-i 
 debat Aprum, lUd 
 ind\gi^2Lnsfrendedat. Igna- 
 viffime. fueras quideni 
 Tneritus Malum ; sed tUnmi^ 
 fueris digniis Ptsnd^ tamei 
 Ego funi indignus^ qui punt- 
 ttm Te. Eidd tutus ; nainj 
 tz tutus ob Inert itiTTiM 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Eemus Operamy ut' 
 cum audiamiis, aut patiamur 
 indigna Nobis, ne dicamus^ 
 '^^■^^ifafi'amus indigna Nobis. 
 Nam molt 8c per^iti ple- 
 rjmq; gaude/ity fi ^n's- 
 yiam bonoriim resistat 
 •is -J pendent Magni, 
 
 ^' haberi dignos. 
 
 Ultione. Imitemiir Equos, 
 v^"* magnas Best i as, Qui 
 pratereunt cblatrantes 
 
 Caniciilos cum Contcmptu* 
 
 Of the Boar and the Ass. 
 
 WHilft the sluggish A^s laugh- 
 ed at the Boar, Jfe 
 {vetting gnashed his Teeth. M'ofl 
 flothful Wietch, thou hast indeed 
 deserved EvLl ; but although thou 
 hast been worthy of Punishment, yet 
 I am unft, who rnaj pu- 
 nish Thee. Laugh fecure, for 
 thou art safe for thj Sluggishness* 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Let us give an Endeavour, that 
 when we hear, or endure 
 Things univorthy of us, We do not say,. 
 or do Things unworthy of Us. 
 For bad and lost Men gene- 
 rally rejoice, if Any 
 one of the good resist 
 them ; they 'value it a: a great Rate-, 
 that they are accounted tvorthy 
 of Revenge. Let us imitate Horfes, 
 and great Beasts, ..who, 
 pass by barking 
 Curs vi\i\\€ontcmpt. 
 
 FABLE VI. 
 
 De Aqvu.a ^ 
 
 CORNir.ULA. 
 
 A Ouila nacta Cochle- 
 -*- jL am, nen quivit cruere 
 Piscem Vi, aut Arte. 
 Cornicula accede ns dat 
 Confilium, suadet fabvolare, 
 i^ c sublimi pracipitare 
 i Joe hie a in ' in Saxa ', nam 
 .■• c fjre, ut Cochlea 
 I'rangatjr, Cornicula 
 
 ■uiuiitt Ilumi, t^t 
 
 -.:■::'! Atrnr Casum : 
 
 0/the Eagle and 
 the Jackdaw. 
 
 AN Eagle having got a Coc- 
 kle, Kvas not able to get out 
 the Fish by . Force, or Art, 
 The Jackdavj coming up gives 
 Counftl, persuades her to fly up, 
 and from on high to throw down 
 the Cockle upon theStmes ; for that 
 so it would be, that the Cftckle 
 ivould be broken. The Jackdaw 
 stays on the Ground, tha^ 
 Ihc may watch the Full , 
 
SELECT FABLES OF JiSO?. 
 
 Aquila pracipitat ; 
 
 Tefta frangittir ; Pilcis 
 subripiliir a Cornicula ; 
 clufa Aquila dolet. 
 
 MtDR. 
 
 Noli habere Ficlcm 
 
 Omnibus Sc fac 
 
 inlpicias Consilium^ quod 
 
 ■ acccperis ab Ahis ; 
 nam il/w/if/ confulti «o« 
 
 confulunt suii Coii- 
 fultoribusj i-cf/ Sibi. 
 
 The Eagle thronu? it doivn ; 
 y\\t Shell is broken; Th- Fifti 
 is snatched atvay by the Juchdaw ; 
 tiie deluded Eagle grieves. 
 
 MoR 
 
 Be* Hot /willing- to /baive Faith 
 in ati 3fen, and dj 
 
 you look into the Counsel, wiiicK 
 joii have received from others ; 
 lor Manj being' conrulted do r^t- 
 CGunfcI for their Gon- 
 
 i'ultors, but i'or The-Jirc:lvei;. . 
 
 FABLE VI r. 
 
 De CoRvo CJ* 
 
 VULPECULA. 
 
 COrviis nactus Praciam, 
 strepitut in Ramis : 
 V LI I pec 111 a 'videt Eum gi» 
 Si'icntcm, accurrit : Vulpes^ 
 inquit, impcrtit Corviim 
 plurima Salute. Sxpenumero 
 audiveram, Fa mam tlTe 
 JlfenJactmy jam experior Re 
 ipsa : Nam, ut forte pra- 
 tcreo hac, suspiciens Te ;Vt 
 Arbore, advoloy culpans 
 Famam^ Nam Fa ma cfl, 7t' 
 effe nigricrem Pice, ^ video 
 fe candidiorem Nive, Sane /?z 
 meo jfudicio vincis Cy^no^, 
 k t^^ formofior alba 
 Hedeia. ^uod fi, nt ex- 
 ctlias //I Pluniis, it.j Sc 
 Totv, equidem dicer em te 
 Regiiiani .omnium Avium. 
 Corvus ilkctus hac Assen- 
 tiunculd, apparat ad 
 
 tanendam. ^crb Galeus 
 txcidit e Rostra ; ()ji^o 
 <• rnpto V u Ipecu 1 h j 
 
 0/tiie Ckow and 
 the Fox. 
 
 A Crow having got a Prey, 
 makes a Noise in f //j branches : 
 the Fox ^i'tfj liim 7-t'- 
 jo icing, runs up : 77je i'jx, 
 lays lie, conpiinients tiie Crow 
 with very much Htalth. Very often 
 liad I heard, that Fame was 
 a Li a'-, now I fnd it in the Fact 
 itself: For, c^ by Chance I pass 
 by this way, seeing You //r 
 the Tree, I fy to you<, blimino- 
 Fame : For the Report is, that you 
 are blacker than Pitch, t;;i.-/ 1 iVe 
 ^voi/ whiter f/zan Snriv. Truly in 
 my Judgment yow lu. pafs the Sea ; ) , 
 and are fairer fA^-;;! i/i::^ •;yA.'ij 
 Ivy. But if,, ai. you ( 
 ccl in Ftathej-s, you do so a.l , 
 in Voice, triUy I should call \' ■ 
 
 f/fi 
 
 9ucen 
 
 all 
 
 The Crow allured by this z 
 ft'?^, prepares . 
 
 liiig^. But the ^ 
 
 fell from /i/^ 2/fj« ; 
 being ^Hatched by ■... : 
 B 2 
 
~io!l:t Cachinnum : 'Tttm k 
 demum Co-rvus^ Pudore 
 juncto Jaclura; .Rck 
 
 dolet. 
 
 MoR. 
 Nonnulli sunt tarn avidi 
 
 Laudi 
 
 ut ament Assen- 
 
 tatorem cum suo Probro i^ 
 JDamno. Homunciones hujus 
 Modi flint Pradx Parafito. 
 ^iwi fi •oitdsstis Jadlan- 
 tiam, facile vitaverls 
 pzstiferum Genus Assen- 
 tatorum. Si Tii vclis esse 
 Thrafo, Gnatho nufquam 
 '■rtrit Tibi. 
 
 :■ sets v.p a Laughter 
 at laft. the CroWy Shame 
 b&in^ j^/incdzo the Lofs oftheThin^ 
 grieve th. 
 
 MoR. 
 Some are fo greedj 
 
 of PrailV» that they love a Flat- 
 terer with their cnvn Difgrace and 
 Damage. Men of this 
 
 Kind are a Prey to the Parafite. 
 But if j^M had a-voided Boaft- 
 ing, easily would you have avoided 
 the pestilent Race of Flatter- 
 ers, If Thou art willing to be 
 a Thrafo, a Gnatho never 
 IV HI be nv anting to Thee. 
 
 FABLE VIU. 
 
 De Cane ist Asino. 
 
 DUM Canis blandiretur 
 Hero 8c FamiliXy 
 I Herus l:f Familia demulcent 
 * Caneni. Asellui, videns 
 •J^ g-emit altissime ; Nam 
 «.'r/);V ■ pigere Sor- 
 
 -'<•; Putat inique compa- 
 ; ratum, Canem efTe ^ra- 
 j *tt/tt cundis, pascique 
 ' herili Mensdy & 
 
 tjmequi Hoc Ot/o 
 
 Isudoque : 5t'5e con- 
 
 tra- portare Clitellas^ 
 f<«i// Flagello, esse 
 
 nunquam otiosum^y & tamen 
 I odiol'um cunctis, SI A«c 
 ;] fiant BlanditHs^ ftatuit 
 ' xeetari earn Artein, qux sit 
 
 trail uttltj. 
 
 loritur 
 
 quo- 
 
 dam Tempore tentaturus 
 Hem, procurrit obviajn. 
 ilero redeunti Domvm, 
 
 Of the Dog and the Ass. 
 
 WHilft the Bog fawned on 
 his Master and the Family^ 
 the Mafter and the Family stroke 
 the Dog. The Assy feeing 
 that, groans most deeply ; for 
 he began to be weary of /lis Con- 
 dition : He thinks it unJMStly or- 
 dered, thxit the Ihg (hould be ac- 
 ceptable to alJ, and be fed 
 from his Mafter's Table, and 
 that he should get This by Idleness 
 and Play: that Himself on the 
 contrary carried the Dorfers, 
 ^yjj beaten with tlie Whip, Wvatj 
 never idle, and jrt 
 
 odious to alL If i/jr^e things 
 are done <^ Faivnings^ he refolves 
 io follorj that y:/r*, -which ii" 
 fo proftiable. Therefore on a cer- 
 tain Time about to try 
 the Tiling, He runs in the Way 
 to }i4s Master returning ff^imv, 
 
SELECT FABLES OF iESOP, 
 
 fubfiUt, pulsat Un- 
 
 gulis. Hero exclamante, 
 Servi accurere 'Cf 
 
 ineptus Asellus^ qui credidit 
 Se urban-urn^ vapulat. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Omnes nonpossumus omnia; 
 nee omnia decent omnes. 
 Risque faciat, quisque 
 tentet ic/, quod potest» 
 
 leaps on Him, strikes him with 
 his^Hoofs. Tke Master crying out, 
 the Servants ran to him, and 
 the filly Ass, who thought 
 Himfelf courtly, is beaten. 
 MoR. 
 We all cannot do all things; 
 nor do all things become all Men. 
 Let every one do, let every one 
 try that, which he is able. 
 
 FABLE IX. 
 
 J)e Leone 13* quibufdam 
 aliis, 
 
 LE O pepigerat cum 
 Ove quibufdamque 
 aliis, Venationem fore 
 communera. Venantur, 
 
 Cervus capitur: fingulis 
 zncipientibus tollcrc singulas 
 Partes, ut ct)nvenerat, 
 Leo irrugiit, inqniens, una 
 Pars eft mea, quia sum 
 digniflimos ; altera item 
 *st me», quia prarftantif- 
 fimus Viri'hus ; porro 
 
 vendico tertiam, quia fu- 
 daverim plus in capiendo 
 Ccrvo ; denique^ nifi con- 
 cesseritis q-uartam, est aftum 
 de Amicitia. Socii 
 
 audientes hoc, drscedunt 
 vauGui 55' taciti,. non aufi 
 muiire contra Leoncin, 
 MoR. 
 Fides semper fuit rara : 
 apud /;o<7 Scculum est rarior ; 
 apud potentes est, & 
 semper {mt,rarissima, Quo- 
 circa est fatius iJ/tJerff cum 
 Par/. Nam, ^li vivit 
 c«i» potentiore, scepe habet 
 
 Oy the Lion and fome of/ier 
 
 THE Lion had agreed with 
 r/i^ Sheep and fome 
 others, tlwit the Hunting should be 
 common. They hunty 
 
 a Stag r'j taken: all 
 
 beginning to take ^/jt;> single 
 Parts, fl5 had been agreed, 
 the Lion roared, sayingy one 
 Part is wj//2ff bccaufe / am 
 tl>e moft worthy ; another alfo 
 ;> mine, because 1 am moft cx- 
 ceHcnt in strength ; moreover 
 / claim a third, because I have 
 fweated mere in taking 
 
 tke Stag; /jjz/y, unlefs you nvill 
 grant the fourth, there is an end 
 of Friend(hip. His Companions 
 hearing this, depart 
 
 empty o»^ filent, naf having dared 
 /^ 7nutter againft the Lion, 
 MoR. 
 Faith akoays has been r^r^ : 
 in this Age /t /^ rarer ; 
 among the Powerful it is, and 
 r^wayj has bcen,7Ka^f rcre. Where- 
 fore it rs better to live with 
 a/i ^^ruii/. For, ffe who Kveth 
 w/f/; one more powerful, often hath 
 
8 SrXKGT FABLES OF JLSOP, 
 
 necessc concedcre de fuo a Necessity to depart from his 
 Jure. Right. 
 
 FABLE X. 
 
 De Leone IJf Mure. 
 
 LEO defessus jEftu 
 Cr/rii/^wf quiefcebat sub 
 Umbra, super viridi G/vz- 
 mine ; Grege Jlluriujn per- 
 currente ejus Tergum, ex- 
 perrectusj coniprehendit 
 
 Unum ex illis^ Captivus 
 supplicate clamitat, Se effe 
 indignum^ cui Leo 
 
 irafcatur. Ille, reputans 
 fere Nihil Laud is 
 
 in Nece tantill^ Besiict, 
 dimittit Captivuin, Non diii 
 poftea, Leo^ dum currit 
 per Saltiim, incidit in 
 Plagas : Rug it ^ fed non 
 tot est exire. Mus audit 
 Leonem miferabiliter 7'ugi- 
 
 entcm, 
 
 igno 
 
 fcit Vac em. 
 
 rcpit /« Cuniculos, quarit 
 Nodes, quos invenit, 
 
 corroditque ; Leo evadit 
 
 MoR. 
 Haec Fabula fiiadet Cle- 
 mentiam potentibus ; Etenim 
 lit humante Res 5wn? in- 
 Aabiles, Potentes ipfi 
 interdum egent 0/je humil- 
 limorum ; quare prudens 
 r/r, etfi potest, timet 
 iiocere vel v//; Homlni ; ^fc? 
 Qui 7/ on ?/;Kef nocere 
 alteri, defipit 'nalde* 
 
 Quid itaP Quia, e-f^/ jam 
 freius Potentia, metuit 
 Neminemj fcrscny poflhac 
 
 0/the Lion and the Mouse. 
 
 THE Lion tired with Heat 
 and running refled under 
 the Shade, upoiT the green Grass ; 
 a Company of Mice run- 
 ning over his Back, having a- 
 rose. He takes 
 
 One of //icm. The Captive 
 begs, cries, f/j^f i/(? was 
 innvorthji, whom the Lion (hould. 
 be angry with. He^ thinking 
 tliere would be Nothing of Praise 
 in the Death of fo little a Beast, 
 difmilfes the Captive, Not long 
 after, the Lion, whilft He runs 
 thro' the Forest, falls into 
 the Toils : He roars, but ca?!-. 
 not get out. The Mouse hears 
 the Lien miferably roar- 
 ing, knows the Voice, 
 creeps into the Holes, seeks 
 the Knots, which He finds, 
 and gnaws; the Lion escapes 
 out of the Toils, 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This Fable recommends Clc- 
 Tiicncy to the powerful ; For 
 as human Things are un- 
 flable, the Powerful themfelves 
 sometimes want the Help of the 
 1 owe ft: ; wherefore a prudent 
 Man, altho' he is able, feareth 
 to hurt even a mean Man ; but 
 He that does not fear to hurt 
 another, plays the Fool very much. 
 Why 50.^ Be^aufe, altho' now A«- 
 ^)/77^ relied on his Power, he feareth 
 Nobody, perliaps, here-p.fter 
 
SELECT FABLES OF .ESOP. 9 
 
 cnt^ ut itidiguerit it iv ill be ^ thT^.t he may ha^oe ivantcd 
 
 vel Gratia vilium Homun- either the Favour of mean Men, 
 cicnum, vel metuerit Irani. or ha'-ct feared their Anger», 
 
 FABLE XL 
 
 De agreto Milvo. 
 
 Mllvus dccumbebat 
 
 Leclo jam ferme 
 moriens, orat Matrcm Ire 
 precatum Deos. Mater 
 refpondet, Nihil Opis spe- 
 randum llli a Diis, 
 quorum facra fof/6.y viola- 
 vififet suis Raninis. 
 
 Of the sick Kite. 
 
 THE Kite lay 
 
 in Bed noiv almofl 
 dyings begs his Mother to go 
 to prey to the Gods. The Mother 
 anfwcrs. No Help was to be 
 hoped by him from tlie Gods, 
 li/hese facred Things so often h.%. 
 had violated by his Rapines. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Decet nos venerari 
 Decs; nam ;/// juvant /j/o^, 
 Sc advcrsantur impios. Ne- 
 glect i in Felicitate, non ex- 
 audiunt Miserid. Quare sis 
 memor eorum in sccundis 
 rebus, ut vocati si7it 
 l>rj:rcntes //; adverfis rebus. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 It becometh us to 'worniip 
 the Gcds ; for they lielp the pious, 
 and ivithstand the impious. iVc- 
 glected in Felicity, they do not 
 hear ;>z Misery» Wherefore /-^ 
 mindful o/' them in prosperous 
 things, f/iaf being culled they may be 
 prefent in advcrfe things. 
 
 FABLE All. 
 
 De Ranis C^j* earum Bege, 
 
 GENS Ranarum, cum 
 ejiff libera, supplicabat 
 Jovem, Begem da- 
 
 ri j;(^/. Jupiter ridebat 
 Vota Ra'Mirum, Illx 
 tamcn iiillabant iterum, 
 atque iteri'^m, donee perpcl- 
 lerent ipfum. ///e dejecit 
 Trabem; ea Moles qualTat 
 Fluvium ingenti Fragore, 
 Rana: ierrita filent ; 
 
 venerantur Re gem ; ac- 
 ccdunt propius pedeisntim ; 
 
 O/tbe Frogs ^7iaf their if//z^>-. 
 
 THE Nation cf Frogs^ when 
 J.' Kvas free, besought 
 Jupiter, ybr a King to be gi- 
 ven to them. Jupiter laughed at 
 the Willies of the Frogs, Tiiey 
 nevertheless prelTed him again, 
 and again, until ^A^ drove 
 him to it. //<? threv/ down 
 a Log; that Bfass fhakes 
 the River with a great Noise, 
 The Frogs affrighted are filent ; 
 //j:^ rcfrtrewc-i? their King ; i/iy 
 come nearer Step by Step ; 
 
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 SELECT FABLES OF .ESOP. 
 
 tar.dcm, Motu abj'idlo, 
 insuitant<f & dcsultant ; 
 iners Bex eft: Lusui k 
 Contemptui. Rurfuin laces- 
 sunt Jovem ; oraiit Regem 
 dart fibi, qui fit 
 
 streniius ; qulbus Jupiter dat 
 Ciccniam. Is perstrenue 
 perambulans Paludcm, 
 
 vorat quicquid Rananim 
 jft obviam. Igitur 
 
 Ranse frustra queftas fuc- 
 lunt (/^ Saevitia hujus» 
 Jupiter «(?n audita nam 
 queruntur 8c /i^e^/f : 
 
 Etenim Vesperi Ciconia 
 <fu?ife Cubitum, eggrcssa ex 
 ^ntris inurmurant 
 
 rauco Ululatu ; sed 
 
 caniHit surdo,. Nam Ju- 
 piter vult, ut qux t/e/jr^- 
 cflf^junf clementem Kegem, 
 ^ j2i\n /erant inclementem. 
 
 MoR. 
 
 Solet e'venire Plebi, 
 
 ut Ranis, qu(e, 
 
 [ ii habet Regem paulo ir.an- 
 
 I fuetiorem, darnnat euin Ig- 
 
 I r.c-viis k Inertia^ & o/)?«^, 
 ,1 aliquando F;>«j» duri 
 
 II sibi : Contra, si quan- 
 !i do jjncfa est flrenuum 
 
 J^egem, darnnat Sxviiiam 
 l;ujus, ?y laudat Cletnen- 
 tiam prioris ; sive quod 
 semper poenitet nos prasfcn- 
 tium, sive quod est vernm 
 Dictum^ nova esse potiora 
 veteribus. 
 
 at length, Fear being throwH aw^y, 
 f/jc7 lejp upon^ s.nd Z^a/; o^, him ; 
 the ilu^v^ilii A75i^ is titeir sport and 
 contempt. Again, they pro- 
 
 voke Jupiter ; they pray for 2t.YJ\u^ 
 to be given to them, nvho may be 
 valient ; to whom Jupiter gives 
 the Stork, He very nimbly 
 
 talking through the Marsh 
 devours rjkatez-er of the Frogs 
 comes in the way. Therefore 
 the Frogs in vain have com- 
 plained of the cruelty of him, 
 Jupiter does not hear, for 
 thty complain even this day : 
 For in the Evening the Stork 
 going to Refl, having come ont of 
 their Caves they murmur 
 7y?7A a hoarse Croaking ; but 
 they fing to one deaf. For Ju- 
 piter wills, i/tat they who peti- 
 tioned against a meiciful King, 
 now 3car an unmerciful. 
 
 Moa. 
 It is wont to happen to the com- 
 mon People, as to the Frogs, v/ho, 
 if they have a King a little mild- 
 er, condemn him ^ Idle- 
 ness and Sluggishness, and w/i/i 
 at fometime/cr tz ii/a,-! to be g'uvn 
 to them : On the contrary, if at 
 any time they have got an ad\ive 
 King, they condemn the Cruelty 
 of him, a7:d praife f/i-? C/e- 
 mency of the former; either becaufe 
 it ahvays repents us of the pre- 
 fent, or becaufe it is a true 
 Saying, that new things are better 
 than old. 
 
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SELECT FABLES OF iLSOP. 
 
 11 
 
 FABLE XIIL 
 
 De CoLUPtDIS 'O' MlLVO. 
 
 COIumbrc olim gef- 
 fere Bellum cum Mil- 
 vo, quern xit expug- 
 narcnt, dekgerunt fibi 
 
 Accipit7'em'Regtm, ///e f ac- 
 tus .ReXf agit Hostem, non 
 Regem : rapit ac lanlat 
 n<3n fegniusjfifc Milvus. P^^- 
 w/?ef Columbas Ir.caep- 
 ti, putantes, fuissc 
 
 fatins pati Bellum Mil- 
 •t'/, quam 'fyrannidem 
 Accipitris. 
 
 MoR. 
 PIgeat Ncminem fu?: 
 Conditionis nimium. Ut 
 Floratlus a/f, Nihil est bea- 
 ti.im ab omni Purtc. 
 Eqiiidem non optartm mu- 
 tare mcam Sortem, Modo fit 
 tolerabilis, Multi, cwmqure- 
 iiverint novam Sortem, 
 rursus optaverunt veterem. 
 -Sumus fere omnes ita vario 
 Ingenio^ ut pceniteat 
 Nolmet nostril 
 
 Of the ViGE OlJ 5 and the Kite. 
 
 THE Pigeons formerly car- 
 ried on a War with the 
 Kite, whom that they might fub- 
 due, they chose to themfelves 
 the Hanvk King. //cf being 
 made King, ad\s the Enemy, not 
 the King: he tears c/ii^ butchers 
 no flower f/ian the Kite. It re- 
 pents the Pigeons of their Under^ 
 taking, thinking, tliat it had been 
 better to endure the War of 
 the Kite, than the Tyranny 
 of the Hawk. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Let it repent no Man of his 
 Condition too much. As 
 
 Horace says, Nothing is hap- 
 py fro?n eveiy Part, 
 Truly / luould not rj'sh to 
 change my Lot, provided it be 
 tolerable. Many, tvhen they have 
 fought a new State, 
 again have wiflicd for the old. 
 We are almost all of so various 
 a Temper, that it repentet/* 
 Us ourfelves of ourselves. 
 
 FABLE XIV. 
 
 Z>i? Pure is" Cane. 
 
 CAN IS respondit Furi 
 porrigenti Panem ut 
 fileat, Novi tuas 
 
 Insidias, das Panem, 
 quo desinam latrare, j^c^ 
 odi tuum Munus ; quippe (i 
 
 ego tulero 
 
 exportabis 
 
 e^ his Tectis, 
 
 Panem^ tu 
 cunda 
 
 Of the Thief and the Dog. 
 
 THE Dog ansv;ered the Thief 
 holding out Bread f/iat 
 he would be filent, / knonv thy 
 Treacheries, thou givefl Bread, 
 that / TWrty tea^t; to bark, 6«t 
 I hate % Gift; /or if 
 / fliall take the Bread, thou 
 ivilt carry all the Things 
 out of thefe Houses* 
 
\z 
 
 SELECT TABLES OF JLSOV. 
 
 ^ 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Cave, Causa parvi 
 
 Commodi^ amittas magnum. 
 Cave, habeas Fidem 
 
 cui'ois Homini ; nam funt, 
 qui non tantum dicunt be- 
 nigne-i fed Ijf faciunt h€- 
 nigne, Dolo. 
 
 MoH. 
 Take heed,/or the Sane of a fmafl 
 Frq/it, t^oii lofefl; not a great one. 
 Take heed, that thou hast not Faith 
 in every Man ; for there are, 
 ^vho not only fay kind- 
 ly, but also do Aind- 
 lj>j with Deceit. 
 
 FABLE XV, 
 
 Dc Lupo iJf SUCULA. 
 
 SUGULA parturiebat ; 
 Lupns poUicetur^ Se 
 /ore Cuftodem Feeiuj. 
 Sucula respondit^ Se non 
 egere Obfequio Lit pi' ; 
 fi lUe velit haberi 
 pius, si cupiat facere id, 
 quod efl: gratunij abeat 
 longius : Etenim cfficiuni 
 Lupi constare non Prasen- 
 tid) fed Absentia, 
 
 MoR. 
 Omnia non sunt creden- 
 (\2i Omnibus. Is'luhi pollicen- 
 :ur iuam Operant^ non A more 
 tui, sed fui ; «on 
 
 qurc rentes tuu.rA Comnio- 
 diim, sed fuum. 
 
 0/the Wolf and the Sow. 
 
 THE Sow brought forth; 
 the WoU promises, that he 
 lonild be the Keeper of the Toung, 
 The Sow ansnveredyTh-Sitfht did not 
 nvant the Service of the Wolf; 
 if He is willing to be accounted 
 affectionate, if\it defires to do that, 
 which is graiefuly \^t him go 
 farther off: For that f/je O^ce 
 of the Wolf consistedwoX. in his Pre- 
 sence.) but Abse-nce. 
 
 MoR. 
 All things are not to be ti lift- 
 ed to all Men. Many pro- 
 mise their Service, not out o/" Lo-d^ 
 of you, but of themfelves ; not 
 feeking thine Advan- 
 
 tage, but their own. 
 
 FABLE XVL 
 
 De Partu Montium. 
 
 Of the bringing forth 
 of the Mountains, 
 
 Formerly tliere was a Rumour, 
 tliat the Mountains would 
 bring forth. The Men ru7i thither 
 ftand round about, expecting 
 CHiippiam Monstri, non fomething of a Monster, not 
 
 o 
 
 ,LIM erat Rumor, 
 quod Montes parturi- 
 rtnt. Homines accurrunt, 
 c.ircumfiftunt, expectantes 
 
SELECT FABLES Or JISQP. 
 
 Sine Pavore. Tandem without Fear. At length tlie 
 
 Montes parturiunt. Mus Mountains ^r/n^/orf/i. A Mou)\i 
 ^xity turn Omnes ridebant, conies outy then All laughed. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Jadatores, cum pron- 
 tentur is' oftenlant mag^na, 
 vix faciunt parva. ^a- 
 propttr ifti Thrasone& funt 
 ^wrc Materia Joci & 
 Scommatum.HdicFadula item 
 I'f^fl/ inanes Tiviioves» ^Nam 
 plerumque Timor Periculi 
 eft ^ gra'Q.ior Periculo 
 
 /y>Jo; ima id, ^moJ 
 metuimy^s.y eft 5*/^^ ridi- 
 culum.. 
 
 MoR. 
 Braggers, ivhen they pro- 
 fcfs and boaft ^;vf7^ things^ 
 fcarce <^o little things. Where- 
 fore thofe Thrasos arc 
 /^ i^i^A' the Matter p/ /e^f and 
 Scop. This /'jZ'/.f alio 
 far d ids vain Fears, For 
 commonly the Fear o/" Danger 
 is more grievous than the Danger 
 itself; nay fAat, which 
 we /t^c, 13 o/Vt'n ridi- 
 culous. 
 
 EiJ.-^S FABLE 
 
 /)tf Lk FORI BUS ^ 
 
 Ranis. 
 
 igiente infolito 
 trepldl, 
 Lepores occipiunt ral^ide tu- 
 gerc. Cum Palus obsistcrct 
 
 SYlva mu^ 
 'I'urbincy 
 
 Of tlie IIarks a»;i 
 the FuoGS. 
 
 THE Wood roaring \f\th. an un- 
 ufual JVhirhvind, the trem- 
 Hara begin hastily to li\ 
 [l7/£'/: a Fen stopped the;:-' 
 
 hTnig 
 away. 
 
 tugientibus, 
 
 comprehensi Periculls 
 
 utrinque, Quodque essct 
 Incitamentum r.iajoris 
 
 'i'imoris, vident Ranas 
 mcrgi in Palude, Tunc 
 unus ex Leporibus pruden- 
 tior ac dilertior ceteris 
 inquit, ^lid inaniter timc- 
 mus ? Eft Opus Animo 
 quidem : Eft Nobis Agilitas 
 Corporis^ led Animus deeft. 
 Hoc Fcriculum Turoinis 
 non eft fugiendum, fed con- 
 ienincndum» 
 
 stetire anxii, flying, thty stood anxiou:, 
 encompassed with Danger- 
 
 on bjth sides. And wh^l; wa» 
 an Incitement of greater 
 Fear, th^y perceive the Frogs 
 to be plunged in t/ie i^tw. Then 
 ontf of the Hares more pru- 
 dent awi/ more eloquent //ju';2 the rest- 
 faid, What vainly do li'e 
 fear? There is Need of Courage 
 indeed: There is to us Agility 
 of Body, but Courage is ^vanting. 
 This Danger of the Wliirhuincl 
 
 13 not to be fed from^ 
 temned* 
 
 but 
 
 C 
 
SELECT FADLE5 OF JESOP. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Efl Opus Animo "r,t 
 
 o;r,ni Re, Virtus jacet 
 
 fine Conjidentia. Nam Coti- 
 
 fidentia efl: JDux k. jRe^-ina 
 
 VirtiLtis. 
 
 Mon. 
 There is Nt;ed of Courage /n 
 every Tiling, Virtue ties dead 
 ■without Confidence^ For Da- 
 ringness \s the LccuUr and '^ueeu 
 •of Virtus. 
 
 FABLE XVIIL 
 
 Be II>t:do is' Lo'PO^ 
 A PR A, cum eittt 
 
 itura paftum, concludit 
 Ilxdum Domi, monens 
 uperine jSIemini, dum ipfa 
 
 rjdeat. 
 
 Lupus, 
 
 Qi 
 
 ivcrat .id precul, post 
 Di Tee {rum Matris^ 
 
 ]Hilfat . Fores., capriffat 
 '■'in-i', jubens recludi, 
 
 i~Ircdu3 prasenticns 
 
 ii'olum inquitj Non aperio ; 
 liam e;^/ Vox caprissat^ 
 tamen equidem video Lupum 
 per Rlmas., 
 
 MOH* 
 
 0/ the Kid fzwci the Wolf. 
 
 THE Goat, 7y/idn flie was 
 ^Zijjf? to go to feed, jAw/j up 
 the Kid firf Jrlome, Avarning her 
 to open to Nobody, -till flie 
 nefr^r/i. The Wolf, Who 
 
 had heard /Ac/ afar off, after 
 the Departure of the Mot'hery, 
 knocks at the Doors^ afts the Goat 
 in Voice^ ordering themto de opened. 
 The Kid perceiving 
 
 the Clieat says., I do not open; 
 for altho' the Voice acts the Goat^ 
 yet indeed I fee « ^rb//" 
 thro' the Chinks-, 
 
 Fjlii, obedite Parentibns, Children, 
 
 MoR. 
 
 obey your 
 
 Parents, 
 
 •nam eft «f;7<?; £c c/erd-f for it is prof table; zud it becomelk 
 Juvercm aiiscultare a Young Man to heavkcK 
 
 .Seri. to an Old Man, 
 
Select fables of ^sop. 
 
 FABLE XIX. 
 
 Q 
 
 De RusTico c3* 
 
 Angue. 
 UIDAM Rustic lis 
 nutriverat Anguem ; 
 aliquando iratus petit 
 Bestian Securi. ///e evadit, 
 71 on fine Vulntre, Poflitea 
 Ruslicus deveniens in 
 Paupertatem ratus est id 
 Infortunii accidere Silfi 
 propter Injuriam Anguis. 
 Igitur fiipplicat ut re- 
 deat. lili ait, S^ ignoC^ 
 eere, sed noUe redlre ;■ 
 neque /ore fecurum cum 
 Ruftico, cum fit 
 
 tanta Sccuris Domi \ 
 Dolorem vulneris 
 
 defiilTe, tani.cn Meinoriam 
 supsrcsse^ 
 
 Of the Countryman and 
 the Snake. 
 
 ACertain Cou?itrjman 
 
 had nouriflied a Snake ; 
 on a- time bcin^ ^f-g''J He (Irikes 
 the Beast wit-; an Ax. I'la eicape:^, 
 not without a V/ound, Afterwards 
 the Cou7itryman coining . into 
 Poverty iJiought that 
 
 Misfortune happened to Jiini 
 for the Injury of the Snake. 
 Therefore he entreats, that He 
 would return, //crfays, thath^ for- 
 gave, but was unwilling to return ; 
 nor could he be fecure ^itk 
 the Countryman, wjien there is 
 so great an Ax nt Home ^ 
 that the Pain of the Wound 
 was worn away, j/et the Memorj 
 remained. 
 
 MOR. MOR. 
 
 Eft vix tutum habere It is scarce fafe fa ha've 
 
 Fidem £/, Qui ^emt/ folvit Faith in Ilim^ Who cj/jc." has broke 
 
 fidem, Condona.vc Injuriam Faith, To forgive an Injury ^ 
 
 id sane eft Misericordije ; that indeed \% the Part of Mercy; 
 
 fed cc^ere fibi, but /9 fa/ie heed of One's felf, 
 
 t?" decet, isr eft i'rw- <&6f/j beccmeth, and is the Part of 
 
 tl.cnti<f, rmdence* 
 
 FABL2 XX. 
 
 De Vulpecula 15* 
 
 CiCONIA. 
 
 VUipecula vocav.it 
 
 Ciconiam ad Cccnam. 
 Effundit Opfonium in 
 
 0/the Tox i7/;a the SxcRK. 
 
 THE Fox called 
 
 the Stork to Supper. 
 She pours out the Vidtuals upjh 
 
 Mcnf^m,; ^od, cum esset the Table^ •whieh^ wken /: t 
 
^%. 
 
 16 
 
 SELECT FABLES OF ^SO?. 
 
 liquidum, CIcoTiid tentante 
 Rostro iVuitra, VHlpecitla 
 Tingit. Elusa Avis adit, 
 pudetque. pigetque 
 
 Tnjurix. Post plulculum 
 iJierinn redit, invitat 
 Vulpeciilam. Vitreum. Vas 
 cViTit fitum plenum Opfonii ; 
 (jiiod Vas, cum ' elTct 
 Lircti Guttiiris, licuit 
 
 Vr.lpeculx v/W.Ttf, & csiirire, 
 non gustarc. C\cQn\\2.facile 
 
 liquid, fAcr Stork endeavouring 
 nvi.h her Bill in vain, the Fox 
 licks up. The del uded^ird goes away , 
 and is afliamed, and vexed 
 at the Injury. ^fter Ibme 
 Z^.-yj flie returns, invites 
 the Fox. ^ G7r7j5 VefTel 
 was pkced full of Viftuals; 
 which Veffel, when it was 
 of a narrow Neck, it was lawful 
 for the Fox to see, and hunger, 
 not to taste. The Stork easily 
 drew it out 7P/f/i her Beak. 
 
 
 MoR. 
 
 
 
 Rifiis 
 
 mjrttui 
 
 - Risum; 
 
 Laughter 
 
 Joe us 
 
 J oci! •;■;■! ; 
 
 Dolus 
 
 cr Jci^ a 
 
 
 Cf fr 
 
 ^.us //-^K- 
 
 a Trick j 
 €eit. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 deserves Laughter ; 
 
 Jeft ; a Trick 
 
 and Descit Ds' 
 
 TABLE XXI. 
 
 Be Lupo c?* pido 
 Capite, 
 
 LUPUS ^^r^.'Tf, & 
 7niratur humanu'.n 
 Caput rcpertum in OiHcina 
 Sculptor is, fentiens habere 
 nihil Sensus, inquit, 
 pulchrum Caput, eft in 
 'I'e inultum Artis, sed 
 Nihil Sensiis. 
 
 MoR. 
 Externa Pulchritudo, fi;»- 
 /f/-«a adfit, fjf grata; sin 
 carcndum eft alterutrd, 
 ])rxftat carerc externa, 
 (jiidm interna: n.7;rt' ilia 
 sine hue interdum incurrit 
 OJ.'unu Ht Stolidus fit i^« 
 
 Of the Wolf ancf the painted 
 Head, 
 ''T^HE Wolf turns about, and 
 X admires a human 
 
 Bead found /» the Shop 
 of a Carver, perceiving it to have 
 nothing of Sense, he fays, O 
 fair Ncad^ there is in 
 Thee muc/i of Art, but 
 Nothing of Sense, 
 
 MoR. 
 Outward Beauty, if tJie /;n 
 «;arc/ be prefent, /jpleafing; <5Mf // 
 v/e muft want f/VA^-r 
 
 it is better to want the outward, 
 than the' inward; for that 
 without this sometimes incurs 
 Itqtred, that « /'tfo/ is /^ fi» «2Wc/< 
 
SELECT FABLES OF J^SOV. 
 
 17 
 
 odiofior, 
 forinoiior. 
 
 yuo 
 
 the more odious, Iry 
 the more Irandfomc. 
 
 liciv much 
 
 FABLE XXIL 
 
 De Graculo. 
 Raculus ornavit 
 
 Se 
 
 ; deiiide 
 Sibi^ 
 
 Se Plum IS 
 
 Pavonis ; deinde vifu' 
 pulchellus Sibi^ contulit 
 Se ad Genus Pavo- 
 nutn^ fuo Genere faflidito. 
 //// tandem inuUigentes 
 Fraudem nudabant floli- 
 dam A-vem Coloribus, 
 l^ afFccerunt cum Plagis. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 HsBC Fabula notat eos.^ qui 
 gerunt fe sublimius^ quam 
 est scquum ; qui vivunt cum 
 iis, qui funt i^ ditiores, 
 i5* ma2;is nobiles ; quare saepe 
 fiunt itiopesy k i'unt 
 Ludibrio. 
 
 Of the Jackdaw. 
 
 THE Jackdaw adorned 
 Himfclf ivilh the Feathers 
 of the Peacock, then feeming 
 pretty to Himfelf, he betook 
 Himlelf to the Race of the Pea- 
 cocksy his own Race being dcfpifed» 
 ^Fhej at length understanding 
 the Cheat, stripped the fool- 
 ilh jB/Vi/ of his Colours, 
 and belaboured him ivith blows. 
 
 MoR. 
 
 This Fable denotes those y who 
 carry themfelves more loftily ^ than 
 is fit, loho live ivith 
 
 thofe, nvho arc both more rich, 
 «nJ more noble ; wherefore f5//c7i 
 tlrey become poor^ and arc 
 for a Laughing-flock. 
 
 FABLE XXIU. 
 
 De Rana b* BovE. 
 
 RAna cupida aequandi 
 Bovem diftentabat se, 
 Filius hortabatur Matrem 
 desistere Caepto, 
 
 inquiensy Ranam esse nihil 
 ad Bovem. Ilia intumuit 
 secundum» Natus clamitct^ 
 
 0/the Frog and the Ox. 
 
 A Frog desirous of equalling 
 rtn Ox flretched herself. 
 The Son advised the Mother 
 fo (/<^^;j^ from the Undertaking^. 
 sayings that a Frog was nothings 
 ti) an Ox. She fwelled 
 
 a second time. The Son cries out ; 
 
 C 2 
 
IS 
 
 SELECT FABLES OF jESOP, 
 
 Mater, lice: crepes, nun- Mother, o/f/w' you biirft, kC" 
 
 quam vinces Bovem, Autem, ver will you exceed the Ox. But, 
 
 eiim intumuifiet tsrtium^ %vhen fhe had Iwelled a third time 
 
 crcpuit. fhe burfl. 
 
 MoR. 
 Qutfquc habct fuam 
 Dotem. Hie excellit Forma, 
 nic Viribvs. Hie poller 
 Oprbusy lUe Amicis. De- 
 cet Unumquenu:; elTe con- 
 tentum fuo. li/e valet 
 Corpora, Tu Ingsnio : 
 (^uocirca S^Jtsjue confiilat 
 Semety nee, invideat Supc- 
 riori, S^i^oi cH inis€ru7n ; 
 jiec o/)f<f^ tertare, 
 
 ^uof^ eft Siultiti£. 
 
 MoR. 
 Every on^e has his 
 
 ^?//"!. This marv excels in Beauty, 
 Ti^j^ in Strength. 77//^ 13 powerful 
 in Riches, That in Friends. It 
 becometh Every one to be con- 
 tent with his own. He is ftrong 
 //J Body-f Thou in Wit : 
 Wherefore let Every one c&nfult 
 Himself, nor envj a Supe- 
 rior, Which i3 a miserable thing / 
 nor nvish to contend, 
 
 Which is fAe Pnrf 0/ Folly. 
 
 FABLE XXIV. 
 
 De JEquo isr Leone. 
 
 LEO venit ad comedendum 
 Equum ; autem carens 
 Viribus prx Senecta^ coeplt, 
 vieditari Artem : profuetur 
 Se Medicum : moratur 
 Equum Ambage Verborum, 
 Hie opponit Dolum Delo ; 
 llngit, Se nuper pupugisse 
 Pedcm in fpinofa Loco ; 
 orat, ut Medicus 
 
 inspiciens educat 
 
 Sentem, Leo pareU At 
 Equiis, quanta Vi potu- 
 it, impingit Galcera Leoni, 
 Ic continuo conjicit Se 
 in Pedes. Leo vix 
 
 tindem rediens ad ^^, 
 
 O/ the Har-SK ^zncf the Lrox. 
 
 THE Lion cometh to tai^ 
 the Horfe ; but wanting 
 Strength thro*^ old Age^ he began 
 to meditate an Art ; He professes 
 Himfelf a Physician : He flays 
 the Horse with a Circuit 0/ Words. 
 He opposes Deceit to Deceit ; 
 He feigns, that he]3itt\y had prick- 
 ed his Foot in a thorny Place ; 
 He prays, that the Pliyfician 
 looking into it would draw out 
 the Thorn. The Lion obeys. But 
 tlte Horse, with how great Force he 
 could, strikes his HetlupontheLion, 
 and immediately betakes Himself 
 to A/5 Heels, The Lion scarce 
 at length returning to Himself 
 
SELECT FABLES OF JISGP. 
 
 19 
 
 nam fuerat prope 
 
 exanimatus Idla, inquit^ 
 fero Pretiuni ob Stuititiam, 
 & ;j merito ^Jff^^gii » 
 nam w/fu^ r^f Dolura 
 
 for Atf had been alraod 
 dead with the Blow, iay-s, 
 I bear a Reward for wj? i^^//>', 
 and he defervedly has f.ed aivay ; 
 for he has revenged Deceit 
 luith Deceit. 
 
 MoRr 
 Simulatio est di^na OdiOi 
 Ijf capienda Slmulatione. 
 Apertus Hoflis non est ti- 
 mendus ; sed qui simiilat 
 Benevolentiam, cum ik Ho- 
 stisy is quidem eft timendusy 5c 
 est digniflimus Odio, 
 
 MoR. 
 DifTimiilation is worthy of Hatred^ 
 and to be taken with Dillimulation. 
 An open Enemy is not to be fear-- 
 ed ; but he ivho pretends 
 Benevolence, luhen he is an £«<•- 
 mjy he indeeid is to be fearedy and 
 »> mpft worthy of Hatred* 
 
 FABLE XXV. 
 
 Z?e AviBUS Ijf Quadru- 
 ped ibua. 
 ERAT Pugna Avibus 
 cum Qiiadrupedibus. 
 Erat utrinque Spesy 
 
 utrinque Metusy utrinque 
 Periculum : autem Vesper- 
 tilio relinquens SocioSy de- 
 ficit ad Hofles. Axes 
 vincunt, Aquild Duce 
 £5* Aufpice ; vera dam- 
 nant Transftigam Vefper- 
 tilionem, uti nunquam 
 rede at ad Avesy uti nunquam 
 volet Luce, Hxc est 
 
 Can fa Vespertilioni, ut 
 non volety nifi Noctu» 
 
 MoR. 
 Qui renuit effe Particeps 
 adverfitatis i5* Pcriculi 
 
 Of the Birds trnc^ the four-foot^ 
 ed Beafls. 
 
 THerc was a Battle to the Birds 
 with the four-footed Eearts. 
 There ivas on both fides Hope^. 
 on both fides Feary on both fidos 
 Danger: but Me 
 
 i^flf leaving /z/j Companionsy re- 
 volts fo the Enemies. TAe ^/rc/^ 
 overcome, the Eagle being Captain 
 and Leader ; but they con- 
 demn the Runaivaj Bat, 
 that he never 
 rt?/ur« to the B'lrdsy that /je ««-ver 
 fly in the Light, This is 
 a Reafon /or Me Baty that 
 Ae^ ?w/, unlefs in the Night, 
 
 MoR. 
 He that refuses to b? Partaker 
 of Adverfity ««<;? Danger 
 
20 SELECT FABLES OF TfLSOI». 
 
 eum Sccils, erit tvith his Companions, shall be 
 
 expers 
 S^ Salutis. 
 
 Prosper jtat is deltitute of 
 and Saft^ty, 
 
 their Prosperity^ 
 
 FABLE XXVL 
 
 De Sylva cS* Bus- 
 
 TICO. 
 
 Quo Tempore crat 
 Senna etiam Ar bo- 
 ric us, Rullicus venit 
 tit 
 
 in Syhamy rogat, 
 liceat tollere 
 
 luni ad fuam Securim, 
 
 annuit» 
 
 Securi aptata, 
 cidere Arbores. 
 quidem sero 
 
 Syham fux 
 doluic esse 
 
 Causam fui Exitii 
 
 Capu- 
 
 Sylva 
 
 Ruflicus, 
 
 cap it fuc- 
 
 Tum, ^ 
 
 poenituit 
 
 Facilitatis 
 
 Seipfam 
 
 O/the Wood and the Coun- 
 tryman. 
 AT what Time there Avas 
 fl Speech even fa 
 
 Trees^ a Countryman c<77ne 
 into f/je Wood^ aflcs, f/tat 
 it may be lawful to take a Han- 
 dle to his ^x. The Wood 
 consents, Tiie Countryman, 
 f/ie ^«x being fitted, began to 
 cut down the Trees, Then, and 
 indeed too late it repented 
 tlie Wood of her Easiness^ 
 it grieved her to be Herfelf 
 the Cause of her own destruction^ 
 
 MoR. MoR. 
 
 Vide, de Quo merearis Set, of -whom thou 7najest deserve 
 
 bene : fuere multi, ^ui well : there have been many, Who 
 
 abufi funt Benefcio accepto have abufcd a Beneft received 
 
 in Perniciem Autoris. to the Deilruction of the Author, 
 
 FABLE XXVIL 
 
 JDe Lupo iJ" VuLPE. 
 
 LUPUS, cum cffet 
 satis Pi ajdsB , degehat in 
 Otio, Vulpecula accedit, 
 Icifcitatur Causam Otii. 
 Lihpus fen fit, fieri 
 
 Infidi 
 
 as, 
 
 0/the Wolf and the Fox., 
 
 THE Wolf, nvJien there was 
 enough of Prey, //Dfii in 
 Idleness, The 'Fox comes to him^ 
 demands the Cause of his Idlenefs. 
 The Wolf perceived, there were 
 simalat Mor- Treacheries, pretends a Dif- 
 
SELECT FABLES OF .f.SOP. 
 
 2\ 
 
 hum esse Caufan, orr.t 
 Vulpcculam ire precatum 
 Deos, JIhi doUns^ Dolum 
 non su€cecUrey adit Pastoran, 
 inonet, Lattdras 
 
 Lupi patcre^ h. Ho- 
 i^erti fecurum posse oppr-imi 
 inopinatot Paflor adori- 
 
 tuf Lupum. mnctat, Vul- 
 l^cs potitur Antio (J* PraDcldj 
 sed breve /uit Gaudium 
 sui fceleris //// ; n^.m pauIo 
 j>dft idem Pa (lor cop it 
 ipfim. 
 
 Mop. • 
 Invidia n^i fa da Res, 4^ 
 interdum perniciosa c^uoqus 
 Autliori ipfi. 
 
 eafe ' ft? /e the Canfc*, prays 
 the Fox fo go to pray ' '//<? 
 Gods. S\\G. griev'i'g^\\\At the Trick 
 did not succeed, ^ocs to the Shepherd., 
 advlies hini, i/ia^ r/u Den 
 cf the Woif /^ open,, and fA-t £«<?- 
 wy being lecure could bt di-ftroyed 
 unj\vares. The Sheplierd rises 
 upon the Wolf, slajs him. The 
 Fox' obt-ains the Den enfiithe Prey j 
 <^/:* (hort waf ts^he Jo/ 
 
 of her Villahiy f^ Aer-,\ £"or c /;ff/e 
 after ihs scimt Shephsrd *<j^<fjr 
 her» 
 
 M®s . 
 
 foiR^tiayes pernicious ^ aJCo 
 
 to ^;^e ^«iActj^ltijjifrlf.. 
 
 FAELE XXVIII, 
 
 l)e ViPtRA c^ Lima. 
 
 VIpera offendens Li mam 
 in Fabiica capit 
 rodcre : Lima fubrifit, in- 
 quiens^ Inepta, ^iid agis ? 
 7t/ - ccntrivcri-s tuos 
 
 Dentes entequara aitevas 
 ,;j Me^ Qu* soleo praemordeve 
 
 Of the Viper cwt/ the Fil?. 
 
 A Viper fnding a File 
 . in a Smith's Shop, began 
 to ^i.aw it ; 'i'/jt? Fiie fmiled, say- 
 ing, Fool, JVhat doii thou do ? 
 'F/icu wilt have worn out t/iy 
 Teeth, before thou weareft out 
 Me, who err» wor.f to gnaw off 
 the Hardness of Brafs. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Vide et 10771 atq; etiam 
 Qnicuin iinbeas Rem ; 
 iS"; acuag De7Ues 
 
 in fortiorem^ non nocu- 
 ■cris ;///, fed \ibi. 
 
 MoR., 
 See again and again 
 
 with whom f/iou /w^f an Affair ; 
 if thou wliettell thy Tcct/i 
 againft a stronger Man, thou wilt 
 not have !mrt ///;», but thyself 
 
I^il 
 
 SELECT FABLES OF IL^OP, 
 
 FABLE XXIX. 
 
 D'd Cekvo. 
 
 CErvus, consbicctus fe in 
 perfpiciid Fontc^ pro- 
 bat proctra Sc ramosa 
 Cornua, sed damnat Exili- 
 tate?n Tibiarum : forte 
 dum contcmplatuTy dum ju- 
 dicata Venator intcrvenit : 
 Cervui/ugi-t. Canes insec- 
 tantiir i'ugienteni : sed cum^ 
 intravisset denfam Sjham^ 
 Cornua erant implicita 
 Ham is. Turn demum 
 
 laud'ibat Tibias^ £c damna- 
 ifiit Gornua, 9t/« fccere, 
 'Ut cffet Prada Canibus. 
 
 MoR. 
 I'ettmws /iigiendtiy 
 
 fuglmus petenda ; Q»« 
 ojfficiuni placent. ^i£ con- 
 lerunt displiccnt, Cupimus 
 Btatitudinem^ priuiquam 
 intdligamus^ ubi sit j Quse- 
 rimiis Excellent iam Opum, 
 l?* Ccllitudinem Honorum ; 
 oplnamur Bcatitiidinem ii- 
 tam in his, in quibus est 
 tarn multum Laboris, 4:^* 
 Dolorisr 
 
 0/the Stag. 
 
 A Stag, having beheld himfclf in 
 a clear Fountai::, ap-- 
 proves his lefty and branched 
 Horns, but condemns the Small-^ 
 ness of hi 3 Legs. By Chance^ 
 "^hilft he looksy whilfl he judges, 
 the Hiintfman passes by : the 
 Stag fies a'ivcy . Tlie Dogs^ pur- 
 sue him flying ; - bx.t^ when 
 he had- entered a thick Wood, 
 his Horns were entangled- 
 in the Bougks. Then at last 
 he praifed his jLegs, and condemn- 
 ed his Horns» which made,- 
 that he was a Prey to the Dogs. 
 
 MoR. 
 "We defire Things to be shunned, 
 we fly Things to he desired;: what 
 hurt . pleafe. What pros- 
 
 fit displease. We defire 
 Happiness, before that 
 
 we understand, where it is ; We 
 feek the Excellency of Riches, 
 and the Loftinefs of Honours ; 
 we think Happiness pla- 
 
 ced in these, in which there is 
 fo much of Labour, and. 
 Paia.. 
 
 FABLE XXX. 
 
 Be Lupis C5* Agki5. 
 Liquando fuit Foedus 
 inier Lupos 13* 
 
 Agnos, S!uidus eft 
 
 A ^' 
 
 0/lhe Wolves and the Lambs. 
 
 ON a time there was a League 
 between the Wc^lyes .-j/jc/ 
 the L^mbs, t9 whom there is 
 
SELECT FABLES OF J^ZOV. 
 
 iS 
 
 Bisconlia Naturd. Obsi- 
 dibiis ,1 datis utringue, 
 
 Liipi dedere fuos CatnloSy 
 Oves Cohortem Can urn. 
 Ovibus quietis IS' pafcen- 
 tibus, Lufiuli Dcfide- 
 rio Matrum edunt 
 
 Ululatu-7 : Turn Liipi 
 jrruentes clamitant^ 
 
 Fidsm, Fcedaaqus 
 
 rolutum, laniantque Oves 
 dcstitiUas Prxfidio Canum* "* 
 
 a Discard by Nature, Host a- 
 gis being given on both Sidts, 
 the Wolves ^ave tliiir Jilic/pSy 
 tlie Sheep their Troop of Dogs. 
 7'/rf Sheep being quiet and feed- 
 ing, the Utile IVoiics by the De- 
 fire of their Dams fend forth 
 Jlowlinsrs : Then the Wohes 
 rufhlng on theiri cry out, 
 that their Faith, and League 
 ■was broken, and butcher the Sheep 
 destitute of their guard of Dogs, 
 
 MoR. 
 
 Kfl Inseitia, fi /« Foedei-e 
 tradas tua Prasidia 
 
 •Hofti ; ?mm qui fit it 
 Hoftis, forsan nondum 
 deshit cffe Host is ; ^ for- 
 tassis ccperit Causam^ cur 
 • adoriatur te nudalum tuo 
 Fnesidio, 
 
 It is i^^j/'/j'^ if r;i a League 
 thou delivci'est thy Guards 
 to an Enemy ^/or he who has been 
 an Enemyt perhaps not yet 
 /<r/^ ceased to be an Enemy ; -Pivi^ per- 
 haps will take Occasion^ why 
 /if JttiT/ r/otf if/)c>/i riiee stript of thy 
 
 FABLE XX XL 
 
 De Mcmbris b* Ventre. 0/the Members and the Belly, 
 
 o 
 
 Lim Pedes Sc Manus 
 
 incufabant Ventrem, 
 
 qu5d Lucra ipfornm 
 
 vorarentur ab £o otiofo. 
 
 Jubent, aut laboretj 
 
 aut Jie /)«^cf all. ///e 
 
 fiipplicat semel atq; iterum ; 
 
 tamen Manus negant >4//- 
 
 mentunt'y Ventre exhausto 
 
 Inedia, ubi omnes Artus 
 
 t C(xpcrtdcjicere-ft\im tandem, 
 
 f/ Manus voluerunt effe o^:j;- 
 
 kosa, verum id feroj nam 
 
 Formerly the Feet and Hands 
 accufed tJie BeUy, 
 
 that fA(? Gains of them 
 wfrtf devoured by /j/m being idle. 
 77ffj command, or /et /i/m labour, 
 or no/ f/i/nA to be maintained. Ke 
 entreats once and again ; 
 yet f/re Hands deny ^'w^tc- 
 «G/ice ; the Belly being exhausted 
 with Want, when all fA(? Limbs 
 began to /a//; then of /a^? 
 the Hands were willing to be o^.- 
 ciousj but f/iat too late ; for 
 
2i 
 
 SELECT FABLES OF ^SOP. 
 
 Venter debilis Defiietudinc 
 renuit Cibum. Ita cimcli 
 jlrtus, <lum invident Ven- 
 tri, pereuiit cum permmte 
 Ventre. 
 
 the Belly iveak 
 refused Meat. 
 
 by Dlfufe 
 Thus all 
 the Limbs^ -vvhilfl they envy the Bel- 
 ly, perish Nvlth the perishing 
 BcIIv. 
 
 Socictas Memhreriim 
 
 non clifTert ab humawa S^cie- 
 tate, Membrum e^et Mem- 
 bro, Amicus Aniico ; quare 
 utamur mutuis Officiis, 
 muiuis Operibus ; nam neq; 
 DivUiay iieqiie Dignitales 
 tuentur Hominem iatis. 
 UHtcum & summum Prae- 
 fidium , est Amicitia 
 
 Complurium» 
 
 MoR. 
 Tbe Society of the Members 
 does not dlfFer from human Socie- 
 ty . A Member ivants a Mem- 
 ber, a Friend a Friend ; ivherefore 
 let us u£e mittucl Offices, 
 mutual Works ; for neither 
 Riches^ nor Dignities 
 
 defend a Man enough. 
 
 The only and chief Safe- 
 guard ;> the Fricndftilp 
 cfMany, 
 
 FABLE XXXIL 
 
 De SiMiA ^ 
 
 SImia orat 
 ut da 
 
 Caudie sibi 
 Nates ; tiam 
 ri Illi. 
 Usui U. 
 
 Ilia refpondet 
 rJmis, & 
 
 Humum 
 sua Cauda, 
 ves Sim in: tegi 
 
 Vulpecula. 
 
 Vulpecnlam, 
 ret Partem 
 
 ad tegendas 
 effet One- 
 
 ^od 
 
 Honor i 
 
 esse 
 Se 
 
 foret 
 Illi. 
 Nihil 
 malle 
 
 verri 
 
 Na-, 
 
 !MoR. 
 Sunt, qui egent ; sunty 
 quibus supcrest ; ^ tamen 
 id eft Moris Nulli Divi- 
 turn, ut beet Egenos 
 superfud Re, 
 
 0/the Ape end the Fox. 
 
 THE Ape /)rjjf the Fox, 
 that (he would give Part 
 cf her Tail to Her to cot'cr 
 her Buttoclcs ;for that was a Bw-^ 
 den to Her, Which would be. 
 en C/je and Honour to K^r.. 
 5^tf anfwers, that it ivas Nothing 
 too muchy and that she had rather 
 that the Ground (hould be brufhed ' 
 ivith her Tail, than thai, the But- 
 tock of the Ape be covered. 
 
 ISIOR. 
 
 There are ivho want ; f/if rs or*?,, 
 to vyhoin there is O'veir much i yet 
 that is o/i3 Custom to no One of the: 
 Eichy that //i^ <5/fw the Need^ 
 Kviih his superfuous Store 
 
SELECT FABLES OFJ^SOF. 
 
 FABLE XXXIII. 
 
 De Vulpecula y Muftela. 
 
 VUIpecula tennuis longa 
 Inedid forte reps it 
 per cngustam Rimam in 
 Camerani Frumenti, in qua 
 cum fuit pvohc pasta, delude 
 V^enttr diflentus impedit 
 tentantem egredi rurlus. 
 I.Iiistela procul coniemplata 
 lu6lantem, tandem monet, 
 si cupiat e-xire, 
 
 redeat ad Cavum inacra, 
 c^uo intraverat macra. 
 
 MoR. 
 Vldeas complures l.-ctos 
 alque alacres in Mediocri- 
 tate, vacuos Curls, exptrtos 
 Moleftiis Animi, Sin 
 
 //// fuerint facti divites, 
 'videbis eos inccdcre moeflos; 
 nunquam porrigere Fron- 
 tcnij plenos Curis, obrutos 
 iliokstiis Animi. 
 
 T 
 
 Of the Fox and the Weafel» 
 
 'HE Fox slender by long 
 Want by chance crept 
 through a narrow Chink into 
 a Heap of Corn^ in which 
 when she nvas well fed, then 
 her Belly being ftretched hindered 
 her trying to go out again. 
 A Weasel afar off having seen her 
 ftrivinpf, at length advifes, 
 if fhe defires io go out^ 
 Ihe would return to the Hole lean, 
 at v.'hich she had entered lean. 
 
 MoR. 
 You may fee many merry 
 and cliearful in Mediocri- 
 ty, void of Cares, free 
 from Troubles of Mind, But if 
 Tliey fliall be made rich, 
 yon shall see them go fad ; 
 never to fniooth their Fore- 
 head^ full of Cares, overwhelmjd 
 \:j:ih TroubUs of Mind. 
 
 FABLE XXXIV 
 
 De E'vuo is' Cf.rvo. 
 
 EQuus gcrcb.it Bellum 
 ciDU Gervo ; landcm 
 pulfus e Pafcuis 
 
 implorabat lunnanani Openi, 
 Redit cura Homine, dtscen- 
 dit in Campum, vid'lus 
 antea jam ft Victor j 
 
 Of the II USE and the Stag. 
 
 THE I-Iorfe carried on War 
 rjith the Stag ; at length 
 being driven out of the Pafturcs 
 Ilii implored human J-felp» 
 He returns toith a Man, lie de- 
 scends into the Field, he conquered 
 before now bccoraes Ccncnieror ; 
 D 
 
26 
 
 SELECT FABLES OF ^SOP. 
 
 sed tamen 
 ts' nilTo s. 
 
 necelie, 
 ferviat 
 £quitem 
 num Oreu, 
 
 Hoste vi(5lo, 
 
 ^/.■3 Jugum, est 
 
 ut Vidor ipse 
 
 Homini, Fert 
 
 ,Dorfo, i^; c- 
 
 but yet the Enemy being conquered, 
 and fent under the Yoke, it is 
 necelTary, that the Vidor himself 
 ferve the Man. He bears 
 the Horseman o\\\\\% Back., the Bri- 
 dle \\\ his Mouth. 
 
 MoR. 
 
 Mnlti dlmicant xontra 
 Paupe-rtatem ; qua victd 
 per Industriam St Fortunam^ 
 Libertas Victor is fsspe 
 inter it ; quippe Domini £■-; 
 f^ictores .Paupertatis incipi- 
 unt fervire Divitiis ; . an- 
 guntar JFlagris Avari- 
 tix, cohibentur 
 
 ^^V.xrils Farcimonia ; 
 
 ;^>ec tenent ,Modum qua^ 
 rendi, nee audent uti 
 .Rtfms partis, Ju^to fup- 
 vjiicio quidem Avaritie. 
 
 "MoR. 
 
 Many fight agairtft 
 
 Poverty; which being overcome 
 by Industry and Fortune-, 
 the Liberty o/" f/ie Victor often 
 perisheth ; for iAe Lords and 
 Conquerors of Poverty ^f- 
 ^/n to ferve Riches ; they are tor- 
 mented w/fA f/i." Whips of Ava- 
 rice, fAy; cr^ restrained 
 with the Bridles ^ ParsimoJiy ; 
 nor c/o i/zi?;' /20/J a Mean q/" ^^n 
 f/n^, nor do they dure to ufe 
 the Things got, a just Punish- 
 ment indeed of Covetoufnefs, 
 
 a? ABLE XXXV. 
 
 De Duobus Adolesceiitibus, 
 
 DUO Adolescentes 
 
 fimulant, sesi emptu- 
 ros Carnem apud Coquum: 
 Coquo agente alias i^^j. 
 Alter arripit Carnem e 
 Caniflro, dat Socio, 
 
 ^it oc-cultet sub 
 
 Veftc. Coquusy ut 
 
 'iidit Partem Carnis, 
 fubreptam sibi, coepit insi- 
 r}2ulare utrum<i; Flirt it Qui 
 abstvlerat^ pejerat per 
 Jovemj ss habere Nihil \ 
 
 Of Twb Teung Men, 
 
 TWO young Men 
 
 pretend, that they would 
 buy Fleeh at a Cook's : 
 The Cook doing other Things, 
 One snatches Flefh out of 
 a 'B2.{k€t, gives it to his Companion^ 
 that he .may hide it under 
 his Garment. TAt Cook, as foon as 
 Adr saw Part <?/* tAe J^/tf^/t 
 ftolcn fro77i him., began to ac- 
 cuse each of Theft, He that 
 had taken it away, fwears by 
 Jove, that he had Nothing-, 
 
SELECT FABLES OF .ESOP, 
 
 sr 
 
 veri is, qui haduit, pejerat 
 idcjitidcm, fe abstulis- 
 
 se Nihil. Ad Quos 
 
 Coquus inquit, quidem nunc 
 Fur latet, ^<?c? is, per 
 quern JiirawtJsy infpexit, 
 /<y fcit. 
 
 MOR. f*' 
 Cum/>ecca"u/mw^, Homriiies 
 W(3» sciunt id statim ; at 
 Z)<?MJ videt omnia, qui 5<?i/c( 
 fupcr Ccelos, Sc iaiiietur, 
 AJDyiTos.. 
 
 but /je who /lii^ it, fwean 
 again and again, that he /u7(/ fa/ic'/i 
 a^yry; Nothing'. To v horn 
 
 the Cook fays, indeed now 
 fA<? Thief lies- hid, ^i<f he, , /;y 
 whom you ha^ie sivorn, looked oiiy 
 he knows. 
 
 MoR. 
 When ive ha^cs sinned, Men 
 do not knoTo it presently ; bu^ 
 God fees all things, who sittcth 
 npou fAe Hf.aiens, and /j»o';^ //i;^ 
 tlie Deeps. 
 
 FABLE XXXVr. 
 
 De Cane ^ Lanio. 
 
 CUM Cfln;5 abftuliffet 
 Carnem Lanio in 
 Macello, contimib conjc- 
 cit sese in Pedes quantum 
 potuit, Lanius perculsus 
 
 JadlLira Rei, primum 
 
 tacuitj deinde recipiens 
 Aninium, sic acclamavit 
 procul, O turaciirime, 
 
 curre tutus, licet tibi 
 currere impune ; nam nunc 
 es tutus, ob Celerltatem, 
 autem pofthac observa- 
 beris cautiiis. 
 
 MoR. 
 Hzsc Fabula fignificat, 
 p^jrosque Homines turn 
 demuni Jieri cautiores, 
 cum acceperint Damnum» 
 
 Of the Dog and the Butcher. 
 
 WHen the Dog had taken away 
 Fiesh iVom the Batcher in 
 the Shambles, immediately he be- 
 took himself to his Heels as much as 
 he could. The Butcher struck 
 with the Lofs of the Thing, at firll 
 held his Peace, afterwards taking 
 Courage, thus he cried to him 
 afar off^ O raoft thieving Cur, 
 run fafe, it is lawful for thee 
 to run unpuniflied ; for now thou 
 art fafe for thy Swiftnefi, 
 ^»t ^hereafter thou shalt be observ- 
 ed more cautioufly. 
 
 MoR. 
 
 This Fable signifies, 
 
 that most Men then 
 
 at length become,^ Tnore cautious, 
 v-'hen tliey have received Damage, 
 
28 
 
 SELECT FABLES OF ^SOP. 
 
 FABLE XXXVII. 
 
 De Agno Isf Lupo. 
 
 IUpus occurrit Agno 
 ^ comitanti Caprum, 
 
 rogitat, cur Matre relida, 
 pot ill 2 fequatur olidum 
 I-Iircum, sucidetque, ut rede- 
 at ad Uuera Matris 
 distent a Lade, speraus, 
 fore ita, ut la- 
 
 nitt abduftum 
 
 :ero ille 
 
 ?'n<7w/t, O Lnpe, Mater 
 commisit ir.e /i«/c. 
 
 Huic siimma Cura servan- 
 di eft cfi/ffl,- obfequar Pa- 
 ::.•:?;■ potius, ^^wi/n tibi, (/z;/ 
 pulliilas seduccre me /^f/j 
 Biais, e?* mox discer- 
 perc lubduaum. 
 
 0/the Lamb and the Wolf. 
 
 THE Wolf meets the Lamb 
 accompanying the Goat, 
 he asks, why ///5 Mother being left, 
 he rather follov/s a stinking 
 Goatj a«c/ advises, that i^f wjjuld 
 return to f/ie Dugs of bis mother 
 stretched with Milk, hoping, 
 that it would be jc, that Ae way 
 butcher him drawn away j ^wt he 
 says, O ?^o//*, my Mother 
 hath ccviniitted me fo A/;n. 
 To him the chief Care o/ keep- 
 ing is given ; I ihall obey a Pa- 
 rent rather, than thee, who 
 requireft to seduce me with those 
 Sayings, and by and by to tear 
 me in Pieces drawn away. 
 
 MOR. ^ MOR. 
 
 Noli habere Fidem Be unwilling to have Faith 
 
 Omnibus; nam i!/w/i;, dum in all 3Ien ; for Many whilft, 
 
 videntur velle prodesse they seem to be willing to /)rqy?t 
 
 Aliis, interim confulunt Others, in the mean time coai'ult 
 
 ^■jjlj for Themselves^ 
 
 FABLE XXXVIIL 
 Dc Agvicola ilf Filiis. 0/ the Hufbandman and his Sons. 
 
 A 
 
 Giicola habebat com- 
 plures Filios 
 
 difcbrdes 
 
 fv.ere 
 Se ; 
 
 elaborans 
 tuum Amon^m, 
 
 lique 
 
 inter 
 
 quos Pater 
 
 trahere ad mu- 
 
 Fufciculo, 
 
 A" 
 
 XJL n^ 
 
 had ma- 
 and they 
 among 
 themfelves ; ii>ho7n the Fatjier 
 labouring to draw *o mu- 
 tual Love, a liitle Faggot 
 
 Hiifbandman 
 Sons, 
 were difagreeing 
 
SELECT FABLES OF JLSOP. 
 
 20 
 
 appositoy jubet sitigulos 
 effrlngere circumdatum 
 
 brevi Funiculo : Imbeciila 
 Mtatula conatur frustra: 
 Pater solvit^ redditque 
 singulis Virgulam, quam 
 cum pro fuis Viribus quifque 
 yac//i frangeret ; Inquit^ O 
 Filioli, fic Nemo poterit 
 vincere Vos Concordes ; fed 
 si volueritis savire 
 
 mutuis Vuhieridus, atque 
 agitare inteftinum Bellum, 
 eritis tandem Pracdx 
 
 Hostibus, 
 
 being put^ commands them single 
 to break it, bound about 
 with a fliort Cord: their weak 
 Touth endeavoureth in vain: 
 The Father looses it, and gives 
 to each a Twig, which 
 when Kvith his Strength every one 
 easily broke ; /Tie saith^ O 
 Children^ thus Nobody will be able 
 fo cenquer You agreeing; but 
 // ye fliall be willing fo rcr^e 
 with mutual Wounds^ and 
 fo c?r/^ji? on intefline fFar, 
 ye fliall be at length for a Prey 
 to your Enemies. 
 
 MoR. 
 
 Hasc Fabula docet^ parvas 
 Res crescere Concordia, 
 tnagnas dilabi D is cor did. 
 
 MoR. 
 
 This Fable teaches, that small 
 
 increase by Concord» 
 
 great ThijigsfiiW away by Discord. 
 
 Things 
 
 FABLE XXXIX. 
 
 De Carbonario iS}" 
 
 FULLONE. 
 
 0/ the Collier and 
 the Fuller. 
 
 CArbonarius invitabat 
 Ful/onem, ut habita- 
 ret secum in eadem Domo. 
 Fullo inquit, mi Homo, 
 istud non eft mihi^ vel 
 Cord i J vel utile ; 
 
 nam vereor magnopere, we, 
 Quse eluam^ Tu 
 
 reddas tarn afri^, quam 
 Car bo eft. 
 
 THE Collier /;rj/V<?or 
 
 the Fuller, ^Aaf he would 
 dwell with him in i/ie jame Houfe. 
 The Fuller faith, wj Man, 
 that is not fa me, either 
 f<? Tjy Heart, or projitable ; 
 for / /<?ar greatly, /ejt 
 what Things / wash clean, Thou 
 mayft make as black, a^ 
 a Coal is. 
 
 MoR, 
 
 
 
 MoR, 
 
 Moneraur 
 Apologo ambulare 
 
 hoc 
 cum 
 
 We are 
 Apology 
 D 2 
 
 admonifhed by this 
 to ivalk with 
 
JO 
 
 SELECT FABLES OF iESOP. 
 
 incu!pctls\ monemur 
 
 devitare Confortlum, sceU- 
 ratorum Hominum, velut 
 certam Pestetn; nam quis- 
 que evadit talis.y quales // 
 funt, quibuscum verfatur. 
 
 the unblamed ; we are admoniftied 
 to avoid the Company of wick- 
 ed Men, as 
 a certain Plague ; for et^ery 
 one Cometh out such^ as they 
 are, nvith ivhom he is converfant. 
 
 FABLE XL* 
 
 De AucupE Isf 
 Palumbo. 
 
 0/the Fowler and the 
 RiNG-Dovjt. 
 
 AUceps videt Palum- 
 hmw procul nidulantem 
 in altiilima Arbore ; adpro- 
 perat ; denique molitur 
 Insidias ; forte prJemit 
 Anguem Calcibus; hie 
 Tnordet, Ille exanimatus im- 
 provifo il'jalo, inquit, mise- 
 rum Me ! dum infidior 
 Alteri, Ipfe dispereo, 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Hxc Fabulii fignificat, 
 Eos nonnunquam circum- 
 veniri fuis Artibusy Qui 
 meditantur mala. 
 
 THE Fowler sees the Ring- 
 dove afar o^ making a Neft 
 in a very high Tree ; he haftens 
 to himi finally he contrives 
 Snares ; by Chance he presses 
 a Snake ^vith his Heels \ he 
 bites him. He terrifed at the fud- 
 den £«//, fays, nuretch- 
 
 ed Me ! whilst 1 lay Snares 
 for another y I vnyitXi perish. 
 
 MoR. 
 
 This Fable fignifies, that 
 they fometimes are circumvent- 
 ed with their own ArtSy who 
 meditate evil Things. 
 
 FABLE XLI. 
 
 De AcRicoLA {y 
 Ganibus, 
 
 Of the HUSBANDMAK flr«rf 
 the Dogs. 
 
 A Gricola, 
 
 cum 
 hyemaffet in 
 
 Kuri multos Dies, cfl?/»/^ 
 tandem laborare Pentiria 
 
 TH E Hufbandman, when 
 he had wintered in 
 the Country many Days, began 
 at length f(? /fl^oKr with the Want 
 
SELECT FABLES OF ^SOP. 
 
 n 
 
 necessarium Rerurn, inter- 
 fecit Oves, deinde 8c 
 Capellasy poftremo quoque 
 madlat Boves, ut habeut^ 
 quo sustentet Corpufculum 
 pene exhauftum Inedid, 
 Canes videntes id constituunt 
 quaerere Salutem Fuga ; 
 etenim Sefe non victuros 
 dintius, quando Herus non. 
 pepercit Bobus quidem, 
 Q,uorurn Ope^rd utebatur. in 
 faciendo rustico Operc. 
 
 MoR. 
 Si vis effe falvus, 
 deccdfe ab- eo ciioy quern 
 vides. redadlum ad cas 
 Angustias, ut consumat 
 Inftrumenta necessaria fuis 
 Operidus, quo supplcatur 
 prafenti Inedia, 
 
 of necessary Things, he kill- 
 ed his Sheep, afterwards alfo 
 his Goats, laftly alsa 
 
 he (lays his Oxen., that he may have^ 
 ■wherewith he may sustain his Bod^' 
 almost exhaufted ivith Want. 
 The JOogs seeing that resolve 
 to feek Safety by Flight ; 
 ybr that they should not live 
 longer, nvhen their Mailer Aoj not 
 spared his Oxen indeed f 
 
 whofe Labour he ufcd m 
 dping his Country Work.. 
 
 MoR. 
 If thou art willing to be safe^ 
 ■withdraw from him soon, whom 
 thou seest reduced to thofq 
 Straits, that he consumes 
 the Inftruments necessary for hia 
 Works, ■whereby he may be supplied 
 for the prcfent Want. 
 
 FABLE XLir. 
 
 De ViJLPE Isf hKO»E^ 
 
 VUlpecula, qua 
 
 non folebat videre 
 Immanitatem Leonis, con- 
 templata id Animal semel 
 atque iterum trepidabaty i5^ 
 fugitabat» Citm jam tertia 
 Leo obtulisset fcfe o^i)/- 
 am. Vulpcs non metuit 
 quicquam, sed' conSdentcr 
 adity & salutat illmn.. 
 
 0/thc Fox and \hc Lio»* 
 
 who 
 
 THE Fox, 
 
 was not vront to see 
 the Fiercenefs o/ /he Lion, having 
 viewed r/iat Bead once 
 
 and c^am trembled, and^ 
 
 fled. fFA^n now cr third Time 
 the Lion Aac/ offe.red himfcif in his 
 Way. The Fox feared net 
 
 any Thing, but confidently; 
 goes up to and salutes hijB. 
 
5J 
 
 SELECT FABLES OF iESOP. 
 
 Confuetudo facH Nos 
 omnes audaciores, vei 
 
 apud Eos, Quos vix antea 
 ausf/uimus zi^pictrt. 
 
 MOH. 
 
 Cuftom makes Us 
 
 fl// bolder even' 
 
 among Those, Whom scarce before 
 we have dared to look upon. 
 
 FABLE XLIIL 
 
 De Vulpe £5* AquUa. 
 
 PROLES Vulpecula 
 
 excurrebat foras ; 
 comprehenfa c3 Aquila /m- 
 plorat Fidem Matris. Ilia 
 accurrit, rogat Aquilamy ut 
 dimittat Captivam 
 
 Prolem, Aquila nccrffl 
 
 Praedam subvolat ad Pullos. 
 Vulpes, i^ace cor- 
 
 repta, ^rwa^; effet 
 
 absumptura Munitiones 
 
 Incendioy Cum yam 
 
 afcendiffet Arborem, 
 
 inquit, nunc tuere Te, 
 tuofque, si potes. Aqui- 
 la trepidans, dum metuit 
 /ncenf//w7n,inquit,/)arceMihi, 
 reddam quicquid habeo 
 tuum» 
 
 Of the Fox and the Eagle. 
 
 T 
 
 ^HE Young of the Fox 
 ran abroad ; 
 
 caught by the Eagle she im- 
 plores the Help of her Dam, She 
 runs up, alks ii6e £fl^/e that 
 she would dismiss her Captive 
 Tffung, The Eagle having got 
 her Vreyfies away to her 2ownj^. 
 The Fox c Fire-brand being 
 fnatched up, c^ if Ihe was 
 c(^f>«f fo destroy her Fortrefs 
 w/fA i^/>e, When now 
 
 fhe- had gotten upon the Tree, 
 fays now defend Thyself, 
 and thine, //" Thou canft. The Ea- 
 gle trembling, whilst fhe fears 
 the Fire, fays, spare Me, 
 I will reftore whatsoever I have of 
 thine. 
 
 MoR. 
 Intellige /jer Aquilam 
 potentes, atq; audaces ; per 
 Vulpem pauperculos, ^o^ 
 Divites stepenumerb oppri- 
 jnunt j&er Vim. Veriim \xi\. 
 interdum probe ulciscuniur 
 Injuriam gcceptam. 
 
 MoR. 
 
 Underftand by 
 
 potent. 
 
 and 
 
 the Eagle 
 bold ; by 
 
 the 
 
 the Fox the Poor, Whom 
 the Rich oftentimes op- 
 
 prefs by Force. ^uf the Humble 
 sometimes foundly revenge 
 
 the Injury received* 
 
SELECT FABLES OF .ESOP. 
 
 FABLE XLIV. 
 
 De Agrlcola <Jf 
 Ciconia. 
 
 GRutbus Anseribusque 
 depafcentibus Sata., 
 Rulticus pr attend it 
 
 Laqucum. Grues capiuntur, 
 Anseres capluntu)-, '<^ 
 
 Ciconia capitur, Jlla sup- 
 plicatj clamitans, Sese inno- 
 centeni, is' elTe nee Griiem, 
 nee Anferem, sed optlmam 
 omnium Avium, quippe Qura 
 semper confueverit inscrvire 
 Parent! seduTo, 8c rJere 
 Eum confectum Senlo. 
 Agricola inquit, probe 
 fcio'^ omnia hxc ; verum 
 poftquam cepimus Te cum 
 nocentibiis, morieris quoque 
 cum Eis, 
 
 Of the Huibandman and 
 the Stork. 
 
 THE Cranes and the Gc:ss 
 feeding- on the Con:, 
 the Countryman sets 
 
 a Gin. The Cranes are taken, 
 the Gees2 are taken, and 
 the Stork is taken, . She en-<, 
 treats, crying, that she was inno- 
 cent, and was neither a Crane, 
 nor a Gooie, but the bed 
 af all Birds, as Who 
 sl^-avs ufed to serve her 
 Father diligently, and to nourish 
 Him ivorn out with old Age. 
 The Husbandman lays, rJell 
 know I all thefe Things; but 
 fince ive have taken Thee %vith 
 the offending, thou (halt die also 
 "vv-ith Them. 
 
 MoR. 
 Qui commitiit Crimen, 
 ^ Is, ^ui adjungit Se 
 Socium Sceleratis, 
 
 pledtuntur pari 
 
 Poena, 
 
 MoR. 
 He that committeth a Crime, 
 and He, Who joins Himself 
 a Companion fo '/^e Wicked^ 
 are punifhed w/f/* e^fUrt/ 
 Punifliment. 
 
 FABLE XLV. 
 
 De Opillione ^ 
 Agricolis. 
 
 Of the Shepherd cnrf 
 the Countrymen. 
 
 *PUER pascebat 
 
 Oves 
 
 editiore Pratulo, atq\ 
 clamitans terque, quaterque 
 
 A Boy fed his Sheep 
 upon a higher Ground, and 
 crying both thrice, and four times 
 
3,4 
 
 SELECT FABLES OF ^SOP. 
 
 per Jocum, Lupum adeffc, 
 exciebat Agricolas undi- 
 que : 11 ]i illini 
 
 faepius, dum jion subveniunt 
 implor:iriti AuxUium<, Oves 
 Jiunt Prxda Lupo, 
 
 MoR. 
 
 Si ^lispiam confueveiit 
 mentirij Fides non habtbitur 
 facile Eif cum qccepe- 
 rit iiarrare verum* 
 
 in Jcft, that the ^Volf was tlicrC) 
 he raised the Countrymen 
 on all. Sides: They being deluded 
 too often, ivhilst tliey do not co7ne 
 to him imploring: -^^//>j the Siicep, 
 become a Prey to the Wolf. 
 
 MoR. 
 
 If an^ On^ has been ufed 
 to lie J Faith 7y/// wof be had 
 eafily m ///;;.', when he shall have 
 begun to iqU the Truth» 
 
 FABLE XLVI. 
 
 De Aquila ^ Corvo,. 
 
 A QUI LA devolat 
 
 editiffima liupe, 
 
 in Tergum Agni. Corvus 
 videns Id^^^M-fVeluti Simia, 
 ttnitari Aquilam, dirnittit 
 Se in Vellns Arietis; 
 dimlfTus impeditur ; impe- 
 ditus comprehenditur; 
 
 comprehenfils projicitur 
 Pueris. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Quifque astimet Se 
 sua, ron Virtute 
 
 Aliorum. Tentes Id, ^od 
 pofiis facer€» 
 
 Of the Eagle and the Crow. 
 
 I *HE Eagle j?/e^ Jo^y» 
 JL from a very high Rock,, 
 on ^Ae iiac;^ of a Lamb. T/ie Crow 
 feeing that rejoiceth, czi an Ape, 
 ^0 imitate the Eagle, ^e t/ro^^ 
 Himfelf upon the Fleece o/*flE Ram ; 
 dropt down ife is entaiigledj en- 
 tangled A# is taken j 
 taken /;e is throvin. 
 to the Boys. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Let every One esteem Himfelf 
 by his own, not bj the Virtue 
 of Others. Attempt That, JFhich 
 thou mayft be able to do. 
 
SELECT FABLES OF ASOV. 
 
 FABLE XLVIL 
 
 35 
 
 De invido Cane ^ 
 BovE. 
 
 CAN IS decumbebat 
 
 Praefepl pleno FcEiii : 
 Bos venit, ut comedat; 
 Ille furrigens Sese prohibet : 
 Bos inquit, Dii perdant 
 Te cum isthdc tua Invidia, 
 Qui tiec vefccils FaeiiOy 
 nee sinis Me vtsci. 
 
 0/thc envious Dog and 
 the Ox, 
 
 THE Dog /qy down 
 
 in a Rack full of Hay ; 
 The Ox Cometh, that He may eat ; 
 He raifing Himself hinders Him] 
 The Ox fays, May the Gods dedroy 
 Thee with that thy £wc^, 
 Who neither art fed w/M Bay, 
 nor sufferest Me fo ^f/c^/. 
 
 MOR. MoK. 
 
 Plerique ^Mnt eo Ingenio^ Many are of that Temper-, 
 
 ut invideant Ea that //j<y; <?n^j thofe Things 
 
 Jliisj Qux 5M7it nulli i/^w/ to Others, Which are of no Us€ 
 
 Sibi. to Themfelves, 
 
 FABLE XLVIII, 
 
 De 'Gornicula ^ Ove. 0/ the Jackdaw arnf/ the Sheep. 
 
 COrnicula strepitat 
 
 in Dorso Oviculai : 
 Ovis inquit, Si obfireperes 
 sic Cani, ferres 
 
 Infortunium. At Cornicula 
 inquity fcio ^lidus infuheni, 
 molesta placidis, arnica 
 faevis. 
 
 THE Jackdaw makes a Noise 
 on the ^cc^ of the Sheep : 
 The Sheep fays, If thou made a Noiic 
 thus to a Dog, thou ivouldest bear 
 the Damage. But the Jackdaw 
 saith, I know Whom 1 may infult,. 
 troublesome to the mild, friend^ 
 to the cruel. 
 
 MoR. MoR. 
 
 Mali insult ant innocenti Evil Men insult the innocent 
 
 ^ miti ; sed Nemo irritat ^^d mild ; but no One irritates 
 
 fcroces ^ malignos. the fierce and mifchievous. 
 
SELECT FABLES OF yESOP. 
 
 FABLE XLIX. 
 
 De Pavone 1:^ 
 Lufcinia. 
 
 PAVO qiieritur apud 
 Junonem Conjugem, 13* 
 Sororeni Jo'ois^ Lufcinl- 
 am cmitillare fuaviter, -St- 
 irriden ab Omnibus ob 
 raucam Bavim. Cut 
 
 yunoinc{u\t, Luscinia longe 
 super at in Gantu, Tu Plu- 
 mis ; ^uisqiie habet Siiam 
 Dotem a Diis. Dectt 
 Unumquemq; esse conten- 
 tum sua Scrte. 
 
 Of the Peacock, and the 
 Kightingale. 
 
 T'^HE Peacock complains to 
 Juno the Wife, and 
 Siflerof Jupiter, that the Nightin- 
 gale sui.g fweetly, that He, 
 was laughed at by All for 
 his hoarfe Squalling, To whom 
 Juno fays, Trie Nightingale by far 
 excels in Singing, Thou in Fea- 
 thers ; I2verj> One has his 
 Gift from the Gods. It becometk 
 Every One to be content,- 
 tvith his oxvn Lot. 
 
 MoR. 
 Sumamns Ea, Qvz 
 Dsus ]?irgitv.v, grata iVnimo, 
 ncque c^uscramiis niajora. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Let lis take tliose Things, Which 
 Gold beftow^, 'with a grateful mind, 
 7ior let us feek greater Things. 
 
 FABLE L, 
 
 I)e fenicula MustEi.a l5* 
 
 t MURIBUS. 
 
 ITV /TLTsTELA carens 
 
 i VX Viribus prcc Senio 
 'on valebat infequi Ilures 
 j3'n /far, ut solebat ; ccspit 
 meditari Doluni ; abscondit 
 Se 271 Golliculo Farincc, 
 f;c sperans fore, 
 
 a^t venetur c/tra Laborem. 
 Mures accurrunt, ^ dum 
 cupiunt efitare Farinam, 
 Omnes devorantur ad J7/i«?n 
 a Miisteld, 
 
 Of t he old Weasel and 
 the Mice. 
 
 THE Weasel quanting 
 Strength thro' old Age, 
 was not able to purfue the. Mice. 
 now 50, as Be ivas wont ; He begau; 
 io 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 whilft. 
 they desire to eat the Meal 
 They all are devoured to One 
 by fA-" Weasel» 
 
SELECT FABLES OF .ESOP. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Ubi ^u'spiam fiierlt de- 
 stitutus Viribus, est Opus 
 Ingenio, LyfanderLa'c<?cfie- 
 monius folebac die ere fiih- 
 inde, quo leonina Pellis 
 n^n pervenirety Vulpii^am 
 esse airumendam. 
 
 MoR. 
 When any One fnall be de- 
 stitute of Strength, tJiere is Need 
 o/ Wit, Lyfander the Lacede- 
 monian ufcd to say of- 
 ten, Tjherc the Lion's Skin 
 would riot reachy that the Fox's 
 ^vas to be taken. 
 
 FABLE LL 
 
 De Leone l^ Rana. 
 
 LEO, c«m audlret 
 Ranam loijuacem 
 
 magniy putans esse 
 
 aliquod magnum Anlinal, 
 vertit Se retro, et sta7is 
 
 parum. 
 
 vidct Ranam 
 
 exeuntem e Stagno ; Quam 
 statini indignabunJus con- 
 culcavit P.rdibus, inquiens, 
 now movebis, • amplius 
 
 ullum Animal clamore, ut 
 perfpiciat Tc. 
 
 MoR. 
 Fabula significat, qu6d 
 apud verb«foa A'ihil 
 
 reperltur prater Lingiiam. 
 
 Of the Li(>N and the Frog. 
 / '^HE Lion, ivhen he heard 
 J[ thg Frog talking 
 
 at a great Rate, thinking it to ic 
 fomc great lie a ft, 
 
 turned Y[\\r\^Q\i backy and standing 
 a little, He sees the Froj; 
 going out of the Pool; whicli 
 presently enraged lie trod un- 
 der with his Fjeet, saying. 
 Thou (ImIi liot move any marc 
 any Animal with thy Noife, thai 
 lie may look at Thte, 
 
 Mou. 
 Fable sigtifies^ thar. 
 noify Men I<J'3:n.''j[^ 
 is found except a Tongue. 
 
 The 
 aniotig 
 
 FABLE LIT, 
 
 J)e Formica ciT' Coluiviba. 
 
 FOrmica sitiens venit 
 ad Fontem, v.t 
 bibcret ; fort} inciJit 
 
 0/the Px SMIRK and i[\t L'-vt- 
 
 THE Pii'niire thirsting ^ame 
 to a Fountain, that 
 file might drink ; by chance Hie fell 
 
in Piitcum. Columba 
 
 luperfidcns Arhorem im- 
 ininentem Fonli^ cum 
 
 conspici:ret Formicain obrui 
 Aquis, frangit 
 
 Hamuliim ex Arbure, 
 3jiC7n dejiclt sine Mora 
 in Foinein, Formica 
 
 t on fee n dens Hunc fei"vatur. 
 Auceps venlt, iit capiat 
 'Columbam ; Formica per- 
 cipiens Id, niordct uinim 
 ex Pedibus Aucupis j 
 
 Columba arolat^ 
 
 MOE. 
 
 Tabula signifu-at^ rum 
 Brute iunt grata in Benef- 
 cosy eo magis li 
 
 Mebent efle, ^w/ i'unt Par- 
 licipes Rationis. 
 
 into a Well. The Dotse 
 
 Ikting upon a Tree hangiiTg 
 over the Fountain^ when shii 
 sariv the Pifmire overuhelmed 
 in the Waters, breaks 
 
 a little Branch fror.i the Tree, 
 Which (lie throws without Del-iy 
 into the Fountain. The Pismire 
 getting upon This is laved. 
 The Fowler comes, tliat he may take 
 the Dove ; the Ant perceiv- 
 ing Thit, bites one 
 of \.\\t Feet of the Fowler ; 
 the Dovcfics awaju 
 
 MOR. 
 
 The Fable signifies, when 
 Brutes are grateful to Benefac- 
 tors, by lb much the more They 
 ought to be. JPVio are Parta- 
 kers of Reafon. 
 
 FABLE LIII. 
 
 De Pavone Ijf Fica. 
 ENS Avium, cum 
 vagaretur Hbere, opta- 
 hai Regem clari Sibi. 
 
 G 
 
 Pavo putabat 
 
 imprimis (lignum, 
 
 degeretur, quia 
 
 Se 
 Qui 
 
 I'ormofilfimus. Hoc accep- 
 to in Regem, Pica inquit, 
 O Rex, ii, Te imperante, 
 Acuila coeperit insequi 
 Nos Jjerstrenue, ut solet, 
 quo Modo abi- 
 
 ges 11 lamp quo P^cfo 
 fervabis iV^o^ ? 
 
 0/the Peacock and the Magpie» 
 
 THE Nation of Birds, when 
 they wandered freely, wished 
 for a King to be given to Them. 
 The Peacock thought Himself 
 chiefiy worthy. Who 
 
 should be chosen, becaufe He was • 
 the moll beautiful. He being re- 
 ceivedyor King, The Magpie fays, 
 O King, if. Ton governing, 
 the Eagle fhould begin to pursue 
 Us strenuously, as she is wont, 
 by what Method will you drive a- 
 way Her ? by what Means 
 "Will you preferve Us P 
 
SELECT FABLES OF ^SOP. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 In Principe Forma non est 
 tam spectanda^ quam 
 
 Fortitudo Corporis, iJ" Pru- 
 dentia* 
 
 MoR. 
 In a Prince Beauty is not 
 fo much to be regarded-, ai 
 Strength of Body, and Pru- 
 dence 
 
 FABLE LIV. 
 
 De jE&roto ^ Of tJm Sick ^^A^^ and 
 
 Medico. the Physician. 
 
 MEdicu» curabat ^- A Phyfician had in Cure a Sick 
 
 grotum ; tandem lUe JLjL. Man ; at length He 
 
 mjritur ;\.\xm AIedicus\n(\\nX. dieth ; then the Physician faid 
 
 ad Cognatos, Hie peribat to the Kinfmen, 'i'/z/^' J/a/i perilhed 
 
 Intemperantid. by Intemperance* 
 
 MoR. MoR. 
 
 Nifi ^uis reliquerit Unlcfs Any One ihall have left 
 
 Bibjcitatem & Libidinem Drunkenness and Lust 
 
 mature, aiit nunquam timely, 
 
 it her 
 
 He 
 
 perveniet ad Senectuteni^ aut will arrive to old Age^ e»r 
 est haoicurus perbrevem is to hare a verj sJurt 
 Senc(^utem. old Age.. 
 
 FABLE LV^. 
 
 De Leone Isf aliis. 
 
 LEO, Asinus^ £c 
 
 Vulpes eunt venatum ;, 
 anipla Venatio capitur ; 
 capta efl jussa parti ri : 
 Asino ponente Singulis fin- 
 gulas Partes^ Leo irriigi- 
 ebat, rapit Asinum^ ac lani- 
 at, Poflca dat ' id 
 
 Negotii Valpeculae, Slua 
 
 0/ the Lion and other BeaRs. 
 
 THE Lion, the Ass, and' 
 the Fox go to hunt ; 
 an. ample Prey is taken y 
 taken is commatidcd to be parted : 
 The Ass putting to each their iin- 
 gle Parts, the Lion roar- 
 ed, he feized the Ass, and butchers 
 him. Afterwards he gives that 
 Busi}iess to the Fox, JVho^ 
 
40 
 
 SELECT FABLES OF JKSOP. 
 
 ;iflntlor, curn longe 
 
 optima F^rte proposlta, refer- 
 vavilTet vix minii-nam, 
 JLee rogat, a ^^o sic 
 docta ? Cui Ilia inquit, 
 Calamitas Afini dot ait 
 Me. 
 
 more cunning, 'when by far 
 the best Part being proposed^ (he had 
 referved scarce a very fmall one, 
 the Lion afks, by Whom so 
 taught ? To Whom She fays, 
 the Calamity of the Afs has taught 
 Me. . 
 
 MOR. MOR. 
 
 ]ile (Ti-f Felix, ®jfe;Mfiliena He is Happy, Wliom others 
 
 Ptriciila faciuflt cautiim. Dangers make cautious^ 
 
 FABLE LVL 
 
 H- 
 
 j^e H^DO if Lupo. 
 ^Edus prospect ans e 
 Fenestra audebat 
 
 lacessert Lupum prktercun- 
 tem Gonvitiis ; Qui 
 
 Liipns ait^ Scejefte, Tu 
 non convitiaris Mihi, fed 
 Locus* 
 
 A^ 
 
 Oftht Kid and the Wolf. 
 KID looking out of 
 
 Windoiv dared 
 
 to pro-joke a Wolf passing 
 by with Revilings ; to Whom 
 the Wolf says^ Wretch, Thou 
 
 doft not 
 the Place ^ 
 
 revile Me, 
 
 but 
 
 MoR. 
 Tempiis ^ Locus semper 
 a'-ldiint Audaciam Ilomini. 
 
 ■ MoR. 
 Time and Place 
 add Boldness to a Man. 
 
 always 
 
 FABLE LVIL 
 
 Dc Leone bJ* Capr?.. 
 
 LEO forte confpica- 
 tus Capram ambulan- 
 t-m editd Rupe) monet, 
 I'.t dcscendat m viride 
 .Pratum : Capra inquit, For- 
 tasse facerem, si Tu abef- 
 fe; ; 9:t/ noH fiiades 
 
 Of iht Lion and the Goat. 
 
 THE Lion by chance having- 
 fecn a Goat Aval Ic- 
 
 ing on a high Rock, advises^ 
 t\i2it: she ivoidd descend mto the green 
 Paflure : The Goat fays. Per- 
 haps I fliould do it, if you was 
 av.'ay j Who do not perfuade 
 
SELECT FABLES OF .SSOP. 
 
 41 
 
 ^lihi iftiid, lit Ego capiam Me to that, tliat I may take 
 
 ullam Voluptatem inde ; sed any Pleasure thence ; but 
 
 ut Tw habeas, ^lod that T/iow mayft have. What 
 
 fjimelicus vores. being hungry Thou majst devour. 
 
 MoR. 
 Ne habeas>F/f/i?m omnibus; 
 nam Quidam non coKSulunt 
 
 MoR. 
 Do not have Faith in all ; 
 for Some do not consult 
 
 for You, but for themfelves. 
 
 FABLE LVin. 
 
 Be Vulture aliisque 
 
 AviBUS. 
 
 VUltur adsimulat^ Se 
 celebrate annuum 
 
 Natalem ; invitat Avi- 
 culas ad Ccenam ; fere 
 ofiiiiess veniunt ; accipit 
 
 veniViStes magiiO Plaufu 
 Favoribusque : Vultur 
 
 laniat acceptas. 
 
 MoR. 
 
 , Omnes non sunt Amici, 
 
 ' ^ui dicunt hlandi', aut 
 
 simulant^ Se facere benig- 
 
 ne. 
 
 0/the Vulture and other 
 Birds. 
 
 THE Vulture feigns^ that He 
 Kvould celebrate his annual 
 Birth-Day ; He invites the little 
 Birds to Supper; almoft 
 
 ail come ; He receives 
 
 them coming ivith great Applaufe 
 and Favours ; The Vulture 
 butchers them received. 
 
 MoR. 
 All are not Friends,- 
 
 JVho i'peak /(^l^l)'y o"* 
 
 pretend, that They ^viil do kind- 
 
 FABLE LI)C, 
 
 De Ansehibus c;* 
 Gruibus. 
 
 ANferes pasc-ebantur 
 fimul cum Gruibus 
 «ifidem Agro» Grues 
 
 0/the Gekse and 
 
 the Cranes. 
 
 /TpHE Geefe ' ivere fed 
 
 X at thefamc time w/V/itheCraiics 
 
 in the fame Fi^ld. The Cranes 
 
 E 2 
 
42 
 
 SELECT FABLES OF ^SOP. 
 
 ransp'icatdB Rufticos, 
 
 leves avolant ; Anseres 
 
 capiuntur, ^a impediti 
 
 0:iere Corporis, nan pote- 
 rant fubvolare. 
 
 MoR. 
 Urbe expiignatd ab Ho- 
 stibus, Inops facile fiibd li- 
 cit Se ; at Dives captiis 
 servit. In Beiio D'lv'n'xx: sunt 
 n.agis Ojieri quam Usui. 
 
 having seen the Countrymen^ 
 being light fly away ; The Geese 
 are taken, Who hindered 
 witk Burden of Body, were 
 not ablt to fly away. 
 
 MoR. 
 A city being besieged by Ene^ 
 miesj the poor Man easily with- 
 draws Himself; but the Rich taken 
 serves. In JVar Riches are 
 more for a Burden that an Use^ 
 
 FABLE LX. 
 
 Be Anu iJf Ancillis* 
 
 QUasdam Anus habebat 
 JJomi compUires 
 
 Ancillas^ quas quotidie 
 cxcitabat eid Opus ad Can- 
 tum. Gain, Quem habebat 
 Domi, ante'quam lucefce- 
 ret. Ancillte tandem 
 
 comrnota Tscdio 
 
 quotidiani Nego>tii obtrun- 
 cant Galium, sperantes jam, 
 lilo necato, Sese dormitu- 
 ras usque ad Meridiem ; fed 
 haec Spes decepit Eas ; nam 
 .Hey a, ut rescivit, 
 
 CjdWvm interemptujn, dein- 
 ctps Jubet Eas surgere 
 intempefla' NoCte.. 
 
 MORV 
 
 Non Pauci, diim student 
 evitare Malum, incidunt in 
 gravius. 
 
 0/" the old Woman and her Ma-ids, 
 
 A Certain old Woman hid 
 at Home inanv 
 
 Maids, Whom ' "^t'' *t/' 
 
 (he rouzed to Work at the (5 j'"^ 
 ing of a Cock, which she had 
 at Home, before that it was- 
 light. The Maids at length 
 moved with the Wearifomenefs 
 of their daily Bufinefs be^ 
 head the Cock, hoping now, 
 He being kilkd, that They lUould 
 fleep even to Mid-day ; "but 
 this Hope deceived Them ; for 
 the Mistress, as foon as she kneiv, 
 that the Cock ivas killed, thence- 
 forwards commands Them to. rise 
 at Midnight. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Not a fenu, whilfl: they study 
 to avoid an Evil,, fall into 
 a heavier^ 
 
SELECT FABLES OF iESOP. 
 
 FABLE LXI. 
 
 De AsiNO Sy Equo. 
 
 A Sinus putabat Equum 
 Xjl. beatum, quod esstt 
 pirguls, ^ degeret in Otio ; 
 vero diccbat Se infelicenr, 
 qiibJ effet macilentusy 8c 
 stn'^osicSj 8c quotidie exer- 
 cerctur ab immiti Hero in 
 fcrendis Oncribus. Hand 
 multo post conclamant ad 
 Anna j turn Equus non re- 
 pulit Fiasnum Ore, 
 
 Equitem Dorso^ nee 
 
 Te' m Corpore, Asinus, 
 
 ■^iLon*-^^' ./S'-^'^J magnas 
 Gia'is DitSf quod non fe- 
 ci 3 -.y^t Se Equumj led 
 uisjiium. 
 
 0/the Ass cn^ the Horse. 
 
 THE Afs thought the Horfe 
 happy ^ becaule Ae w«s 
 fat and lived m Idlenefs ; 
 but he called Himself unhappy, 
 because He wa^ /fan, and 
 raw-boned^ and c^a//)/ was cxer- 
 cifed by an unmereiful Master in 
 bearing Burdens. iVbt 
 
 much after they cry fo 
 Arms ; then the Horfe drove not 
 back the Bridle from his Mouthy 
 the Horfeman from his back^ nor 
 r/je Dart from his Body. T/ie AsSy 
 This <^e/«^ Jee??, gave greats 
 Thanks to the Godsy that they had 
 not made him a Horse, but 
 en Ass, 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Sunt Miseriy Quos 
 
 Vulgus judicat beatos ; £c 
 «on Ptzwc/ funt (^^jf/, Qui 
 putant,^ Se miserrimos. 
 Sutpr crepidarius c^/c/t 
 Kegem, felicemy non con- 
 siderans in quantas Res b* 
 Solicitudines distrahitury 
 dum interim Ipfe cantillat 
 cum optima Paupertate. 
 
 MoH. 
 They are miserabUy Whom 
 *Atf rw/^or judges /mj&/)y ,- and 
 wof a feiv are happyy Who 
 fA/nA Them fe Ives wcjf miserable. 
 The Coble r ca//^ 
 
 the King happy, not consider- 
 ing into /jow ^recf Affairs cn^ 
 Troubles /ze is dra'wny 
 
 whilft /rt f/je mean time He ^;»^^ 
 •NYith his best Poverty. 
 
44 
 
 SELECT FABLES OF .£SOP. 
 
 FABLE LXIL 
 
 De Leone ^ Tauro. 
 
 TAurus fugiens Leo- 
 nem incidit in Hircum ; 
 Is minitabatur Cornii ^ 
 caperata Fronte : Ad ^ueni 
 Taurus plcnus Ira inguit, 
 Tua Frons contraila m 
 Rugas non terriiat Me ; 
 ^fc/ metuo immanem 
 
 Leonem, ^ui nifl hareret 
 me Tergo jam scires 
 efl*e 7ion ita parvam Rem. 
 pugnare cuiif Tauro, 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Calamitas no/i e^f addenda 
 calamitosis. Eft Miser 
 
 fat, ^fi/ eft je-me/ mifer. 
 
 O/the Lion c;ifi the Bull, 
 
 THE Bulb jjj/n^ the Li- 
 on /<;// upon f/ie Goaf ; 
 He threatened with his Horn cnc/ 
 wrinkled . Broiv : To Whom 
 the Bull /iA// of Anger ^a/J, 
 Thy Brow contracSled into 
 Wrinkles does not affriglit Me ; 
 but I fear a vast 
 
 Lion, Who unlcfs he stuck 
 to my Backf now jou should knoiu 
 that it is not fo little a Thing 
 to fight with a iSwi/. 
 
 MoR. 
 Calamity is not to be ^a^tlt;d 
 to the calamitous. He i^ tniset^ible 
 enough, Who is once miferablei'^ 
 
 FABLE LXIII. 
 
 . D-e Testudine i:f 
 Aquila. 
 
 TiEdium reptandi 
 
 occupaverat testicdinem, 
 fi ^lis tolleret Earn in 
 Ccelum-i pollicetur B ace as 
 rubri Maris, Aquila 
 
 sustulit Earn ; poscit Pre- 
 mium ; ^ fodit Earn non /m- 
 bentem Unguibus. /fa, 
 
 Teftudo, ^<^ concupivit 
 vide, e Aftra, reliquit Vitam 
 in Aftris. 
 
 (y the ToRTOis.E and 
 the Eagle.. 
 
 WEarlnefs of creeping: 
 
 had feized the Tortoise ; 
 if any One would lift up Her into 
 Heauen, She promifes the Pearls 
 of the red Sea, The Eagle 
 took up Her ; demands the Re- 
 ward ; and pierces Her not hav- 
 ing it with her Talons. Thus-, 
 the Tortoife, Which defired 
 to see the Stars, left her Life 
 in the Stars. 
 
MOR. 
 
 Sis contentus tua Sorte, 
 Fuere Nonnulli^ Q^h 
 si manfiffent humiles^ 
 fuiffent tiiti; fa£li sitbiimes, 
 iiicidcrunt in Pericula. 
 
 SELECT FABLES OF ILSOV. 
 
 MoR. 
 
 45 
 
 Re contented with thy Lot. 
 There have been Some, Who, 
 // they had remained lonv, 
 would have been safe ; become highy 
 have fdllen into Dangers. 
 
 FABLE LXIV. 
 
 De Cancro ^ ejus 
 Matre. 
 
 MAter monet Gancriim 
 retrugradum, ut 
 
 eat antrorlum. Filius 
 
 rerpondet, Mater, 1 pne, 
 fequar. 
 
 MoR. 
 Reprehenderis 
 
 Vitii, 
 
 CUJUS 
 
 Nullum 
 Ipfe 
 
 queas reprehendi. 
 
 Of the Crab and his 
 Mother. 
 ''THHE Mother adx^ises the Crab 
 JL ^<^'f^^ backwards^ that 
 He tvould go forwards. The Son 
 anfwers, Mothsr, go you before ^ 
 1 will follow. 
 
 Mo?.. 
 You il40uld reprehend no One 
 of a Vice, of ivhich You Yourfelf 
 may be reprehended. 
 
 FABLE LXV. 
 
 De Sole Kst Aqi^i- 
 
 LONE. 
 
 SOL ^ Aquilo 
 
 certain^ Uter sit 
 
 fortior. Est conventum 
 ab I His experiri Vires in 
 Viatorem ; ut ftrat 
 
 Pal mam, ^ui excuiterit 
 Manticam, Boreas aggre- 
 ditur Viatcrem horrisono 
 Nimbo ; at Ille non desistit 
 duplicare Amictuni gradi- 
 
 (9/ the Sun ^^7^/ the North- 
 Wind. 
 THE Sun ^ the Ncr'.h-Wind 
 sfriv'e^ Whether is 
 
 the ftrongcr. It is agreed 
 
 bj Th^m to try their Strength u\ion 
 a Traveller ; that He bear 
 the Palm, Who fliall have (haken oiT 
 his Cloak, Boreas sets up- 
 
 on the Traveller with a rattling 
 Cloud ; but He does not desisi 
 to double his Cloak in going 
 
46 
 
 SELECT FABLES OF JE.SO'P. 
 
 Sol experitur fuas 
 
 , Nimboque paulatim 
 
 em it tit 
 
 endo. 
 
 Vires 
 
 eviito, 
 
 Radios. Viator inclpit 
 
 astuare^ fudare, anhtlare .- 
 
 Tandem nequiens progiedi 
 
 residet inhfrondoso^cmoYt, 
 
 Ita Vi(Sloria contigit Soli. 
 
 on. The Sun tries \\v. 
 
 ^treng: hj2ind the Storm little bj little 
 being ■ overcome, sends forth 
 his Beams. The Traveller begins 
 to grew hot^ to fweat, to pant : 
 At leiiijth not heing ahle to go on 
 He sitsdoiun underia shady Grove. 
 Thus the Victory yv// tr -^lie Sun*, 
 
 MoR. MoR. • 
 
 Id sape obtinetur Man- That often is obtained 6y Gen- 
 
 suetudiney Quod 7ion potest tlejiess, which is not able 
 
 extorquer-i Vi* to be extorted dj Force. 
 
 FABLE LXVL 
 
 De AsiNo. 
 
 A Sinus venit in Sjylvatny 
 cfTendit Exuvias Le- 
 onis, ^libus indutus 
 
 venit in Pascua^ terri- 
 tat ^ fugat Greges 
 & Armenia» Venit, ^'i 
 perdiderat, qiiaritat fuum 
 Asinum, Afinus, Hero vifo, 
 mccurrity imo incur- 
 
 rit fuo Rugitu, At 
 
 Herus Auriculis prehensisy 
 Quae extabanty inquit, 
 Mi Afelle, possis falle- 
 re Alios,. Ego ^ro<^^ novi Te. 
 
 Moil. 
 Ne simules Te e^je, Quod 
 «ow £"5 ,- non doctum, cum 
 5/5 indodlus ; non Jactes 
 Te divitem & nob Hem, cum 
 s/^ pauper 5^ ignobilis ; 
 etenim, vero comperto, 
 rideberis. 
 
 0/the Ass. 
 
 THE Afs eomes into the Wood, 
 finds f/^e .S'/^m of a Li- 
 on, ivith Which being clad 
 He comes into the Pastures, af- 
 frights and puts to flight the Flocks 
 and Herds. He comes, Jf^Aa 
 had loft him, seeks his 
 Ass, The Afs, his masterhemg ^een, 
 runs to him, nay runs upon 
 Him with his Braying, Hut 
 
 f//i? Master his Ears i$'e/nj Ae/r/, 
 Which stood out, fays, 
 
 ilfv Afs, thou mayst be able to de- 
 ceive Others, I full well know Thee, 
 
 MoR. 
 Do not feign Thyfelf to be, What 
 ihou art net ; not learned, when 
 ^Aow crt unlearned ; do not boast 
 Thyfelf rich and noble, when 
 TVzoM art poor a«c? ignoble ; 
 for, the 'IVuth <^f/Vi^ found, 
 thou wilt be laughed at.. 
 
SELECT FABLES OF .£SOP. 
 
 47 
 
 ^ABLE LXVIL 
 
 De mordaci Cane, 
 Ominus a///^at>/i Nolam 
 jJ___J' Cant fubinde mordenti 
 '■ niiues, Mf C^ulfi^; ca'veret 
 . >i. Ca.iisy ratU3 
 
 'Id "Decus ^ jributum fiiae 
 Virtuti-, d^Tpicit suos Popu- 
 lates. Aliquis jam gravis 
 ^tate ISf Audoritate accedit 
 ad liunc Canem, monens 
 Eum, ne erret ; nam 
 inquit^ Ifta Nola cfl data 
 Tihi /» Dedecusj kow in 
 Decusm 
 
 MoR. 
 Glorlofus interdum 
 
 ducit /J Laudi 5'/(5/, 
 Quod est Vituperio Ipsi, 
 
 (9/ the biting Doc. 
 
 THE Mafter f/(f<^ a little Bdl 
 to f/?e jDo^ often biting 
 Men, ?/<af every one should take heed 
 to Himfelf. The Dog^ thinking 
 Tliat an Ornament given to his 
 Virtue, defpifes his Neigh- 
 bours. One now grave 
 with Age a7id Authority covies 
 to this Dog, advising 
 Him, f/wt /le t;rr «of ; for 
 sajfs he, That //V//^ 5f// is gi^en 
 to Thee /or a Diigrace, not for 
 c Grace. 
 
 MoR. 
 The Vain-glorious sometiracs 
 takes T/2^f for a Praife to Himself, 
 Which /\f for a Difgrace to Him, 
 
 FABLE LXVIIL 
 
 De Camelo. 
 
 CAmelus despiciejis Se, 
 querebatur, Tauros ire 
 infignes geminis Cornibus ; 
 Se inermem esse objedlum 
 ceteris Animalibus ; orat 
 Jovem don are Cornua Sibi : 
 Jupiter ridet StuUiiiam 
 Cameli, nee modo ncgat 
 Votum Cameli, verum Sc 
 decurtat Auriculas Besti<e, 
 
 0/the Camel. 
 
 THE Camel despising Himfelf 
 complained, that the Bulls ivent 
 remarkable with two Horns ; 
 that He without Arms was expofed 
 to the other Animals ; He prays 
 Jupiter to give Horns to H<r): : 
 Jupiter laughs at the Folly 
 of the Camel, nor only denies 
 the Wish of the Camel, but alfo 
 crops the Ears of the Beast, 
 
48 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Ouifque ' lit 
 fua Fortiind: 
 Multi fecuti 
 iiicurrere p^Jorem. 
 
 SELECT FABLES OF zESOP. 
 
 MoR. 
 
 consent us Let every One hz contented 
 Etenim with his own Fortune : For 
 msUorcm; Many having followed a better^ 
 have; run into a toorse. 
 
 FABLE LXIX. 
 
 Dc duobus Amicis tf 
 Urso. 
 
 DUO Jmici fiiciunt 
 Iter ; Urlus . cccur^ 
 rit in It inere] Unus scandens 
 Arborem evitat Pericalum ; 
 Alter, Gum noji esset 
 Spes Fugx, procidens 
 simulat Se mortuum. Urfus 
 ace edit) & olfacit Aures ^ 
 O.s. Homine continente 
 Spiritura &c Motumy Urfus, 
 ^ui parcit Mortuis, credens 
 Eum effe mortuujn, abibat. 
 Postea Socio percontante 
 cjuidnam Bestia dixiffet //// 
 accumbenti in Aureni, alt, 
 Monuiffe Hoc, ne un- 
 quam facer em Iter 
 
 cum Amicis istius Modi. 
 
 MoR. 
 Adverfse Res & Pericula 
 deiignant veruntKraxcMxn, 
 
 0/the two FRiEl/sl^/ifr 
 the Bear. 
 
 TWO Friends make 
 
 a Journey; li Bear meets 
 them in the Road ; One climbing 
 up a Tree shuns the Dinger ; 
 The other ) when there 'was not 
 Hope of Flighty falling down 
 feigns Himfelf Dead. The Bear 
 comes y and smells 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. 
 Afterwards the Companion asking 
 what iAc Beast had faid fc? i//7?i. 
 lying down in his Ear, i/1? says, 
 that He had advifed This, that 
 T ftiould not ever make a' Journey 
 7p/iA Friends of this Kind. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Adverfe Things and Dangers 
 {how i/i^- true Friend. 
 
SELECT FABLES OF ^SOP. 
 
 49 
 
 FABLE LXX. 
 
 jDtf Ru{lico ly Fortuna. 0/thc Countryman and Fortune. 
 
 RUsTicus, cu:n 
 
 araret, ojfendebat 
 
 1'hefaurum in Sulcis. For- 
 tuna videns. Nihil Honoris 
 haberi Sibi, ita locuta eft 
 ■Secum : Thefauro repertOf 
 Stolidus fion est gratus ; at 
 ^o ipso Thefauro amisso^ 
 lolllcitabit Me primani 
 .omnium Votis CJ" 
 
 Clamoribus. 
 
 THE Countryman, 'O^hen 
 He ploughed, /ow^ 
 
 Treafure in the Furrows, Fc>r- 
 tune {te\\)^^ that Nothing of Honour 
 •TV as had to Her, thus fpake 
 with Herself: Treafure hein^found^ 
 the Fool is not gratrrfuj ; hui 
 that self -same Treafure being lost 
 He will folicit Me firft 
 of all with Vows and 
 Clamours, 
 
 MoR. 
 Beneficio accepto^ fimus 
 grati Merenti b:ne de 
 Nobis ; Etenim ingratitudo 
 eft digna privari etiani 
 Beneficio, ^iod modo 
 .acceperit. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 A Benefit being received, let us be 
 grateful to Him deferving zvell of 
 Us ; For Ingratitude 
 
 is worthy to be deprived e'uem 
 of the Benefit, Which lately 
 it may have received^. 
 
 FABLE LXXL 
 
 De Pavone {y Grue. 
 
 PAVO ?y Grus 
 
 ceenant una : Pavo 
 jaiftat iS'e, oftentat Caudam : 
 Grus faietur Pavonem 
 esse forn ofiflimis Pennis ; 
 tamen Se penetrare Nubes 
 animofo Volatu, dum Pa- 
 va vix supervolat Te<5l?, 
 
 Of the Peacock and the Crane, 
 
 THE Peacock and the Crane 
 sup together ; The Peaceck 
 boafts Himself fliows his Tail; 
 The Crane confesses the Peacock 
 to be of moft beautiful Feathers ; 
 yet that He pierced the Clouds 
 with a bold Slight y whilft the Pea- 
 cock fcarce fies over the Houfes. 
 
50 
 
 Sm.EGT TABL'ES OF uESOV. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Nemo contempsen't Al- 
 
 terum : est cuique sua 
 
 Dos. ; est cuique sua 
 
 Virtus : ^li caret hrd 
 
 •Yntuti:,forstin habeat Earn, 
 
 '<Jua 7 w c area 3. 
 
 MoR. 
 'Scfimn should have despised Ano- 
 ther : there is to every one his onvn 
 Portion ; tJtere is to every one hisorvn 
 Virtue : lie who wanteth thj 
 Virtue, perhaps may have That 
 Which thou mayft want. 
 
 FABLE LXXri. 
 
 Ar UNDINE, . 
 
 QUercus effracta va- 
 lidiore Noto^ 
 
 praecipitritur in F.lumen, ^, 
 dum Jluitat^ forte h<zr8t 
 fuis Ram is in Ar undine ; 
 miratur, Arundinem ftare 
 incolumem in tanto Turbine.. 
 Hcec refpondet, Se efle 
 tutam fua Fhxibilitate ; 
 Se cedere Noto, 
 
 Borea ; omni Flatui ; 
 
 nee esse Mirum, quod 
 exciderit, Qux. 
 
 Que re us 
 
 concupivit 
 resist ere. 
 
 non cedere i^ fed 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Ne resistas Potentiori 
 sed vincas ffunc, cedcndo, 
 15* fej-endo. 
 
 0/the Oak aj:d 
 the R;e.ed. 
 
 THE Oak being broken by the 
 ftronger South JVind, 
 
 is thrown into the Ptiver, and 
 whilft She Jows, by Chance sticks 
 by her Boughs upon a Reed ^ 
 flie wonders, t^af a i?^£"c? flood 
 safe in jo great a Whirlwind, 
 •SAtf anfwers, ^/it^t 5/ie Avas 
 safe by her Flexibility ; 
 
 that She yielded to Notus, 
 to Boreas ; to every -S/a^f ; 
 nor wflj it a Wonder, fAat 
 the Oak should fall. Who 
 desired not to yield) but 
 .to resist, 
 
 MoR. 
 Do not re5/5t One more powerf&lj 
 (5uf overcome, /f/w by yielding^ 
 and bearing. 
 
SELECT FABLES GF .ESOP. 
 
 51 
 
 FABLE LXXin. 
 
 Dc Leoke IS' 
 Vekatore. 
 
 LEO liligat cum 
 
 Vcnatore i '^xx.^ext suam 
 Fortitudinem Fortitudin: 
 Hominis. Post longa Jur- 
 ^ia Venator ducit Leonem 
 ad Maufoleum, in Quo Leo 
 crat sculptus deponens 
 
 Caput in Grcmium Viri. 
 Fera negat Id effe satis 
 Incllcii ; nam ait, Homines 
 fculpeic ^od vellent ; 
 
 qi'.od fi Leone s to rent Arti- 
 JiceSj Virum Jam i;i 
 
 sculptiim fi;b Fcdibus 
 Leonis. 
 
 0/the Lion and 
 the HvxTER. 
 
 TI-IE Lion contotds with 
 the Hur.tcr ; He prefers his 
 Strength to the Strength 
 
 of ]Man, After long Z);.;- 
 
 /)l^/f J the Hunter leads the Lion 
 fo a tcnib, <7-7 Which a Lion 
 vas carved laying clown 
 
 his Head on the Lap of « Man. 
 77ie Beast denies that to be enough 
 Proof ; ybr he fays, Mt7f Mcti 
 carved Wlict they would : 
 but if i /c;«5 were Arti- 
 fi-ccrs^ that the Man now wouU be 
 carved under the Feet 
 
 of ilic Lioii. 
 
 MoR. 
 
 Qulff}ue, qvoad poteft, 
 £?* dicit, i:f facit /cf, Quod 
 puiat prodeffe sux 
 
 Caufsc ^ Parti. 
 
 MoR. 
 Every One, as much as he is abb,. 
 hcih f.:ys, and does ThcUj Which. 
 he thinks to be prcfitabl* ij /-^ 
 i^aufe c/?i^ Party. 
 
 FABLE LXXIV. 
 
 De Plero ^ FuRE. 
 
 Of the Boy ant/ the Thief. 
 
 PL'er sedehat flens apud 
 Puteum ; Fur rogat 
 Causam flendi ; Puer dicit, 
 Fune rupto, Urnam 
 
 Auri incidijse in 
 
 Homo ex«/f Se, insilit 
 in Puteum^ quserit. Ta^e 
 non invcntoj confcendit, 
 
 A Boy sat -weeping at 
 a Well; A Thief afks 
 theCauseoiWis weepiug; thcBoy^Aysy 
 th€ Rope being brake, that an Urn 
 of Gold had fallen into tlie JVaters,» 
 The Man u/iJre5Jf5' HimPelf, leaps, 
 into the Well^ feeks for it. 'Fht Ve^>el 
 not being found, He comes up, 
 
52 
 
 SELECT FABLES Of^ JLSOP. 
 
 atq; ibi nee invenit Pue- 
 rum, nee suam Tunicam : 
 ^ippe PuQrf-, Tunica fub- 
 \2ii:x,fiigerat, 
 
 MoR. 
 Interduni falluntur^ 
 
 Qui Solent fallere. 
 
 and there neither does He find ^Ae 
 i5<y, nor his oivn Coat : 
 /or the Boy, the Coat being taken 
 away, had Jed, 
 
 MoR. 
 Sometimes thejy are dectivedy 
 Who arf ivont to deceive» 
 
 FABLE LXXV. 
 
 Be Rust ICO 45* 
 
 JUVKXCO. 
 
 RUSTICUS hahebat 
 
 Juvcncum impatien- 
 iirm omnh Vincvli £c Jugi : 
 Homo 
 Cornua 
 petebat 
 
 jiUlgit 
 
 Arctrc, 
 
 H^rum 
 
 foiebat. 
 
 gaudens, 
 
 I nd I Ibi a, ut 
 
 tutus cJ?" aCorniluSf & a6 
 
 IJji^uiis. Sed Quid evenit ? 
 
 1': iirua subinde refiflens 
 
 s barge n do A re n a m apple t 
 
 Oi ■ ^ "Caput Rusti- 
 
 (i TIL 
 
 MoR. 
 NonnulU sunt fic in- 
 traciabilcs^ ut nequeant 
 traftaii ulla Arte, aut 
 Confilio. 
 
 asttctuhis refecat 
 
 Beftls ; nam 
 
 Corn ib us ; turn 
 
 non Currui, fed 
 
 ns ' pulfaret 
 
 Calcibus, ut 
 
 Ipse tenet Stivarny 
 
 effecisse 
 
 j am foret 
 
 O/the Countryman fl;:cr 
 the Steer. 
 
 A COUNTRYMAN had 
 
 a Steer ;m/>a- 
 
 tient of every Chain and 2o^e .* 
 The Man a little cunning cuts 
 off «Ae Horns of the Beajft ; for 
 he ftrnck w/?/^ ///i" Horns; then:' 
 He joins him not io ?/ie Carf, but 
 totheFloughjth'dt he Ihouldnotflrike 
 /k'^ Master with his Heels, C5 
 He was wont. He holds ?At^ Plough^ 
 rejoicing that He had effected 
 by Induftry, that now A<r should be 
 fafe ^o/A from Horns^ and yVow 
 Hoofs. ^Mf What happened? 
 
 The- Bullock frequently refifling 
 by scattering the Saud flls 
 the Mouth cni/ Head of the Coun- 
 tryman with it. 
 
 MoR. 
 Some are fo in-- 
 
 tractable^ that TArj/ cannot 
 be managed i^- jn;' Art, or 
 Counfcl. 
 
SELECT FABLES OF .CSOP. 
 
 FABLE LXXVL 
 
 Da Satyro ^:;' Via- 
 
 TORE. 
 
 SAtyrus, ^xii ollm erat 
 habitus Deus Nemo- 
 rum, miseraius. Viatorem 
 obrutum Nive, aiq; enec- 
 tum Algorc^ duclt in 
 fuum Antrum; fovet 
 
 Igne, At, dum fpirat 
 
 in Manus, percent a tur 
 
 Caufam ; .^ui rt-lpondens 
 
 '.nquti, 
 
 calefant» Po- 
 ftea, cum accumberent, 
 Viator fufflat in Pulteui, 
 ^lod interrogatus cur fa- 
 .c-iret, inquity vlI frigcscat. 
 Turn continita batyrus 
 ejiciens Viatoiem inquit, 
 
 Nolo, 
 
 ut 
 
 Ilk 
 
 meo Antro, Cui fit 
 ciiverfum Os, 
 
 tarn 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Evita (^/7/w^i/tfmHomiiiem, 
 ^ui eft Proteus iu Scrmont» 
 
 C/tlie Satyr o/it/ the Tra- 
 
 VLLLER. 
 
 A Satyr, Who formerly "ivcs 
 accounted a God of the 
 Woods, having pitied z. Travellev 
 ccvcrtd with Snow, and almoit 
 dead nvith Coidj leads Him into 
 his Cave ; cherilhes Him 
 
 ivithaFire, But, whilst He breathes 
 into his Hands, He enquires 
 the Caufe ; JVho anfwcrinnr 
 sajs, that they may be ivarm. Af- 
 terwards, ivhcn they lay down, 
 f/jcT;-^^^//^;- blows .'/2^0 hisPorridge, 
 Which being afktd nvhy He 
 did, /if saidy that /f may grou^ coo!^ 
 Then immediately the Satyr 
 casting out the Traveller ^^.y, 
 1 am not willing, f/w^ He bj ii 
 w/j Cave, /r/;a , has io 
 
 different a Mouth, 
 
 MoR. 
 Avoid a double-tongued Man, 
 Who is a Proteus in Discourse. 
 
 FABLE LXXVIL 
 
 Z)e Tauro b" MuRE^ (y the. Bull and the Mouse. 
 
 1M 
 
 "US momorderat 
 
 Pe de m 7 6.' ?;; r / , f ii - 
 giens in fuum Antrum, 
 /Taurus vibrat Cornua, 
 qtjarit, Hoftem, videt nuf- 
 
 THE 
 the 
 
 Moufe. had 6ii 
 Foot of the Bull, Sy. 
 1^8' 'fifo his Hole, 
 
 The Bi.ll, brandishes his Horns, 
 3-ef/c>s his. ^leniy, sees him na 
 
 ^uani. Mies ivndtt Eum; 's'^htrc. The Mouse hu^hs ?it Him ; 
 
 E a 
 
54 
 
 SELECT FABLES OF ^SOP, 
 
 inquit, quia es robustusy fays He, because thou art robust, 
 
 ac vastus^ idcirco non con- and big, therefore you should net 
 
 tempseris Quenivis ; nunc have despised any One ; now 
 
 eximius Mus laefit Tc, & a little Mouse has hurt Thee, and 
 
 quidem gratis, indeed gratis. 
 
 MOR. MOR. 
 
 Nemo pciidat Hoilem Let no man rate his Enemy 
 
 Flocci, at a Lock of WooL 
 
 FABLE LXXVIIL 
 
 De RusTico b* 
 Hercule, 
 
 CURRUS Rustic 
 
 ci hjcret in profundo 
 Luto, Mox supiniis 
 
 implorat Deum Herculcm ; 
 Vox intonat e Coelo, 
 Inepte, flagella tiios Equos, 
 ts* Iple annitere Rotis, 
 '<itq ; turn Hercules vocatus 
 adcrit. 
 
 MoR. 
 Otiofa Vota profunt Nil ; 
 Qux sane Dens non audit. 
 Ipse juva Teipsuniy turn 
 i}ifr,'5 juvabit Tc, 
 
 0/the Countryman cnaf 
 Hercules. 
 
 THE Waggon of a Country- 
 man flicks in a deep 
 Clay* By and by laying along 
 He implores t/j« Gfjrf Hercuks ; 
 a Voice thunders out of Heaven ; 
 Fool, whip thy Horfesy 
 
 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* 
 Thyself help Thyself then 
 God will help Thee.. 
 
 FABLE LXXIX. 
 
 De Cicada c?* Form/ica. 0/the Grafliopper and the Pifmife, 
 
 c 
 
 iUM Cicada cantet 
 psr yEilatem, Formica 
 cxercc: suam Meltem 
 
 WHEN the Grashopper fmgs 
 in the Summer, fAe >4Mt 
 tra- exercifes her liarveft, dratV' 
 
SELECT FABLES OF iESOP- 
 
 55 
 
 heyis Grana m Antrum, 
 ^ucc reponit in Hyemeni. 
 JBrumd faeviente, famelica 
 Cicada venit ad Formicam^ 
 b.mendicatV\Ctwm, Formica 
 renuit, dictitansy Sefe labora- 
 visscy dum Ilia cantabat. 
 
 ing the Grains into a Hole, 
 Which Slie lays u^ against Winter. 
 The Winter raging, the famished 
 Grafliopper comes^ to the Anty 
 and begs Vidlua's. The Ant 
 rcfufes, sayings that ^he had labour» 
 ed-i whim She sang* i 
 
 MOR. MOR* 
 
 Qui est fegnis in Juventa, Who is flothful in Youth, 
 
 $g€bit in Scnectd ; iS" Qui shall want in Age ; and Who 
 
 non j)arcity mox mcndicabit, doth not spare^ by and by shall beg. 
 
 FABLE LXXX, 
 
 JDe Cane ^ Leone. 
 
 CANIS jocans occurrit 
 Leoni, quid Tu ex- 
 hauftus Inedid percurris 
 Sjhas Sc Devia? fpcAa 
 Me pinguem, is^ nitidum, 
 atque confcquor -fl^ec, non 
 Lahore^ fed Otig, Turn 
 Leo inquit, Tu quidem 
 habes tuas £pulas, fed 
 Stolide,h2.hts fr/aw Viiicula; 
 Efto Tu Servus, ^ui potes 
 servire ; Ego quidem, fum 
 /i^er, nee t>o/o fervire. 
 
 MoR. 
 Leo respondit pulchrd : 
 Etenim Libertas est potior 
 omnibus Rebus» 
 
 0/thc Dog and the Lion. 
 
 A DOG joking meets 
 
 a Lion^ why dost Thm ex- 
 hauftcd with Want run \ thro* 
 Me Woods and Bj-placesr fee 
 ^/e fat <jn</ fleck, 
 
 cnc/ I obtain t/w/r Things^ not 
 <^ Labour, but (^ Idleness, Then 
 f/ie L/on fays, T/jou indeed 
 Aa^f thy Dainties, but 
 
 /oo/. Thou haft also Chains ; 
 Be Thou a Slave, Who art able 
 to serve ; I indeed, am 
 
 yrf(f, nor i?j» / 'willing to ferve. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 The Lion t^n^wcrct/ beautifully : 
 For Liberty is better 
 
 than rJ/ Things. 
 
SELECT FABLES OF iESOr. 
 
 FABLE LXXXL 
 
 De Plscibus. 
 
 FLuvialis Piscis eft car- 
 reptiis jer Vim FIu- 
 minia in Ma:e, ubi elTerens 
 suam Kobiliiatem, pendebat 
 omne marinim Genus vili, 
 Rioca lion tulit Hoc, sed 
 ait, Tii/ic fare Indicium 
 JVobilitaiisj fi captiis porte- 
 tur ad Forum cum Phoca ; 
 Se iri imp turn a Nob il ions y 
 autem Jillum a PUbe, 
 
 hui 
 
 I MOR. 
 
 Mu/ti sunt fic 
 Libidjiic Gloria^ ut 
 jaacat Se, Sed 
 iui I Oris non 
 
 capti 
 
 Ipsi 
 
 Laus 
 
 datur 
 
 Homini Laudi, at excipi- 
 tur ciim Rifu Ju.dito- 
 mm* 
 
 Of the Fishes. 
 
 A River Fish is borna 
 
 doivn by the Force of the Ri- 
 ver into the Sea, where extolling 
 his Nobility, He valued 
 
 all the Sea Race at a low Rate. 
 The Seal bore not Thisy bui 
 faid, Then would be a . Proof 
 o/ Nobility, if fcAe» He (hould be 
 carried to Market with a Seal ; 
 that_ lie fho.uld be bought by Nobksy 
 but He by ?/f<? common People. 
 
 MoR. 
 Many «re fo . taken 
 
 ^ith the Lufl of Glory ^ that T/zy; 
 boaft Themselves. But f//e praise 
 of his own 3'ioiith is not given 
 ?o ^ il/brt for a Praife, ^w^ is receiv- 
 ed with the Laughter o/' t/jf Hearr 
 
 FABLE LXXXIU 
 
 De Pardo ^ Vulpecula. 
 
 PArdus, Cui efl 
 
 pictum Tergum, cateris 
 Feris, ff/am X.eonibus c^e- 
 Spectis ab £o, intumeicebat. 
 Vidpecula accedit ad Huuq,, 
 fuadet non fuperbire. 
 
 "•ens quideni, //// '^ffe 
 ecoisam Pellem, ver)i Sibi 
 ;s€ fpeciofam Jfe/Jit??^ 
 
 Of the Leopard jw/ the Fox. 
 
 THE Leopard, Who has 
 a painted Back, the other 
 Beafts,: even the Lions being de- 
 spised ^\)y Him was puffed ua. 
 fh^ Fox comes to . Him, 
 perluades Him not to be proud, 
 saying indeed, that He had 
 a fine Skin, but U^ 
 /iflflf <z fine 7»/nc/, 
 
SEEECT FABLES OF .ESOP. 
 
 57 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Efl Discrimen &c Or do 
 Bonorum : Bona 
 
 Corporis prastant Bonis 
 Fortune ; fed Bona Animi 
 sunt pisefcFenda Bis. 
 
 MoR. 
 There is a Difference and Order 
 of good Things : Thi Goods 
 of the Body excel the Goods of 
 Fortune; but the Goods of the Mind 
 are to be preferred to These, 
 
 FABLE LXXXIIL 
 
 De VuLPK {5* Fele. 
 
 CUM Vu/pes in Colio- 
 giiio'f Quod ////' erat 
 cum Fele, Jactaret, Sibi 
 esse varias Technas^ adeo 
 ut haberct vel Pcram 
 refertam Dolis : Autem 
 Felis respondit^ Sibi esse 
 duntaxat unicam Artem, Cui 
 fide ret, si effet 
 
 ^•u/ii Difcriminis. Inter zou- 
 fabulandum repenti 
 
 Tumultus Canum accurren- 
 tium auditur : Ibi Felis 
 fubfilit in akiflimam 
 
 Arborem ; interim Vulpes 
 cinda Canibus capitur. 
 
 W 
 
 •with 
 had 
 that 
 full 
 
 Of the Fox and the Cat. 
 HEN the Fcx in a Dis- 
 course, Which He had 
 the C2iX, boasledy that He 
 various Shifts, fa 
 
 He had even a Budget 
 of Tricks : But 
 
 the Cat ansiuered. That She had 
 only one Art, to which 
 
 She trufled, if there was 
 any thing of Danger. In the Dif- 
 courfe suddenly 
 
 the Noife of the Dogs run- 
 ning is heard: Then the Cat 
 leaps into a very high 
 
 7Ve^ ; in the mean time the Fox 
 furrounded bj the Dogs is taken. 
 
 MoR. 
 Fabwla intiuit. 
 
 MoR. 
 The Fable intimates, that fome 
 
 quam unicum Confilium, times one Defign, 
 
 modo fit verum, £c ejfcax, so that it be true, and effectual, 
 
 c{^t priestabilius ([ukm plures is better than wiorc 
 
 Dolos, is* frivola Consilia» Tricks, and frivolQUs Designs» 
 
SELECT FABLES OF iESOP. 
 
 FABLE LXXXIV. 
 
 Be Rege l?'^iMiis. 
 
 0/the KixG and the Apes. 
 
 QUidam uEgvptius Rex 
 instituit aliquot SimiaSy 
 ut perdiscerent Adlionem 
 saltandi. Nam, z/f nullum 
 Animal accedit propius ad 
 Figuram Hominis, ;7a nee 
 alhid imitatur Jiumanos 
 Aclus aut melius out li- 
 bentiiis. It ague protinifs. 
 edocta Artem saltandiy 
 ccepertint faitare, indiita- 
 purpureis Vestimentis^ ac 
 personate ; & Spe<:t aculuv^ 
 jam placebat longo Tempore 
 in miruin Modum ; donee 
 Quifpiam € Spedlatoribus 
 facetus abjecit Nuce^m Me- 
 dium, Quas habebat 
 
 clanculum in Loculis. Ibi 
 flatim Simits-i fimul atque 
 vidissent Nuccs, ablitfi 
 Chorex, C£tperunt «ffe Id, 
 Quod fuerant antea, ac 
 repene e Saltatricibus re- 
 die runt in Simias ; &. 
 Personis £c Vestibus dilace- 
 ratis, pugnabant inter Se 
 pro Nucibus, non sine 
 maximo Risu Spe(5lato- 
 rum. 
 
 A Certain Egyptian King 
 appointed fome Apes 
 
 that ^A:r)f should learn the Adlion 
 o/" dancing. For, cj no 
 
 Animal cometh nearer to 
 //j<? Figure of a Man, jo neither 
 anjf other imitates human 
 Aftions either better, or more - 
 willingly, Tlierefore prefently 
 ,being taught the Art of Dancing, 
 They began to dance, chthed 
 in purple Vestments, arid 
 
 'flashed ; and the Sight 
 
 now pleased for a long Time 
 after fz loonderful Manner ; till 
 One of th^ Speftators 
 
 facetious threw iV{«/5 into f/i^ J//c/- 
 t^/e, Which-.' he had 
 
 privately in his 'i'ockets. Then 
 prefently the Aff^s, as foon as 
 They saw the Nuts^ having J orgat 
 the Dance, began to be Fhaty 
 Which Th§y had been before, and 
 fuddenly from Dancers re^ 
 turned into Apes ; , and 
 their Masks and Clothes being 
 torn, they foitght among Themsehes 
 for the -nuts, not -nvithoict 
 the greateftZi.aV;Sr^J«^rof theSpecta- 
 tors. 
 
 MoR. 
 Hxc Fabula 
 Ornamenta 
 non mutare 
 Bo minis. 
 
 admonet, 
 
 Fortunas 
 
 Ingenium 
 
 MoR. 
 This Fable ^tlmonifheth, 
 
 that the Ornaments of Fortune 
 do not change the Difpofition. 
 of a man» 
 
-s:elect fables of iESor. 
 
 59 
 
 FABLE LXXXV. 
 
 De A SI-NO ^ ViATO- 
 
 RI3US. 
 
 DUO ^uidam^ cum 
 forte invfnirent 
 
 Asinum in Sjlva, coeperunt 
 contendere inter Se, 
 
 Uter Eorum abdiiceret 
 £uj?zDomum,?/^/fuum ; nam 
 videbatur parittr objeftus 
 Utriq; a Fortuna. In- 
 terim, ////\? alterca-ntibus 
 invicem-f Afinus alxluxit 
 Se, Off Neuter potitus est 
 Eo, 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Qwidam excidunt a /;r<e- 
 
 s&ntibus Cominodis, 
 
 nefciunt 
 inscitiam* 
 
 uti 
 
 ^uibus 
 
 Of the Ass t7W tke Thavbl- 
 
 LTERS. 
 
 TWO certain Men, when 
 by chance they found 
 an Ass in a ^rooJ, began 
 to contend between Themselves, 
 Whether of thcTn fhould lead 
 Bim Home, as his own ; for 
 he feemed equally offered 
 to Either by Fortune, In the mean 
 time, T/i(fj wrangling 
 
 by Turns, the Afs withdrew 
 Himfelf and Neither obtained 
 Him. 
 
 MoR. 
 Some fall from 
 sent Advantages, 
 
 they know not how to use thro 
 I^orance. 
 
 pre- 
 Which 
 
 FA'SLE LXXXVl. 
 
 De CoRvo ^ Lupis. Of the Crow and the Wolves. 
 
 CORVUS comitatitr 
 
 Lupos per ardua 
 Juga Montium ; postu- 
 lat Partem Prttdie S> 
 bi, quia fecutus effet, i^ 
 non deflituiffet Eos ullo 
 Tempore, Deinde est re- 
 pulfus a Lupis, quia 
 non minus voraret Exta 
 Luporum, fi occiderentur, 
 quam £xfa cjeterorum 
 Animalium, 
 
 THE Crow accompanies 
 the Wolves ?/tro* the high 
 To/)j of the Mountains ; He de- 
 mands a Part of the Prey for Him- 
 felf, because he had followed, and 
 had not forfook Them at any 
 Time, Then Ae /\r re- 
 
 pulfed by the Wolves, because 
 no lefs would he devour the Entrails 
 o/ ^Ae Wolves iithey should be slain, 
 than f/ie Entrails of other 
 Animals» 
 
€0 
 
 SELECT FABLES OF ^SOP. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 ^uid agamus 
 
 Non :^uia agamus est 
 feniper iiispiciendum ; fed 
 quo Animo simus, cum 
 a^amits. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Not What We may do /* 
 always to be looked into ; but 
 of What Mind We be, when 
 We do it. 
 
 TABLE LXXXVIL 
 
 De Mure nato in 
 Cifta. 
 
 0/the Mouse born /;: the 
 Cheft. 
 
 MUS natus in Cistd 
 duxerat fere oranem 
 Vitam ibi, pastus Nucibus, 
 ^i<e folebant servari in 
 Ed. Auteni, dum ludens 
 circa Oras Cist<e 
 
 decidiffet, Isf quxreret 
 Ascensumy reperit Epulas 
 laatiflime paratus, Qu^as 
 ciim coeplfTet gust are, 
 
 inquit, ^uam Stolidus fui 
 haftenus, ^ui credebam 
 esse Nihil in toto 
 
 Orbe melius mea Cistula ? 
 Ecce ! qudm vefcor suavi- 
 oribus Cibis hie ! 
 
 MoR. 
 Hasc Fahula indicat, Pa- 
 ir iam non diligcndam ita, 
 ut non adeamus ea Loca, 
 ubi possimus effe beatio- 
 res. 
 
 AMoufe born in a Chest 
 had led xilmost all 
 
 ^/5 Life there, //fj with Nuts, 
 Which were wont fo ^e kept in 
 /f. But, ivhilst playing 
 
 about the Edges 0/ the Chest 
 He fell down, and tried at 
 getting upy He found Dainties 
 moft fumptuoufly/jrej&arec/, Which 
 ?y/z^;i He had began to taste, 
 He faid ^ow foolifh have I been 
 hitherto, Who believed 
 
 there ivas nothing in the whole 
 World better than my Chest? 
 Behold I how I am fed ivith stvest' 
 er Meats here / 
 
 MoR. 
 This Fable fliows, that a Coun- 
 try is not to be beloved fb, 
 that We may not go to thofe Places, 
 where We we may be able to be mor£ 
 happy. 
 
SELECT FABLES OF ^SOP. 
 
 frl 
 
 FABLE LXXXVIIL 
 
 De BusTico iinpetrante, Of the Country^ian ohiainin^^ 
 ut Triticum nafceretur that Wheat (hould grow 
 
 absque Ariftis. 
 
 OUidarn Rusticus im- 
 petraverat a Cerere, 
 ut Triticum nasceretur abfq; 
 Aristisy ne I cede ret 
 
 Manus Metentium Sc 
 
 Triturantium ; Qv^od, cum 
 inarult, est depastum a 
 minutis Avibus : Turn Ru- 
 fticus inquit, (^am dig-ne 
 patior ! ^ui Caufa 
 
 parva commoditatls perdidi 
 etiam maxima Emolumen- 
 ta. 
 
 Moil. 
 Fabula indicate parra 
 Incommoda penianda 
 
 major i Utilitate. 
 
 without Beards. 
 
 A Certain Countryman had ob- 
 tained from Geres, 
 that Wheat should grow without 
 Beards, that it might not hurt 
 the Hands of the Reapers and 
 Threshers ; Which, when 
 
 it grew ripe, was eat up by 
 the small Birds : Then the Coun- 
 tryman said^ How worthily 
 I fuffer! Who for the Sake 
 of a small Commodity have lost 
 even the greatest Advanta- 
 ges. 
 
 Mon. 
 The Fable shows y that fmall 
 Disadvantages are to be v/eighed 
 with a greater Profit. 
 
 FABLE LXXXIX. 
 
 De AcciPiTRE insequente 
 
 COLUMBABI. 
 
 CUM Accipiteir infe- 
 queretur Columbam 
 pvascipiti Volatu, _ ingref- 
 lus quondam Villam est 
 captus a Ruflico, ^tem 
 obiecrabat Slandc, ut 
 
 dimitteret Se ; nam^ 
 
 dixit, non Usi Te. 
 Cut Rullicus respon- 
 dit, nee H<sc Iseferat TV. 
 
 Of the Hawk pursuing 
 the Pigeon. 
 
 WHEN the Hawk pur- 
 fued the Pigeon 
 
 with a fpeedy Flight, having en- 
 tered a certain Vllla^ He was 
 taken djf a Ccuntryman, J7hom 
 He befought fairly, that 
 
 He would dismiss Him ; for, 
 faid He, / have not hurt Thee. 
 To Whom the Conn tr)- man an- 
 swered nor had She hurt 'jyiee^ 
 
62 
 
 SELECT FABL"ES OF J;SOK 
 
 MOR. MOR. 
 
 Fabula indicate Eos The Fable shows^ that they 
 
 puiiiri merito, ^i conan- are punished dcfervedly, Whj en- 
 
 tur lizdere innocentes. deavour to hurt the Innocent. 
 
 FABLE XG. 
 
 De RusTico tr&nsi' 
 two Amnem. 
 
 RURicns transiturus 
 
 Torrentem, ^ii forte 
 excreverat Imbribiis, 
 
 •quKrebat; Vadum, Sc cum 
 tentavifTet earn Partem 
 
 Qus; vidcbatur 
 
 Flu mill 
 
 quietior, Isf phcidior, 
 repcrit Earn dhiorem^ quam 
 fuerat cpinatus ; rursus 
 adinvenit breviorem^ & 
 tutiorem Partem ; ibi FIu- 
 vius decurrebat majori 
 Strepitu Aquarum : Turn 
 inquit Setum Quam 
 
 tutius poffumus credere 
 nor.ram Vitam in clamosis 
 Aquis, qua7n in» quietis k 
 silentibus. 
 
 Ofth^ CotJNTRY^IAN about to 
 pass over a River. 
 
 A Countryman ^^!9z/f topassover 
 a Torrent, Which by Chance 
 had increafed by the Shotvers^ 
 Ibught a .SAfl/Zt/cy, ^ and ivften 
 He had tried that Part 
 of the River, Whioh seemed' 
 more quiet, and fmooth, 
 
 he. found It deeper, than 
 He had thought ; again 
 
 He came to a shalloiver, and 
 safer Part ; there the Ri- 
 ver ran doivn with a greater 
 Noise of Waters : Then 
 
 He faid ivith Himself Hoyf 
 more safely are we able to trust 
 Our Life in the clamorous 
 Waters, than in the quiet and 
 silent. 
 
 MoR, 
 
 Admonemur hdc 
 
 Fabula, ut extimefcamus 
 Homines verbofos, is" mi- 
 jiaces, minus quam qui:tos. 
 
 MoR. 
 We are adraonifhed by this 
 Fable, that We fhould fear 
 Men verbofe, and thrcat- 
 ning, less than the quiit. 
 
SELECT FABLES OF .ESOP. 
 
 63 
 
 FABLE XCL- 
 
 De CoLUMBA ^ Pica. Of the Pigeon and the Magpie. 
 
 COlumba interrogata a 
 Picd^ Quid inducer et 
 Earn, ut nidificaret semper 
 111 eodcpi Loco, cum ejus 
 Pulli femper surriperentur 
 iiide, respondit^. Simplici- 
 tas. 
 
 THE Pigeon being asked Ky 
 the Picy Wh;it could induce 
 Her, that She built ahvays- 
 in the same Place, ivhen Her 
 Toung always ivcre taken 
 from thence, ansivtred Simpli- 
 city, 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Hjec Tabula indie at, bonoi 
 Viros st-ipe die c'lin facile. 
 
 MoR. 
 This Fable lliovvs, that gocd- 
 Men often are deceived easilj» 
 
 FABLE XCn. 
 
 De ASINO iP" VlTULO, 
 
 Of the Ass and the Calf, 
 
 A Sinus 5J7* Vitulus, r«;rt 
 pafcercntur /n eodcm 
 P-rato, pizcfentiebant ho- 
 stilem Exercitum adventare 
 Sonitu Campanx» Turn 
 Vitulus inquit, Sodalis, 
 fugiamus hinc, ne Hoftes 
 abducant Nos Captivos ; 
 Cui Asinus reipondit, 
 Fuge Tu, ^ucm Holies 
 consueverunt occidere, 13" 
 effe ; Nihil interest Afini, 
 Cui ubique eadeni 
 
 Conditio ferendi Oneris 
 W^ propofita. 
 
 THE Afs fl;i:/the Calf, ".vhen 
 they were fed in the fame 
 Pasture perceived an Ene- 
 my s Army to approach 
 by the found of a Bell, Then 
 the Calf faid. O Companion, 
 let us fly hence, lest the Enemies 
 lead away Us Captives ; 
 To whom the Ass anfwered, 
 Fly Thou, Whom the Enemies 
 Iwce bien used to flay, and 
 to eat , It is ne Interest of the Afs, 
 to Whom every where the same 
 Condiiion of bearing a Burden 
 isi offered. 
 
 
 MoR. 
 
 MoR. 
 
 Ha:c 
 
 Fabula admonet 
 
 This Fable 
 
 Servosy 
 
 lie formident 
 
 Servants, that they 
 
 warns 
 
 they may not lear 
 
&4 
 
 SELECT FABLES OF ^SOP. 
 
 viagnopere mvitare Dominos^ greatly to change their Lords, 
 mod6 futiiri noii fint provided that the future be not 
 dettrlores prioribus. nvorse than the former. 
 
 FABLE XCIIL 
 
 Dc VuLPE Sj" Multeri- 
 Dus sdentibus GalUnas, 
 
 VUlpes trans tens juxta 
 quandam Villam, 
 
 conspe-.Kit catervav.i Mulie- 
 rum comedentem alto Silen- 
 tio plurimas GalUnas opipare 
 alTatas : Ad Quas conversa 
 
 inquit, 
 
 ^ui Clainores ij 
 
 Latratus Cajium effent 
 contra Me, si Y.^o facer em, 
 (^od Vos facitis ? Qui 
 nwjsdam 'Anus refpondens 
 inqv.it, Nos comedimus Qiia; 
 sunt Noftra, ver© Twfuraris 
 aliena. 
 
 MOR . 
 
 Quod est meum non atti- 
 net ad le. Ne furare ; 
 cito contentus tuls Rebus, 
 
 Of the Fox and the Women 
 eating the Hens. 
 
 near 
 
 Village, 
 
 Women 
 
 Silence 
 
 daintily 
 
 A FOX passing 
 
 aTa. a certain 
 
 saw a Heap of 
 eating in deep 
 
 very many Hens 
 
 rGafled : To Whom being turned 
 He laid, What Clamours and 
 Barkings of Dogs would be 
 agftinst Me, if I did 
 
 "What Ton do ? To whom 
 a certaia old V/oman anfwering 
 said, We eat What 
 
 are Ours, but Thou stealest 
 other Men's Things. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 What is mine does not be- 
 long to Thee, Do not steal ; 
 be content with thine own Things,. 
 
 FABLE XCIV. 
 
 Be pinguibus Caponibus Of the fat Capons and tht Uzn 
 ijf macro. one. 
 
 QUidam Fir nutricave- 
 rat complures Capones 
 in tcdtmOrnithcboscio; Qiii 
 omnes funt effecti pingiies 
 
 A Certain Man had 
 XjL up very many 
 
 brought 
 
 Capons 
 
 in the fame Coop; 
 
 Who 
 
 all were wfi^e 
 
 fit 
 
SELECT FABLES OF iESOP. 
 
 prater L^num, 'Sluem Fratres 
 trridebanty ut mac: lent urn, 
 Dominu.s accepturus nobiles 
 Hospites lauto kj iumptuofo 
 ConviviOf imperat CoquOy 
 ut tnterimaty £c coquat ex 
 Hisy Quos invenerit 
 
 pingiiiores. Pingues audi- 
 entes Hoc afflic^abant Sese^ 
 dicentes, si Isosfuissemus 
 maciienti ! 
 
 MoR. 
 Hxc Fabula eft conjicta 
 in Solamen Pauperum, 
 quorum Vita est tutior, quam 
 Vita Divitunu 
 
 except One, Which his Brethren 
 laughed at^ as lean. The 
 
 Mafter about to receive noble 
 Guests in a neat and fumptuous 
 Banquety commands the Cooky 
 that i/tf should kill and cook out of 
 Thesey which He should Jxnd 
 tlie fatter. The fat hear- 
 ing 77/;^ afflitLed Thevisehesy 
 if We had been 
 
 faying, 
 lean 1 
 
 This 
 for the 
 tuhose 
 
 MoR. 
 Fable was 
 Ccmfort of 
 
 invented 
 the Poor, 
 
 Life 
 
 the Life of the Rich. 
 
 fafer, than 
 
 FABLE XGV, 
 
 De Cygno canente in 
 
 Morte, rcprehenso 
 
 Ciconia. 
 
 CYgniis moriens inter- 
 rogabatur a Ciconia, 
 cur in Morte^ Quam cetera 
 Animalia cckl exhorrent, 
 emitteret Sonos viulio 
 
 luaviores, quam in omni 
 Vita ; cum potius deberet 
 efTe mcestus, Cui Cjgnus 
 inquit, ^lia non crucia- 
 bor ampliias Curd c^ujcren- 
 di Cibi. 
 
 Cythe Swan finging iti 
 
 Death, reprehended 
 
 by the Stork. 
 
 '"T^IIE Swan dying was afl:- 
 X ed by the Stork, 
 
 rohy in Beathy Which ether 
 Animals so fear, 
 
 He sent forth Sounds much 
 fweeter, than in all 
 
 his Life ; v}hen rather He ought 
 to be 'sud. To whom the Swan 
 faid. Because I fiiall not be tor- 
 ment c I longer ivith the Care of 
 feeking Meat, 
 
 MoR. 
 
 Hccc Fabula acjmonet, 
 ne formidemus Mortem ; 
 ^ud omnes Miseries pras- 
 fentis Vita prjcciduntur» 
 
 MoH. 
 This Fable admonifhes,. 
 
 that IVe do not fear Death ; 
 by Which all the Miseries of the pre- 
 fent Life are cut off. 
 
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 SELECT FABLES OF ^SOP. 
 
 FABLE XCVL 
 
 De Trade Is^ Bobus 
 
 trahcntibus Earn. 
 
 ULmea Trabs conque- 
 rebatur de Bobus, 
 dicensj O Ingrati^ Ego alui 
 Vos multo Tempore me is 
 Frondibus; veroYqs trahitis 
 Me vestram Nutricem per 
 Saxa isf Luta. Cut 
 
 Boves } Nostra Sufpiria U' 
 Gemitus tSf Stimulus, 
 ^0 pungimur, pos- 
 sunt docere Te, quod in- 
 viti trahimus Te, 
 
 MoR. 
 Hxc Fubula docct Nosy 
 Tie excandefcamus in 
 Eos, ^li lacdunt Nos^ non 
 ^iid Sponte. 
 
 0/the Beam and the Oxen 
 drawing It. 
 
 AN Elm Beam complain- 
 ed of the Oxen, 
 sajingy O ungrateful, I have fed 
 You a long Time ivith my 
 Leaves ; but you dra^u 
 Me your Nourifher thro* 
 Stones and Dirt. To Whom 
 the Oxen ; Our Sighs and 
 Groans and the Goad, 
 Vfith which We are pricked, are 
 able to teach Thee, that ««- 
 willing We draw Thee» 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This /'a^/e teaches C/'x, 
 that we fliould not be hot against 
 
 Them, JVho hurt 
 of their onvn Accord. 
 
 Uss 
 
 not 
 
 FABLE XCVIL 
 
 De Anguilla donquerente, 
 quod infestaretur magjs, 
 l^.yam Serpens. 
 
 ANguilla interrogabat 
 Serpentem, cur, cum 
 cssent fimiles, atq; cognati, 
 homines tam.en insequerenlur 
 Se potiuSf quam Illam : 
 Cui Serpens inquit, quia 
 raro ladunt Me /w^m- 
 
 0/* the Eel complainingj 
 that i/ff waj infested more 
 f/wn the Serpent. 
 
 THE Eel asked 
 
 the Serpent, w/y, feeing that 
 They ivere alike, awfi? Kinsfolk,, 
 Men yet pursued 
 
 Him rather, ^ than ^^r : 
 To whom fAe Serpent faid, because 
 feldom <fo /Ar^ /furi' Me unpunish" 
 ed. 
 
SELECT TABLES OF .E.SOP; 
 
 er 
 
 MoR. 
 Haec Fabula indicat, 
 Eos folere ladi minus, 
 ^ui ulcifcuntt;. 
 
 MoR. 
 This Fable iliows, that TJiey 
 are wont to b& hurt lefs, 
 Who revertge. 
 
 FABLE XGVIIL 
 
 De AsiNo, SiMiA, Isf 
 Talpa, 
 
 ASlno conguerente, quod 
 careretCormbus; ver» 
 Simia, qued Cauda deesset 
 Sibi J Talpa inquit, Ta- 
 cete, ciim videas Me esse 
 captum Oculis, 
 
 MoR. 
 
 Hxc Fabula pertinet ad 
 Eos, ^ui non funt contenti 
 fua 6'orftf ; Qui, 
 
 fi considerarent Infortunia 
 Aliortcmj tolerarent sua 
 ^cquiore Animo^ 
 
 Of the Ass, the Ape, and the 
 Mole. 
 
 THE Afs complainings that 
 He wanted Horns ; but 
 the Ape, that a Tail ivas ivanting 
 to Him ; The J/o/efald, Holdyour 
 Peaccy when you see Me ra be 
 deprived of eyes. 
 
 MoR, 
 This Fable pertains to 
 Them, Who arc not content 
 with their own Condition ; Who, 
 if They considered \h& Misfortunes 
 of Others^ would bear their own 
 with a more patient Mind. 
 
 FABLE XCIX. 
 
 Ve Najjtis implorantibus Of the Mariners imploring the 
 Auxilium Sanctorum, Help e/ Me Saints, 
 
 QUidam Nauta depre- 
 henfus m Mari subitd 
 5c a<r« Tempeftate, ceteris 
 ejus Sociis implorantibus 
 Auxilium diverforum 
 
 Sanctorumy inquit, Nescitis 
 Quod petitis ; Etenim, 
 antequam ifti Sftncti coofe- 
 
 Certain Mariner overta- 
 ken at Sea with a sudden 
 
 and dark Tempeft, the rest 
 
 of his Companions 
 
 the help of 
 
 Saints, faid, rer 
 
 What ye ask ; 
 
 imploring 
 
 different 
 
 knoiv not 
 
 For, 
 
 before that thofe St^ints can be- 
 
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 SELECT FABLES OF ^SOP. 
 
 rruit Se ad Deinn pro nostra 
 Liberatione, obrue- 
 
 mur hac imminenti Procella. 
 Confugite igitur ad Fum, 
 ^ui Abfque Adminiculo 
 Alter ius poterit liber are 
 Nos a tantis Malts, Igi- 
 tur, Auxilio Omnipotentis 
 Dei invocato, illico 
 
 Procella cessavit. 
 
 take themselves to God for our 
 Deliverance, IVe shall be over- 
 ivhelmed in this imminent Storm. 
 Fly therefore to Him, 
 
 Who without the Help 
 
 sf Another fhall be able to deliver 
 Us from fo great Evils, There- 
 fore, the Help of Almighty 
 God being invoked, presently 
 the Storm ceased. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Ne confugito ad imbe- 
 cilliores, ubi Auxilium 
 potcntioris poteft haberi. 
 
 MoR. 
 Do not fly to the weak- 
 er, where the Help 
 of a more powerful may be had. 
 
 FABLE C. 
 
 De Pifcibus desilientibus e 
 Sartagine in Prunas, 
 
 PKces adhuc vivi coque- 
 bantur in Sartagine fer- 
 venti O/eo; Unus ^orMWi 
 inquit, Fratres, Fugiamus 
 hinc, ne pereamus. 
 
 Tum Omnes pariter exilien- 
 tes e Sartagine deciderunt 
 in ardentes Prunas, Igitur 
 affect i majore Dolore dam- 
 nab ant Consilium^ CTucd 
 ceperanty dicentes, ^uan- 
 to atrociori Morte nunc 
 perimus ! 
 
 MoR. 
 Haec Fabula admonet Nos^ 
 ut vitemus prxfentia Peri- 
 cula ita, ne incidamus in 
 graviora. 
 
 Of the Fiflies leaping out of 
 tbe Frying Pan into the Coals, 
 
 Flflies jet alive 7yfre cooA- 
 ec/ in a Frying Pan with fcald- 
 ing O//: One o/ Which 
 faid, Brethren-) Let us fly 
 hence, that we may not perifli. 
 Then ^// in like manner leap- 
 ing out of the Frying Pan fe^l 
 upon the burning Coals. Therefore 
 affected with greater Pa/n They 
 condemned the Counsel, Which 
 They had taken, faying, By how 
 much a more cruel Death now 
 do We perish ! 
 
 MoR. 
 This Fable admoniflles Us, 
 that We avoid the prefent Dan- 
 gers fo, that we do not fall iii'.o 
 more grievous,. 
 
SELECT FABLES OF .ESOP. 
 
 65 
 
 FABLE CL 
 
 De Ouadrupedibus ineuiu 
 tibus Societatem cum 
 Pifcibus adversus Aves, 
 
 QUadrupedes, ciai 
 
 Be Hum esset indlftum 
 Sidi ab Avibus^ ineunt 
 Fcedus cum Tiscibus^ 
 ut tuerentur Se eo- 
 
 rum Aux'lio a Ftirore 
 Avium, Autem, cum ex- 
 pedlarent optata Auxilia, 
 Pisces negant, Ss polTc 
 acccdere ad Se per Terranu 
 
 OftYt Four-footed Beafls enter- 
 ing into an Alliance vjith 
 the Filhes against the Birds. 
 
 THE Four-footed EeaRs, ivhcn 
 War tvas proclaimed againfi: 
 Tlteni by the Birds, enter into 
 a League with the Fishes, 
 that thej nvould defend Them ivith 
 their Help from the Fury 
 of the Birds, But, ci'//c\'i They ex- 
 peeled the desired Succours, 
 the Fishes deny, that They are abls 
 to come to them bv Land, 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Haec i^aiw/rt admonct ^^^i", 
 ne faciamus £o5 So- 
 cios Nobis, Qui, fi/m fit 
 Opus, non polTunt cdesse 
 Nobis. 
 
 MoR. 
 This /c^/fi advifes Us, 
 that v;e do not make Thcr.i Com- 
 panions f(7 Us, Who, ci^/zfM there is 
 Need, are not able fo be present 
 to Us. 
 
 FABLE GIL 
 
 De ViRO, Qui access it ad 
 Cardinalem nuper creatum 
 Gratia gratulandi. 
 
 Of 
 
 Max, 
 
 QUidv 
 face 
 
 lam Vir admodum 
 .^,^. ^ '^cetus, audiens 5wz.';« 
 Amicum adsumptum ad Dig~ 
 vitatem Cardinalatus, 
 
 accessit ad Eum Gratia gra- 
 tulandi : Qui tumidus 
 Honore, dissimu/ans 
 
 agncfcere veterem Amicum, 
 interrogabat, Quifnam elTet, 
 
 W'ho Kent to 
 a Cardinal lately created for 
 the Sake of congratulating Him, 
 
 A Certain Man very 
 
 facetiousy hearing that his 
 Friend ivas preferred to the Dig- 
 nity of the Cardinalfliip, 
 ivent to Him for the Sake of con- 
 gratulating Him : Who pujfed up 
 with the Honour, dissembling 
 to know his old Friend, 
 aski'dj Who He u'Cs, 
 
ro 
 
 SELECT FABLES OF ilLSOP. 
 
 C'ji iile inquit, ut erat 
 prompt us ad Jocos, Mife- 
 refco Tui k Ccctcrorum^ Qui 
 perveniunt ad Honores hujus 
 j^/oc?/ ; etenim, quampri^ 
 mum eftis affecuti Uignita- 
 tes hujus Modiy iia amittitis 
 Vifum, Auditumq; Sc ctf- 
 f<?ro5 Senfus, wf non cm- 
 /)//»s dignofcatis pristinos 
 Amicos, 
 
 To -vvhom He fa id, crj He was 
 ready at Ji^sts.^ I pi- 
 
 ty TA^e and Others .^ Who 
 arrive to Honours of this- 
 
 /WWC/ / for, <2J 50071 
 
 c.y Ye have obtained Digni- 
 ties of this Kindj fo (io j'om /o5f 
 Sight, and Hearing, and f//^ o- 
 ther Senfes, that no /ow^f- 
 er do ye diftinguifh o/fi 
 Friends.. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Hxc Fabula notat jEo^, 
 Qui sublati in c/i«m de- 
 fpicjant vetercs Amicitias. 
 
 MoR. 
 This Fable denotes Those,. 
 Who raised up on ///^'/j de- 
 fpife ancient Friendfliips. 
 
 FABLE GlIL 
 
 De Aquiia c^* Pica. 
 
 Pica interrogabat Aqui- 
 1am, lit acciperet 
 
 Se inter suos Familiares ^ 
 Doniefticos ; quando me- 
 reretur Id, cum Pulchritudi- 
 ne Corporis, turn Volu- 
 bilitate Lingua zd per agen- 
 da Mandata. Cui 
 Aquila refpondit, facerem 
 Hoc, ni vererer, ne 
 efierres cuncta 
 tUH Loquacitate, Quaj 
 ^nt intra me am Tegulam. 
 
 MoR. 
 Hasc Fabula monet, /m- 
 vuaces b:. garrulos Homines 
 nan habendas Do mi. 
 
 0/ the Eagle cnc/ the Magpie i. 'V 
 
 THE Magpie asked the Ea- 
 gle, that She would receive 
 Her among her Familiars and 
 Domeftics ; seeing that She de- 
 ferred That both by Beau- 
 ty of Body, and Volu- '-^ 
 bility of Tongue to dis- 
 patch Commands. To whom 
 the Eagle anfwered, / should do 
 This, unless I feared, lest Thou 
 {houldft bear abroad all Things. 
 by thy Talkativeness, Which 
 may be done within my Roof. 
 
 MoR. 
 This Fabie advlfes, that talk- 
 ative and prating Men 
 art not to be^had at Home. 
 
SELECT TABLES OF ^SOP. 
 
 FABLE CIV. 
 
 De Turdo i^iinte Amlci- (9/ the Thrufli^nftfr/n^ into Friend- 
 tiam ciim Hirundine. fhip ivith the Swallow. 
 
 T Urdus gloriabatur, 
 
 Se contraxisse 
 
 Amicitiam cum Hirundine ; 
 Ciii Mater inquit, FUi, 
 es Stultus, si credasj 
 Te poffe conrivere cum 
 Eay cum Uterq ; Veftrum 
 soleat appeterc diversa Lo- 
 ca ; etenim Tu delectari^ 
 frigidis Locis, l\\?ite6idis. 
 
 THE Thrufh boasted, 
 
 that He had contracted. 
 a Friendfhip rjith the Swallow ; 
 To whom the Mother said. Son, 
 Thou art a Fool, {/thou believe 
 that Thou art able to ilxre with 
 Her, feeing that Each of you 
 is nvont to defire different Pla- 
 ces ; for Thou art delighted 
 with cold Places, She with ivarm. 
 
 % 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Moneniur hac Fabula, 
 le faciamus Eos Amicos 
 Nobis, Riorum Vita dis" 
 sentit a nostra. 
 
 MoR. 
 We are advifed ^ /Arj Fable, 
 f/mt JFe do not make Them Friends 
 to Us, Whose Life c///- 
 fereth from oi/r^. 
 
 FABLE CV, 
 
 De quodam Divite Sc 
 .Servo. 
 
 Of a certain i?/c/i J/&/i and 
 }iis Servant» 
 
 ERat quidam Dives 
 habens Servum Mrc^/ 
 Ingenii, Quern solebat 
 nuncupare Regem Stultorum: 
 Ille sape irritatus his 
 Verbis statuit referre par 
 Hero ; etenim femel con- 
 versus in Herum inquit, 
 Utinam essem Rex 
 
 Stultorum ; etenim nullum 
 Imperium in toto Orbe 
 Terrarum esset latius 
 
 THere was a certain rich Man 
 havijig a Servant of a slow 
 Wit, Whom He used 
 
 to call the King of Fools : 
 He oftefi irritated at these 
 Words resolved to return the like 
 to his Mafter ; fjr once turn- 
 ed upon his Master he faid, 
 I wifti / was the King 
 of Fools ; for no 
 
 Empire in the whole Globe 
 of Lands 'would be wider 
 
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 SELECT FABLES OF iESOP. 
 
 mco; &; Tu quoque sud- 
 esses meo Imperio» 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Fabula indicate Stultum 
 sxpe loqui opportune. 
 
 than mine ; and Thou alfo vjouldst 
 be under my Empire, 
 
 MoR. 
 The Fable shows^ that a Fool 
 o/Ven fpeaks pertinently. 
 
 FABLE CVL 
 
 Dtf Urbanls Canibus inse- 
 quentibus Villaticum. 
 
 COmplures urbani Canes 
 insequebantur quendam 
 'villaticum przecipiti Cursu ; 
 Quos Ille diu fug it ; 
 nee ausus est repiignare : 
 At ubi conversus ad Eos 
 infequentes substitit^ Sc Ipse 
 (^uoque cixpit oftendere 
 Dentes^ Omnes pariter 
 fabfliterunt, nee Aliquis 
 Urbanorum audebat appro- 
 pinqnare Illi. Tunc Impe- 
 rator Exercitus, ®m/ forte 
 aderat ibi, conversus ad suos 
 Milites inquit^ Commllito- 
 nes, Hoc Spedaculum ad- 
 monet Nos, ne^ fugiamus, 
 cum videamus prxsentiora 
 Peiicula imminere Nobis 
 fugientibus^ quam repug- 
 nantibus. 
 
 Of the City Dogs pursu- 
 ing the Village One. 
 
 MANY City Dogs 
 
 pursued a certain 
 
 Village one with a hafly Course ; 
 Whom He a long while fled from ; 
 nor dared to refift : 
 
 i?zf^ when turned to Them. 
 purfuing He stopped, and ^^ 
 alfo began . to fhow 
 
 A/^ Teethy They All equally 
 flopped, 7ior any One 
 
 o/' //id City ones dared to ap' 
 proach Him. Then the General 
 of an Army, Who by Chance 
 ivas there, turned to hii 
 
 Soldiers said, Fellow-Sol-, 
 
 diers, This Sight ad- 
 
 ■monishes Us, that ive do not fly, 
 ivhen We fee inore present 
 Dangers to threaten Us 
 flying, than resist- 
 
 ing. 
 
SELECT FABLES OF J£SOP. 
 
 r:» 
 
 FABLE CVIL 
 
 Ranis. 
 
 0/the Tortoise and 
 the Frogs. 
 
 TESTUDO conspicata 
 Ranas, ^i/<e pafccban- 
 tur in eodem Stagno, aded 
 /eves, agilefque, ut facile 
 prosilirent quolibet, ^ 
 faltarent /<?«g-m/w^, accufa- 
 bat Naturam, quod procre- 
 asset Se tardum Animal, If 
 impeditnm maximo One- 
 re^ ut neque pofTet 
 movere Se faciliy 8c assidue 
 prcmeretur magna Mole. 
 At, ubi vidit Ranas fi- 
 eri Escam Anguillarum, 
 Sc obnoxias vel levissimo 
 I£lui, aliquantulum recrea- 
 ta dicebaty Quanto est 
 melius ferre Onus, ^uo 
 sum munita ad omnes Ictus, 
 quam subire tot DUcrimina 
 Mortis ? 
 
 THE Tortoife having seen 
 the Frogs, Which were 
 fed in the fame Pool, fo 
 light, and nimble, that eafily 
 They leaped any where, and 
 jumped very far^ accu- 
 
 fed Nature, that She had 
 made Her a sloiv Animal, and 
 hindered with the greateft Bur- 
 den, that rieither was She able 
 to move Herfelf easily, and dai/j 
 was pre fled w/iA a great Weight, 
 But, vjhen She faw the Frogs be- 
 come the Food of the Eels, 
 and obnoxiou even fo the lightest 
 Blow, fl //«/e /:omfort- 
 ed 5/ie j^zJ, 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, MOR. 
 
 Hxc Fabula indlcat, This Fable /liows, 
 
 ne feramus (egre that=:ue should nothc?it discontentedly 
 
 Dona Nature, Qux s<epe the Gifts of Nature, Which often 
 
 ^unt major i Cammodo 2^ obis, are « greater Advantage to Us, 
 
 qgara TVb^ valeamus iiitel- than /Pe may be able to under^ 
 
 ligere, stand. 
 
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 SELECT FABLES OF lESOP. 
 FABLE CVln. 
 
 De Gliribus 'Oolentibus 
 e ruerei^/f rcum. 
 
 GLires destinaverant 
 
 eruere ^uti-cum^ g^^n- 
 diferam Arborefn^ Denti- 
 bus ; q habe- 
 
 i-ent Cihuvi paratiorem, ne 
 io^erentur toties 
 
 afcendere t?* defcendere 
 Gratia Vidlus, Sed 
 
 Quldam C3: His, ^w/ longe 
 anteidat cxttroi, ^tate, & 
 Experientid Rerum, ab- 
 stcrruit Eos, dicens, Si muic 
 interficimus nostram Nu- 
 tricem, ^lis prsbebit jUi- 
 menta Nobis, ac Noflris 
 Anhis futuris? 
 
 MoR. 
 Hsec Fabula manet, pru- 
 iit-ntem Virum debere intueri 
 non modo prasentia^ vei'utn 
 4jn^e profplccre futura* 
 
 Of the Dormice nvilling 
 to over-turn tJie Oak, 
 
 T 
 
 HE Dormice had designed 
 to ovei'-turn the Oak, an 
 Acorn-bearing Tree^ with their 
 Teeth ^ that they 
 
 "might have i^yoci readier, that 
 They might' not be forced fo often 
 to aicend and defcend 
 
 for the Sake of Food. But 
 One of Thefe, Who by far 
 excelled the reft in Age^ and 
 Experience of Things, deter ^ 
 
 If 
 
 r^-ti Them, 'sayings 
 We deltroy Oz/r 
 riflier, 7f7i9 will afford 
 rishments to L^s, crnfl? 
 for future Tears .- 
 
 noti> 
 Nou- 
 Nou- 
 Ours 
 
 MoR. 
 This Fable advifes, that a pru- 
 dent Man ought to look into 
 not only present Things^ but 
 c/dr o^to forefee the future* 
 
 FABLE CIX. 
 i}tf Cane ^ Hero. 0/the Dog and the Master. 
 
 QUidam habens Canem, 
 quo diligeretur 
 
 lllo magis, semper pafcebat 
 Eum fuis Manibus^ & 
 solve bat ligatum ; autem ju- 
 bebat ligari & verberari 
 a Servo, ut Benefcia 
 
 A Certain Man having a Dog, 
 that He fhould be beloved 
 by Him more, always fed 
 jy/m with his own Hands, and 
 /oo^fc/ Him bound; but or- 
 dered Him fo be bound and ^fct 
 by c Servant, that f^ff Benefits 
 
SELECT FABLES OF iESOP. 
 
 75 
 
 vlderentur esss collata in 
 Iljum a Se, aiitem Malc- 
 faila a Servo. Autem 
 Cants ferens fgre, Se 
 assidue ligari, 55* verberari, 
 aufugit ; &c, cum increpa- 
 retur a Domino, ut ingra- 
 tus, ISf immemor tantorum 
 Benejiciorumy Qui fagisset 
 a Sc^ a ^uo fuiffet 
 semper dlleclus, ^ partus, 
 autem nunquam ligatus^ Sc 
 vcrderaiusy refpondit, Puto 
 ]d /actum a 7>, Quod 
 Servusy*jc/f tuo yu^siu 
 
 Fabula indicate Eos 
 habendos Malefacflores, 
 
 ^a fuere Causa Maleficio- 
 riim. 
 
 fhould feem to be conferred vpo:i 
 Him by Himfelf, but the ill 
 Turns by the Servant, But 
 the Z)(7^ bearing unkindly^ that He 
 daily was bound, tinci beat, 
 fed aivay ; and, w/i<?« He was 
 blamed by the Mafter, as un- 
 grateful, CMC? unmindful of so great 
 BeneftSy Who /jj:/ /ffc^ 
 
 from Himy by Whom He had been 
 al-ivays beloved, o/Ji/ fed, 
 
 but never boundy and 
 
 beateiiy He anfwered, / f/t//j,4 
 That done by 77jee, Which. 
 a Servant doth by thy Command, 
 
 Mo a. 
 The Fable shoivsy that Thofc 
 CK<r to ^ accounted Evil Doerii, 
 JfVio have been the Cause of eviiL 
 Deeds. 
 
 FABLE GX, 
 
 De Avid us timentibu^ 
 Scarabxos. 
 
 Gf the Birds /cc: 
 the Beetles. 
 
 M Agnus Timor incef- 
 ferat Avesy ne 
 Scarabaei occiderent Eas 
 Bulistd, a ^ibus auJive- 
 rant magnam. Vim PZ/c- 
 r«w fuifle fabricatam in 
 Stcrquiltnio fummo Labore, 
 Tum Passer in quit, i\^3//- 
 ie expavefcere ; etetiim 
 
 quomodo potuerunt jacere 
 Pilas volantes per Acra in 
 Nos, c«wi vix trahant 
 Eas /)er Terram magna 
 Molimine? 
 
 A Great Fear h;^d feiz- 
 ed the Birdsy lell 
 
 the Beetles should kill Them 
 ivith a Cross-Bor^'y by JVhpm They 
 had heard a jrrect PoAver o/ Bui- 
 Itts had bLcen forged on 
 a Dunghill whh very great L^mir. 
 Then ihe Sparrow laid, JJi; «o/ vjil- 
 ling to fear; /r,r 
 
 hov^ shall they be able to call 
 Bullets flying tAr^' the Air upo?i 
 Us, wAf» fcarce they can dra^u 
 Them on the Ground w/fA ^rcjf 
 Labour ? 
 
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 SELECT FABLES OF ^SOP. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Hssc Tabula admonet Nos^ 
 Tie extimelcamus Opes 
 Hoftiu.'-p, §Htibus videmus 
 Jn senium decile. 
 
 MoR. 
 This Fable admoni flies Us-^ 
 that We fear not the Riches 
 of Enemies, to Whom We fee that 
 Wit is wanting. 
 
 VABLE CXL 
 
 De Urso ^ Apibus, 
 
 Of the Bear and the Bees. 
 
 URSUS ictus ab Ape 
 eft percitus tantd 
 Ira, lit difcerperet tota 
 Alvearia Ungpidusy in 
 ^ui&us Apes mellijicaverant. 
 Tunc tmiversie Apes, cum 
 viderent suas Domos 
 
 diri>i\ Cibaria 
 
 ciifcrriy Filios necari^ 
 fubito Impctu invadentes 
 Ursi'.m, pene necavere 
 Acnleis j ^ui vix 
 
 e laps us ex Manibus 
 
 Eorum, dicebat Secum, 
 ?hianlo erat melius tolerare 
 Acideum unius Apis^ quam 
 cone it are tot Hastes in 
 Me mca Iracundid? 
 
 A BEAR being stung by a Bee 
 was ftirred 7v/V/i so great 
 Anger, that He tore all 
 the Hives w/Y/i his Paivs, in 
 Which the Bees Aac^ wz^cfe honey» 
 Then tz// the Bees, when 
 they faw their Houfcs 
 
 overturned, their Maintenances 
 ta/ten anvaj, their Young killedy 
 with a fudden Onset attacking 
 the Bear, ahnoft i^/7/ec/ Him 
 with their Stings ; Who scarce 
 having slipt out of the Hands 
 of Them, said with Himfelf, 
 -5y /tow much was /f better to bear 
 ^A^ 5'f/w^ of one Bee, than 
 ^o rarjd" u/> fo many Enemies againft 
 Me by ray Angtr ? . '^ 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Haec Fabula indie at esse 
 longe melius fuftinere In- 
 jur i am Unius, qvam, dum 
 volumus punire Unum, 
 compararc Multos Inimicos. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This Fable fliows it to be 
 far better to fuftala the In^ 
 jury of One, than, wbilft 
 We are willing to punifli Cue, 
 to get ^any Enemies. 
 
SELECT FABLES OF iESOP. 
 
 n 
 
 FABLE CXn. 
 
 De MiLiTE ^ duobus 
 Equis. 
 
 Miles habens optimum 
 Equuniy emit Alium 
 nequicquam parent lUi Bo- 
 nitate, Quern nutriebat 
 mult 6 diligent ius, quam 
 priofem. Turn Posterior ait 
 fie priori, Cur 
 
 Dominus curat Me impen- 
 siiisj ' quam Te ; cum 
 sim comparandus Tibi 
 neque Pulchritudine^ neq ; 
 Robore<f neque Velocitate ? 
 Cui Ille inquit, liac eft 
 Ndtura Hominum, ut fint 
 ^L'7nj&<?r benigniores in iiovos 
 Hospites, 
 
 MoR. 
 Haec FabulU indicat 
 Amentiam Hominum, ^ui 
 folent onteponere nova 
 veteribus, etiamfi siut 
 det'iriora. . 
 
 0/ the Soldier and the two 
 Horses. 
 
 A Soldier having a very good 
 Horse^ bought Another 
 nut at all equal to Him in Good- 
 ness^ Whom He nourished 
 much more diligently <^ than 
 the former. Then tlie latter faid 
 thus to the former, Why 
 does my Mafter mind Me more di- 
 ligently^ than Thee; feeing that 
 1 am to be compared to Thee 
 neitJier in Beauty^ nor 
 Strength, nor Siviftness? 
 To Whom He faid. This is 
 the Nature of Men, that they are 
 always more kind to new 
 Guests,. . 
 
 MoR. 
 This i^u(^/e fhows 
 
 Me Madness of Men, Jr/^o 
 are wont to prefer new Things 
 io old, altho' they ar£ 
 >Yorfe. 
 
 FABLE CXHI. , 
 
 JDtf Aucupe i?* Fringilla. . Of the Fowler and the Chaffinch, - 
 
 AUCEPS tetenderat 
 
 Reii3. Vol ucj-i bus, & 
 effuderat largara Escam 
 Illls in Area; tamen 
 non capiebat Aves pafcen- 
 tesj quia videbantur paucae 
 
 THE Fowler had stretched out 
 his Nets to the Birds, and 
 had poured out much , Food 
 to Them ;» a void Place; yet 
 He did not take the Birds feed* 
 jngj ^ecfl«jf they feemed Jew 
 
 H2 
 
SELECT FABLES OF MSOV. 
 
 Sibi ; ^tiilms paftis, 
 
 cic avolantibus, Alia 
 
 adveniunt pastum ; Quas 
 
 guog; neglexit cape re propter 
 
 Faucitatcm, Hoc Ordine 
 
 fervato ptr totum Diem, 
 
 ac Aliis advenientibus, Aliis 
 
 abeuntibus, Illo femper ex- 
 
 pectante niajorem Pradam, 
 
 tandem ccepit advefpc- 
 
 rafcere : Tunc Auceps, 
 
 Spe amiffa capiendi mul- 
 
 tas, cum jam esset Tempus 
 
 cuiescendis attrahens sua 
 
 J- ' , ^ 
 
 Ketia, ceptt tantum unam 
 
 Pringillara, qutz infelix Avis 
 
 remanferat in Area. 
 
 to Him ; Which being fed, 
 and flying away, Others 
 come to feed; Which 
 
 also He negle(Sled to take for 
 their Fewness, This Order 
 
 being kept thro'* the whole Day, 
 and Others coming, Others 
 going away, He always ex- 
 pecting a greater ^rej, 
 at length it began to grow 
 Evening : Then the Fowler, 
 the Hope being loft of taking ma- 
 ny, ivhen now it ivas Time 
 of resting^ drawing up his 
 Nets, took only one 
 
 Chaffinch, which unhappy Bird 
 had remained in the void Place. 
 
 MoR. 
 Hssc Fabula indicat, Eos 
 fstpe vix poffe capere 
 pauca, ^ui volunt 
 
 comprehendere omnia. 
 
 MoR. 
 This Fable fhows, that they 
 often scarce are able to take 
 a few Things, Who are wUUng 
 to take all things. 
 
 lABLE CXIY. 
 
 De Sue £^ Cake. 
 
 SUS irridebat cdori- 
 fequum Canem, Qui 
 adulabatur Domino Mur- 
 Mure Ss. Cauda, a ^uo 
 fuejat instructus ad aucupa- 
 toriam Artem multis 
 
 Verheribus Sc Vellicationibus 
 Aurium ; Cui Canis inguit, 
 In fane, nescis 
 
 Qxi2£ sum confccutus ex 
 jUis Verberibus ; etenim per. 
 Ka vc^por sua'aissimd 
 
 0/ the Swine and the Dog. 
 
 THE Swine laughed at the 
 Scent-following Bog, Who 
 Jialtered the Mafter with a Mur- 
 mur and his Tail, by Whom 
 He had been instructed iox the fow- 
 ling Art with many 
 Stripes and Plucks of the 
 ETirs: To whom the Dog ^/2/W, 
 Mad Wretch, That knowest not 
 What i have obtained from. 
 thofe StrJpes.1 for /^n 
 TAoje li am fed with, the most sivca 
 
SELECT FABLES OF JESOP. 
 
 70 
 
 Carne Perdicum 
 
 Coturnicum, 
 
 & Flefh of Partridges and 
 Quails, 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Hasc Fabula admonet Nos, 
 ne feramus ini- 
 
 quo Animo Verbera Prse- 
 ceptorum, ^ice confue- 
 verunt esse Gaufa multorum 
 bonorum. 
 
 MoR. 
 This Fable adtnoitiflies f/j, 
 that We Ihould not bear ivith an 
 impatient Wind the Stripes of Iklaf- 
 ters, WhicW havtf 
 
 ufed to be the Caiife of manj 
 g-ood Things, 
 
 FABLE CXV. 
 
 De Trabe increpante Pi- Of the Beam blaming the Slow- 
 trritiam Bnum. nefs o/" i/te 0*<f7i. 
 
 gritiam Bourn, 
 
 TRabs, ^M<c veheba- 
 tur Curru, increpabat 
 Povesy lit lentuloSf dicens, 
 Pigri, Currite, nam portatis 
 leve Onus: Cui 
 
 Boves responderunty Irri- 
 des A^os? Ignoraa, 
 
 qua Poena manet Te. 
 Nos deponemus hoc Gnus 
 citi: autem Pum Tu coge- 
 ris fuftinere, quoad rum- 
 paris. Trabs indoluiiy 
 
 nee ansa est amplius la- 
 cessere Boves Connie its» 
 
 M'OR. 
 
 Haac Fabula monet 
 ^emlibeti, ne infuket 
 Calamitatibus Aliorum, 
 
 cum Ipfe possik fubjici 
 majoribm* 
 
 THE Beam, which was car- 
 ried in a Waggon^ blamed 
 the OxeUy as slovf, faying, 
 Te slow Wretches^ run, for ye carry 
 a light Burden ; To whom 
 the Oxen ansiveredy Doft Thou 
 laugh at Us? Thou knowefl: not, 
 ivhat Punilhment ivaits Thee. 
 We fhall lay down this Burden 
 quickly : but then Thou shah be 
 forced to bear, until thou mayeft 
 be broken. The Beam grievedy 
 nor dared longer to pro- 
 voke the Oxen ivith Revilings, 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This Fable advifeth 
 
 ar^ One, that He infult not 
 
 the Calamities of Others-, 
 
 When He Himfelf m<iy be fubjca 
 
80 
 
 SELECT FABLES OF jESOP. 
 
 FABLE CXVL 
 
 Di 
 
 Carduele Ijf 
 
 PUERO. 
 
 Cythe Linnet and 
 the Boy. 
 
 CArduelis interrogata a 
 Puero, a ^o fue- 
 rat habita fuis Deliciis^ 
 Sc nutrita fuavibus Cibis^ 
 cur egress a Cave a 
 
 nollet regredi, inquit, 
 
 Ut possim pafcere meo 
 Arbitratu, non tuo. 
 
 MoR.. 
 Haec Fabula indie at, Li- 
 bertatem Vitse anteponendam 
 cuiuSlis Dflictis, . 
 
 THE Linnet being asked by 
 the Boy, by Whom She had. 
 been held in his Delights, 
 ^nd nourished with fweet Meats,. 
 why having gone out of the Cage 
 iSAff wa^ unwilling to return, ^c/J, 
 That / may be able to feed at my 
 Pleafure, not at thine. . 
 
 MoR. 
 This Fable fhows, that Li- 
 berty of Life is to be preferred^ 
 before all Delights, 
 
 FABLE CXVIL 
 
 De Scurra ^ Epifcopo. 
 
 SCurra accedens ad quen- 
 dam Epifcopum, divitem 
 quidem, sed a varum, Ca- 
 lendis Januarii, pet eb at 2iU- 
 reum Numisma Nomine 
 Strenx : Antiftes 
 
 dixit, Hominem insanlre, 
 Qui crederet, tantam Pecu- 
 niam dari Sibi in 
 
 'Strenam, Turn Scurra 
 coepit effiagitare argenteum 
 Nummum ; fed, , cum Ille 
 diceret, Hoc videri nimiuni 
 Sibi, orabat, ut trade- 
 ret Sibi areum ^uadran- 
 Um : Sed cum non poffet 
 
 Of the Jefler and the Bifliop. 
 
 A 
 
 Jeftcr 
 tain 
 
 coming to 
 Bifhop, 
 
 eer- 
 rich 
 
 indeed.,, but covetous, on the Ca- 
 lends of January, asked a Gol-: 
 den Piece of Money in the Name. 
 of a. New Tear's Gift : The Prelate^ 
 said, that the Man was mad, 
 Who believed, that fo much Mo- 
 ney would be given Him for 
 a New Year's Gift. Then the Jester 
 began . to ask fome Silver 
 Money: but,, when He 
 said, that This seemed too much, 
 to Him, He entreated, that He 
 would give Him a brafs i^ar- 
 thing: But wA^n he was not able 
 
SELECT FABLES OF iESaP. 
 
 51 
 
 txtorquere Hunc ad Epifco- 
 po, incjuit, reverende Pater, 
 imperti Me tuii Benedict tone 
 pro St rend: Tunc 
 
 Episcopus inqult, Fill, fle£le 
 t\X2iGenua-,VitbenedicamlL\h\, 
 At Scurra inquit, E^o nolo 
 tuam tarn vilem Bcnedidli- 
 onem ; etenim fi valeret 
 aereum Nummum, profeclo 
 nunquam concedercs Earn 
 Mihi. 
 
 to ivring This from the Bi- 
 fliop, he said, reverend Father, 
 reward 3Ie with your Blessing 
 for a Nc.U' Tear's Gift: Then 
 the Bishop faid, Son, bend 
 thy Knecss that / may bless Thee. 
 But the Jester f.iid, / will not 
 have thj fo cheap ,Blef- 
 
 Ting ; for if /; availed 
 a brafs Farthing, truly 
 
 yztf-pe-r wouldft Thou grant /f 
 to Me. 
 
 Moil. 
 Hxc Fabula eft confecta 
 contra eos Epifcopos i5* 
 Sacerdotes, C>ui ecstimant 
 Opes ^ Divitias pluris, 
 quam Sacra, £c Mjsteria 
 Ecclefi». 
 
 M O R . 
 
 This Fable is Wi?^^ 
 
 again it those BiUiops and 
 
 Priefts, Who esteem 
 
 Wealth and Riches more 
 than the sacred Rites, and Mj/sterias 
 of the Church. 
 
 FABLE CXVIIL 
 
 De Upupa honoratd in- 
 digne. 
 
 FEic cmnes Aves invi- 
 iutiC ad Nuptias Aqui- 
 Ixfcrebant indigne, Upupam 
 prxferii cateris, quia 
 
 esset ir.fignis Corona, Sc 
 ornata verficoloribus 
 
 Pen?: is ; cum semper elTet 
 ^p//fi7 volltare inter Stercora 
 isf Sordes. 
 
 0/*the Puet honored un- 
 worthily. 
 
 ALmoft all the Birds 0^/«^ /nu/- 
 ted to ?/j<? Wedding cf the Ea- 
 gle <^orf /> unworthily, «'^o^ the Puet- 
 was preferred fo the rest, becaufe 
 she was fine w/f/i a Croivn, and 
 adorned with various coloured 
 Feathers; when ahvays She was 
 «•onf to neftle among the Mud 
 <7nJ Filth. 
 
 MoR. MoR. 
 
 H»c Fabula arguit .Sfz//- This /i7^/tf reproves ///ff /0/- 
 
 tttiam Eorum, ^:// in Ao- /j^ of Them, Who in honour^ 
 
 ziorandis Hominibus pctius ing Meu ... rather 
 
«2 
 
 SELECT FABLES OF iESOP. 
 
 foleant ohservare Nitorem 
 Vestiumy & Prastantiam 
 Formae, quam Virtutes 
 is" Mores. 
 
 are wont to mind the Splendour 
 
 of Cloaths^ and £,xceUency 
 
 of Beauty,. ihan Virtues, 
 and Morals. 
 
 FABLE CXIX, 
 
 De SacerdotE 45* 
 Pyris. 
 
 Gfiht Priest and 
 the Pears. 
 
 QXJi^z.mgulosus Sacerdos 
 projiciscens e:iitr^ Patri- 
 am ad Nuptias-^ ad ^as 
 fuerat invitatus^ reperit 
 Acervum Pyrorum in 
 Itinere, Quorum attigit 
 ne Unum quidem ; quin po- 
 tius habens Ea Ludibrio, 
 conspersit Urina ; etenim 
 indignabatur, Cibos hujuf- 
 modi offerri in Itinere^ 
 Qui accessebat ad lautas 
 Epulas. Sed cum offendisset 
 in Itinere quendam 
 
 Torrentem ita auctum 
 Imbribus, ut non pof- 
 fet transire Eum sine 
 Periculo Vita^ conftituit 
 redire Domum : Autem re- 
 vertens je'^nnus/uit opprefTus 
 tantd Fame, ut nifi 
 comediffet ilia Pyra, ^/<? 
 confperferat Urina, cum 
 Twn- inveniret AUud, 
 fuisset extindus Fame, 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Hsec Fabula admorset, 
 Nihil effe contemnendum, 
 cum Nihil fit tam vile isi' 
 
 A Certain greedy Priefl. 
 going out of his Coun- 
 try x.o a Weddings to Which 
 He had been invited^ found 
 a Heap of Pears in, 
 the Road, of Which He touched- 
 not Ope ^ indeed;' but ra-. 
 ther having Them in Dirifion, 
 He sprinkled them AVith Urine ^fon 
 He refented, that Meats of this 
 Kind should be offer edm the Journey, 
 Who ivas going to sumptuous 
 Dainties. But when ife had found 
 in tAe J^^cj; a certain 
 Brook fo increased. 
 
 ■with the Showers, lAai He v/as 
 not able to pass^o^r It ittithouf; 
 Danger of ^ife,. He, refolve^ 
 to return. Home : But re- 
 turning fafting He ivas oppreffed. 
 ivith so great Hunger, that unlefs 
 He had cat those Pears, Which 
 He had fprinkled with Urine, wbea 
 He could not find, any thing elfe. 
 He had been dead ivith Hunger,. 
 
 JVfOR. 
 
 This Fa/?le advifes, 
 
 that nothing is to be despised', 
 feeiog tti*t N.oihing ia so vile, and 
 
SELECT FABLES OF .ESOP. 83 
 
 "abje£lum, ^uod non poflit abje^:, Which may not 
 
 aliquando efTe Usui» scmetime be of Use» 
 
 FABLE CXX. 
 De Porco ^ Eiiuo. Of the Hog tind the Horfc, 
 
 POrciis conspiciens E^uilm 
 Bellatorisy Qui cata- 
 phr actus prodibat ad Pug- 
 nam, inquit, Stulte, ^wo 
 properas ? etcnim fortafle 
 inorieris in Pugnd, 
 
 Cui Equiis l-efpondit, 
 
 Ciiltellus adimet Vitam Tibi, 
 impinguato inter Liitum & 
 Sordes, cum gcsseris 
 
 Nihil dignum Laude ; vero 
 Gloria co'mitabitur Mjcam 
 Mortem. 
 
 MoR. 
 HsEc Fabula innuit, e^^e 
 honeflius occumbere, Rebus 
 gestis prJBclare, quani 
 
 protrahere Vitam adlam 
 iurpiter» 
 
 THE'Hog beholding the Horfe 
 of a Warrior^ :N\iQ arm.' 
 ed wertt to Bat- 
 
 tle, saidy Fool, Whither 
 
 doft Thou haften ? ybr perhaps 
 Thou luill die in the Flight, 
 To whom fA<; Horse anfwered, 
 A Knife will take Life from Thee, 
 fattened amongft Mud and 
 Filthy when T/iou jAa/f Ajtx? cfo/iff 
 Nothing worthy of Praise; but 
 Glory fhall accompany wiy 
 Death. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This Fable hints, *A<7f /* is 
 more honefl: fa c?/>, Things 
 being carried famoufly, than 
 to protradl a Life fpcnt 
 baselj. 
 
 FABLE CXXI. 
 
 Z)c Coriario emente Pellem Of the Tanner buying the Skin 
 
 £7rj/ nondum capti a c/ a ^ecr, not yet taken by 
 
 Venatore, the Huntsman» 
 
 COriarius accedens ad HT^HE Tanner coming to 
 
 Venatorem emit Pellem X. *he Hunter bought the Skin 
 
 Urfi ab Eo, ^5* protulit of a Bear of Him, and proffered 
 
 Pecuniam pro £«, lllc di^it^ Money for /*• He saidy 
 
84 
 
 SELECT FABLES OF iESOP. 
 
 ^ SIbi 710 n esse Pell em Ursi 
 in Prasentid i caeteruni /)o- 
 stridie ' profeAurum 
 
 venatum, Sc, Urso interfec- 
 to, polliceturj Se daturum 
 Pellem Illlus Ei, Coriaii- 
 iis profectus in Sylvam, 
 afcendit altissimam 
 
 Arborem, ut mde prospke^ 
 ret Certain en Ursi 
 
 & Venator is* Venator 
 
 intrepidiis profcv^us ad 
 Antrum, ubi Urfus latebat^ 
 Canibus /mmm/j, compulit 
 Ilium cxire, ^ui, I6lu 
 Venatoris evitato, pro- 
 stravit Eum Eumi, Tunc 
 Venator fciens, hanc Feram 
 nan fasvire in Cadavcra, suo 
 Anhelitu retento, fimulabat 
 'Se mortuum. Ursus olfa- 
 ciens, cum deprehenderet 
 Ilium, nee spirantem Nafo, 
 nee Ore, abscessit, Coria- 
 rius, cum perfpiceret Feram 
 abeffe, ac adelTe 
 
 Nihil amplius Pericidi, 
 deducens Se ex 
 
 Arbor e, & accedens ad Ve- 
 natorem, Qui audebat non- 
 dum surgere,mox\th2il Ilium, 
 nt siirgeret : delnde 
 interrogavit, Quid Ursus 
 effet locutus Ei ad Aurem. 
 Cui Venator inquit, Jl/o- 
 «m/^ Me, ne vellem 
 deinceps vendere Pellem 
 Ursi, nifi prius cepie- 
 
 tlijt He had not the Skin of a Bear 
 at present ; but <Ae Z)ay 
 «/Ifer He fhould ~ go 
 
 to hunt, and, the Bear being kill- 
 ed He premises, that He would give 
 the Skin of it to Him, The Tan- 
 ner having gone into fAff Wood, 
 afcends a very high 
 
 Tree, that thence He might be-' 
 hold the Engagement oj the Bear 
 and the Hunter» The Hunter 
 unaff righted having gone to the 
 Cave, where the Bear lay hid, 
 the Dogs being sent in, forced 
 Him to go cut, Who, the Blow 
 of the Hunter being avoided, 
 beat Him o« tAe Ground* Then 
 f /iff i/M«f^r. knowing, f/iiz^ f/i/V Beaft 
 J/(i not rage on Carcaffes, /j/^ 
 Breath being held, feigned 
 Himself dead. The Bear fraell- 
 ing nvhen he held 
 
 Him, neither breathijig at the Nofe, 
 nor Mouth, went away. The Tan- 
 ner, when He perceived the Beast 
 to be gone, and that there v^ras 
 Nothing mor£ o/* Danger, 
 letting down Himself out of 
 " Me Tree, and coming to *Ae jff«n- 
 ter, Who Jcrec? not 
 
 yet to arise, advifed Him 
 that He should arise : then 
 He asked, What /Ae ^ear 
 had fpoke Jo Him in his Ear» 
 To whom ^Ae Hunter faid, ^e 
 warned VLt,that I should not be will' 
 ing hereafter to sell the Skin 
 of a Bear, unlefs I first Ihall have 
 taken Him* 
 
.SELECT FABLES OF iESOP. 
 
 85 
 
 .MoR. 
 Haec Fabula indicat, in- 
 certa non haben- 
 
 da pro certis. 
 
 MoR. 
 This Fable (hows, that uncer- 
 tain Things are not to be account- 
 ed ybr certain. 
 
 FABLE CXXn. 
 
 JDe Eremita bf Milite. 0/ the Hermit and the Soldier. 
 
 /^ Uidam Eremita, Vir 
 V^/ sanctissim<e Vitx, 
 
 hortabatur Militem, ut fe- 
 culari Militia relida, ^uam 
 Pauci exercent abfque 0/- 
 fensd Dei, ^ Dilcrimine 
 Vitx, tandem trader et 
 Se ^ieti Corporis, if 
 t;onfuleret Saliiti Animae. 
 Cui Miles inquit, Pater, 
 faciam quod mones ; nam 
 est verum, quod hoc Tempore 
 Milites neque audent exigere 
 Stipendia, licet fint exigua, 
 neque pradari. 
 
 Hxc 
 
 Multos 
 
 MoR. 
 
 Fabula 
 renunciare 
 
 indicat, 
 Vitiis, 
 
 qnia //// non poITunt 
 erctre 111 a ampliiis* 
 
 A Certain Hermit, a Man 
 of most holy Life, 
 advised a Soldier, that fc- 
 cular Warfare being left. Which 
 Few exercise without Of- 
 fence of God, a;ji Hazard 
 of Life, at length, //^ ivould give 
 Himfclf to ^uict of Body, and 
 would confult for Safety of Soul. 
 To Whom the Soldier said, Father, 
 / IV ill do what Tou advise ; for 
 it is true,' that at this T/;«f 
 Soldiers neither dare /<? oji 
 Pay, altho' it be small^ 
 nor fo plunder, 
 
 MoR. 
 This i^a^/e fliows, 
 
 fAflf Many renounce Vices, 
 bccaufe They are not able to ex' 
 efcise Them longer. 
 
«6 
 
 SELECT FABLES OF ^SOP. 
 
 FABLE CXXIIL 
 
 J)e Viro cJ* Uxore higxi- 
 
 ,/'^Uidam T/r, fua Uxore 
 •\^ defunda, ^lam valde 
 ditexerat^ cuxit Alteram^ Sc 
 Jpsam Viduam ; ^;/^ alfi- 
 due cbjicitbat Ei Virtutes & 
 fortia Facinora prions Ma- 
 riti : Cm/, ut r<?/Vr- 
 
 rff Par, Ipfe quoque refe- 
 rebat probatiss'nnos Mores, 
 vi5* infignem Pudicitiam de- 
 fuiKTtx Uxoris., Autem ^'uo- 
 clam Die, /r-i/fl fuo 
 
 F/ro, dedit Partem Capo- 
 nis, ^tem coxerat i:i 
 Coenam Utrisqj Pauperi 
 ^ef^jzf/Eleemofynam, die ens., 
 Do Hoc Tibi pro Anima 
 mei prioris Virij Quod 
 Maritus audiens, Pauper e 
 accerfito ab Eo, dedrt 
 reliquuni Capon-is £/, 
 dicens, Et Ego quoqtie do 
 /fee Tibi /)ro Anima me<z 
 defun6l2c Uxoris, Sic ////, 
 dura Alter cupit nocere 
 Alteri, tandem non habn- 
 crunt ^wot/ coenarent. 
 
 • O/ the Man and Wife Mf/ce 
 wcrr/ef/. 
 
 A Certain Man<f his 7r//tf 
 being-dead^ J7/jo;n//e very much 
 had lovedy married Another, and 
 Her a Widov/ ; W^Ao dai- 
 ly objected to Him the Virtues and. 
 valiant Deeds of her former Huf- 
 band: To Whom, that //e migh^ 
 return the Like, He c/jo relat- 
 ed the most approised Morals, 
 cud remarkable Modesty of his 
 dead Wife, But on a cer^ 
 tain Day, being angry nvith her 
 Husband, She gave Part of a Ca- 
 pon, Which flie had cooked /?r 
 the Supper o/'£a::.?j, to a poor Man 
 asking an Alms, saying, 
 I give T/j/s to Thee for the Soul 
 o/* my former Husband; Which; 
 the Husband hearing, the poor Man 
 being called by Him, gave 
 the rest of the Capon to Him, 
 faying, And I also give 
 This to Thee for the Soul of my 
 departed Wife. Thus Phey, 
 v/hilfl: One defires fo hurt 
 the other, of length had 
 not JFi^fl/ They might fup on. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Hnsc Tabula monet, nen 
 esse pugnandum contra Eos, 
 ^ui poffunt vindicare 
 
 Se cptime. 
 
 MoR. 
 This i^fl^/f advifes, that it is 
 not to be fought against Thofe 
 Who are able to revenge 
 Themfelves very well. 
 
SELECT FABLES OF ^SOP. 
 
 er 
 
 FABLE CXXIV. 
 
 De Leone b' Mure. 
 
 LEO, captus Laqueo in 
 Sylvd, cum videret 
 Se ita irretitum^ iit 
 
 nsn posset explicare 
 
 Se inde, rogavit Miirem, 
 I/.*, Laqueo abroso 
 
 ab Lo^ liberaret Eiun^ 
 promittens, Se non futiirum 
 immemorem tanti Benejicii ; 
 (hiod cum Mus fccissct 
 promptc, rogavit Leonenr, 
 lit traderet Filiam 
 
 Sibi in Uxorem : Leo 
 non abnuit ut facerel 
 J\€m gratam JWoBencfac^ori. 
 /lUtem nova nupta veniens 
 ad Viriim, cum non 
 
 videret Eum^ Caiu pressit 
 J Hum suo Pedcj i^ contri- 
 
 0/the Lion and thz Mouse. 
 
 THE Lion, taken in a Snare m 
 the Wood, when He faw 
 Himself fo entangled, that 
 /ft? w^5 not able to extricate 
 HimsclJ thence, asked the MouD, 
 /Aijf, the Snare being gnavjed 
 by Himi He would free ///"«:♦ 
 proniilnig', that He would not bs 
 unmindful of fo g-reat a Benefit ; 
 Which ivlun the Moufe had don-j 
 readily, He asked the Lion, 
 th.it He would give his Daughter 
 to Him to Wife: T/t^ Lion 
 refufed not, that He might do 
 a Thing grateful to his Benefactor. 
 JBut the new married Lady com\r>[- 
 to the Ilufband, vjhen (lie did nor. 
 fee Him^ by Chance pressed 
 Him w/7/i Her Foot, anc/ trod 
 him to Pieces. 
 
 MoR. 
 
 Hsec Fabida indicat. Ma- 
 
 trimonia Sc catera Confor- 
 
 tia itnprobanda, Qvi^x 
 
 (ontrahuntur ab imparibus. 
 
 MoR. 
 'Hiis f^^/e fhows, tliat Mar- 
 riages and other Fellow- 
 fhips are to be condemned, Whvclx 
 are contracted by Unequals, 
 
 FABLE CXXV. 
 
 De UliMO Ij" SiLERE. Of the Elm ^?;(f the Osixn. 
 
 ULmus nata 
 Flumlnis 
 Silcr proximum 
 
 in Ripd. 
 
 irridebat 
 
 Sibi, 
 
 ut debile» ^ infirm 
 
 um. 
 
 THE Elm, born on the Bunk 
 of a River, laughed at 
 the Oner next to Him, 
 ^.y weak and infirm. 
 
88 
 
 SELECT FABLES OF jESOP. 
 
 </uod fleftcretur ad omnem 
 ^ijel leviflimum Impetum 
 Undarum ; aiitem extolle- 
 bat suam Flrmitateni Isf 
 Robur magnijicis Verbis ; 
 i]uod inconculfa pertulerat 
 affiduos Impetus Amnis 
 viultos Annos. Autem 
 
 UJinus tandem perfra<^a 
 vicxima Violentla Unda- 
 rum, trahebatur ab 
 
 Aqiils: Cut Siler 
 
 T-idens, inquit, Ficrna, Cur 
 deserts Me ? Udi nunc 
 iit tua Fortitudo? 
 
 because it would be bent at every 
 even the higheft Force 
 
 of the Waters i but She extol- 
 led her own Steadinefs and 
 Strength "with magnifcent Words ; 
 because unfhook she had bore 
 the daily Attacks of the River 
 many Years. But 
 
 the Elm at last being broken 
 by the very great Violence of the 
 Waters^ was drawn along by 
 the Waters : To which the Ofier 
 laughing^ fald, Neighbour^ Why 
 dost thou forsake Me ? Where now 
 is thv Fortitude? 
 
 MoR. 
 Fabula indicat Eos esse 
 fapientiores, ^ui cedunt 
 potentioribus, quam ^ui 
 volentes resistere fuperan- 
 tur. turpi ter» 
 
 MoR. 
 The Fable showeth Thofe to bt 
 more wife, Who yield 
 
 iothe more poiverful,\.\v9,\\ They Who 
 willing to resist are over^ 
 come basely* 
 
 FABLE CXXVL 
 
 De Cera appetentt 
 Duritiem. 
 
 Of tlie Wax desiring 
 llardnefs. 
 
 I Era /. 
 
 tngcmiscc 
 
 bat. St 
 
 V^ mollem^ & procreatam 
 penetrabilem cuicUnqve le- 
 \\^J\mo Ictui» Autcmvidens 
 Late res factos ex Luto, 
 moWiQYtz multo, Se perve- 
 nisse in tantam Duritiem 
 Cahre Ignis, ut per- 
 cturarent multa Secula, jecit 
 Sc in Ignem, ut confeque- 
 retur eandem Duritiem ; sed 
 itatim liquefacta' in Igne 
 cfl consumpta. 
 
 THE Wax grievedy that It was 
 softy and made 
 
 penetrable to every the light-' 
 eft Blo-iV, But seeing 
 
 the Bricks made of Clay^ 
 fofter by much, that they 
 fjme to so great Hardnefs 
 by the Heat of the Fire, that They 
 lafted many Ages, It cast 
 itfelf into the Fire, that it might 
 obtain the same Hardnefs ; but 
 prefently being melted \n the Fire 
 it was consumed. 
 
SELECT FABLES OF JISOV. 
 
 89 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Hzec Fabula ad m one;:, 
 lie appetamus^ Quod 
 est denegatum N^obis ii Na^ 
 turd» 
 
 This 
 that ive 
 
 turc. 
 
 Fable 
 desire 
 
 denied U^ 
 
 adviies., 
 
 not^ WliRt 
 
 by Nc 
 
 FABLE CXXVIL 
 
 De Agricola ajectante Of 
 Militiam, 
 ^ ]\lercaturam. 
 
 the Huibandman affecting- 
 Warfare, 
 and Merchandife. 
 
 QUidam Agricolaitv^ih^it 
 }^gye^ Se assidue\o\\Qrft 
 Terrain^ nee pervcnire ad 
 magnas Divitias suis per- 
 petiiis L abort bus ; cum vi- 
 ddret nonnullos Jllilitcs, Qm 
 it a auxerant Rem 
 
 Bello, lit inccderent bene 
 indiiti, . Lf nutriti lautis 
 Epulis agerent beatam 
 Vitam» Igitur suis Ovibus- 
 . venditis cum Capris ac 
 BobuSy emit Eqtios Sc 
 Arma^ £c proftctus est in 
 Militiam; Ubi,- cum eflct 
 pugnatum male a luo Im- 
 peratore, non solum perdidit 
 :^i(S habeba-t, se<l etiam 
 recepit multa Vulnera. 
 (^lare, Militia dam- 
 
 nata, statuit exercere 
 
 ^■iercatiiram^ ut in vlua 
 existimabat effe majas 
 Lucrum, i^ minorem 
 
 Laborem, Igitur Pradiis 
 venditis, cum . impleviflet 
 Naviju Meroibus, caeperat 
 aavigare J sec. cum esset to fail j 
 
 A Certain Husbandman bore it 
 i. jL ///, that He daily ftirred up 
 the Earthy nor arrived to 
 great Riches by his per- 
 petual Labours ; when Hs 
 sjuj fame Soldiers, W!)o 
 so had encreafed an estaif 
 ill the War, that They went 'iuell 
 clothed, and fed ii'ith sumptuous 
 Dainties led a happy 
 
 Life» Therefore his Sheep 
 
 being sold with the Goats and 
 Oxeny Ke bought Horses and 
 Arms, and wenf into 
 
 f/:(f ^ri7r ; Where, --ivhen it was 
 fought unfuccefsfuily by his Gf- 
 ?2fra/, He not only loft 
 
 [r//fli Things He had, ^z/f alfo 
 received many Wounds, 
 
 Wherefore, ?l^ar being con- 
 demned. He resolved to exercife 
 Merchandise, as /« what 
 
 He thought there 
 Gain, and 
 
 Labour, Therefo* 
 being fold, wher 
 a Ship ynx.h. W? 
 
 was 
 
 12 
 
90 
 
 SELECT FABLES OF iESOP. 
 
 in Alto^ magna Tempestate 
 coorta, Navis fubmerfa eft, 
 l^ Ipfe cum cateris, ^li 
 erant in Ea, Omnes periere 
 cd Unum. 
 
 in the Deep, a great Tempest 
 having arofe, the Ship was lunk. 
 and He ^uith the reft, Who 
 were in It, All periflied 
 to One. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Hxc Fabula admonet, 
 ^uemlibct debcre esse con- 
 tentum sua Sorte, cum 
 Miferia sit parata tibiqiie. 
 
 MoR. 
 This Fable advifes, 
 
 that every One ought to be con- 
 tent ivith his o'wn Lot, when 
 Mifery is ready everj/ where.. 
 
 FABLE GXXVlir. 
 
 De ASINO iy SCURRA.. 
 
 A Sinus ferens ifidigne 
 qucndam Scurram 
 
 honorari &c amiciri pulchris 
 Festibus, quia edebat magnos 
 Sonos Ventris, access it ad 
 MagistratuSj petens ne vel- 
 lent honorarc Se miniis, 
 ^vam Scurram ; Et cum 
 Magistratus admirantes 
 
 interrogarent, cur duceret Se 
 iVa dignum j^onore, inquit, 
 ^uia c.mitto majores Crepi- 
 tus Fentris, quam Scurra-, & 
 itos abfque Fce^tore, 
 
 MoR. 
 H»G Fabula arguit Eos, 
 Qui profundunt fuas Fecu- 
 nias in levissirnU Rebus, 
 
 Of the Ass and the Jester. 
 
 THE Afs bearing it unkindly, 
 that a certain Jefter 
 was honoured and clothed in fair 
 Garments, becaufe He made great 
 Sounds of Belly, went to 
 the Magistrates, deiiring that they 
 would not honour Him lefs, 
 thaji the Jefter ; And when 
 the Magistrates admiring 
 
 asked, why He thought Himfelf^ 
 so worthy of Honour, He faid,' 
 Because I fend out greater Noi- 
 fes of Belly, than the Jester, and 
 those without StinL 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This Fable reproves Those f 
 Who lay ' out their Mo- 
 nics ill the lightest Things.. 
 
 eh 
 
 I 
 
SELECT FABLES OF jESOP. 
 
 91 
 
 FABLE CXXIX, 
 
 De Amne lacessente fuura 
 Fontem Conviciis. 
 
 QUidam Amnis lacef- 
 febat suiim Fontem 
 Lonviciisy lit inertem, quod 
 staret immobilis, nee haberet 
 tillo^ Pi fees, autem com- 
 mcndabat Se plurlmum, 
 quod crearet optimos Pi fees, 
 t^ ferperet per Valles 
 blando Murmure. 
 
 Fons indignatus in Amncni, 
 vehit ingratum, repressit 
 Undas. Iwnc Amnis, jbr/- 
 •oatus & Fiscidus & 
 duici Sono, evanuit. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Haec Fabula notat 
 Qui arrogant 
 
 ^uce agunt, 
 
 i:f non attribuunt 
 a ^10, ceu a 
 Fontey noftra Bona 
 cedunt. 
 
 Eos, 
 bona, 
 Sidiy 
 Deo, 
 largo 
 
 pro- 
 
 Ofthe Kiver provoking his 
 Spring with Reproaches. 
 
 A Certain Fiver pro- 
 
 voked his Spring 
 
 ivithReproaches,2iSsluggish,hec^u^c 
 He stood immoveable, nor had 
 any Fifli, but com- 
 
 mended himself very much, 
 because he bred the best Fiflies, 
 and crept thro' the Vallies 
 with a pleasant Murmur. 
 The Spring angry at the River, 
 as ungrateful, Jtept hack 
 the Waters. Then the River, de- 
 prived both of the Fishes and 
 the siveet Sound, vanished aivqy, 
 
 MoR. 
 This Fable marketh Those, 
 Who arrogate the good Things, 
 Which They do, to Themselves, 
 and do not attribute Them to God, 
 from Whom, as from a large 
 Fountain, our good Things pro- 
 ceed. 
 
 FABLE CXXX. 
 
 De mallgno Viro 8c 
 Damorie, 
 
 Of the wicked Man and 
 the Devil. 
 
 OUidam malignus Vlr, A Certain tvicked Miin, 
 
 cum perpetraviffet xJL nvhen He had, committed 
 
 piurima Scelera, is* fsepius ina7iy Wickedneffes, and often 
 
 captus, 8c conclusus Carcere, being taken, and i/iuf in Prifon, 
 
 teneretur ardiffime w<;^ detmjfted very clofely 
 
92 
 
 SELECT FABLES OF itlSOP. 
 
 pervitin Cudodia, implo- 
 rabat Auxilium Damonisj 
 Qui sapenumero affuit ////. 
 hi liberavit Eum e multis 
 Periculis, Tandem Damon 
 apparuit Ei iterum depre- 
 hensof Sc tjnploranti folitum 
 Juxilium, habeiis maifuam 
 Fafcem Calceorum pertulb- 
 rum super Humeros, dicens, 
 Amke, non possum efle 
 Auxilio Tibi amplius ;■ 
 etcnim peragravi tot 
 Loca pro liberando Te, 
 ut contriverim omnes hos 
 Calceosy ^Sc etiam nulla Pe- 
 cunia fupereft Mihij Qua 
 valeam comparare alios ; 
 quare peribis. 
 
 MOR... 
 
 Haec Fabula admonet, 
 ne exiftimemus nostra 
 Peccata fore feinper impu- 
 nita. 
 
 with a nvatchful Guard, /w- 
 piored the Help of the Devil^ 
 Who oftentimes was ivith Himy 
 and freed Him out of many 
 Dangers, At length ?/;? Devil 
 appeared to Him again ^a- 
 Aen and imploring the ' ufual 
 ife//;, having a great 
 
 Bundle of Shoes worn 
 
 out vpoji his Shoulders, saying. 
 Friend, / am not able- to be 
 a Help to Tliee longer ; 
 ior I have travelled thro' To many 
 Places for freeing Thee, 
 f/irtt I have worn out all theie 
 Shoes, and moreover no 7>/a- 
 7J5);. remains fo J/*?, with Which 
 / may be able to get others ; 
 wherefore thou shah perish, 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This Fable advifes, 
 
 that we should not think our 
 Sins will be always unpunish- 
 ed. 
 
 FABLE CXXXL 
 
 De Avibus 'volentibus 
 eligere plures Reges... 
 
 AVcjs consultabant de 
 eligendis pluribws 
 Regibus, cum Aquila fola 
 nan posset regere t ant as 
 ^ffeges Volucrum, £c fe- 
 cissent fatis rbfo, nifi 
 destitissent a Consilio 
 Monitu CorniciSif Quae, 
 cww Caufa interrogobatury 
 
 OfXht Birds i'^/zz^ willing 
 to choofe more Kings. 
 
 T 
 
 HE Birds consulted 
 choosing 
 
 about 
 
 more 
 Kings, feeing tlTat thd ^agle alone 
 was not able to rule so great 
 Flocks of Birds, and They had 
 done enough to their Wish, unlefs 
 They had desisted from the Counsel 
 by the advice of the Crow, Who, 
 when the Gaufe was asked, 
 
SELECT FABLES OF ^SOP. 
 
 93 
 
 cur non duceret plures -vvhy She did not think more 
 
 Reges eligendos, inquit, Kings ivere to be chosen^ faid, 
 
 quia multi Sacci iinpkntur becaufe many Bags are Jilled 
 
 difficilius, quam unus. more difficultly, than one. 
 
 MoR. Moil. 
 
 Hscc Fabula docet esse This Fable teaches it te be 
 
 longe melius gubernari ab by far better to be governed by 
 
 Uno, quam a multis Prin- One, than by many Prin- 
 
 cipibus. ces. 
 
 FABLE CXXXIL 
 
 De Muliere, ^la dicebat, 
 Se velle niori pro 
 
 fuo Viro» 
 
 Of the Woman, Who faid, 
 that She was rjilling to die /or 
 \\tr Husband, 
 
 OUasdam Matrona, ad- 
 modum pudica & 
 amantisshna Viri, ferebat 
 acgre, Maritum detlne- 
 ri advcrsa Valetudine : /a- 
 mentabatur ingemifcebat, 
 i^y ut testaretur fuum 
 Amorem in Virum, rogabat 
 Mortem^ ut, ^/ cffet frf/>- 
 <ura Maritum .y/i^/, 
 
 potiis ve//et occidere Se, 
 quam Ilium. Inter /i<ec 
 
 Verba, cern;^ Mortem ven/- 
 entem horribili Aspectu, 
 Timore Cujus perter- 
 rita, ijf jam pcenitens fui 
 Voti^ inquit, Ego non fum, 
 ^em petis ; jacet in 
 LectOy Quem venisti 
 occifura. 
 
 A Certain Matron^ ve- 
 
 ry chaste and 
 
 most loving of her Hufband, bore it 
 ill, //^af f/ie Husband -was kept 
 down /^ bad Health : She la- 
 mentedy She grieved, 
 
 andy that She might testify Her 
 LoiJtf to her Husbandy She afkcd 
 Deathy that, (/*He was a/^owf to 
 snatch her Hufband yVom Her^ 
 He rather would kill i/er, 
 than ///m. Among (Ar^tf 
 
 Words, She beholds Death com- 
 ing with a horrible Aspect^ 
 with the Fear o/" Whom being af- 
 frighted anc^ now repenting of Her 
 Tow, She faid / am not He, 
 * Whom Thou feekefl ; He lies in 
 the Bedy Whom thou contest 
 about to kilK 
 
54 
 
 SELECT FABLES OP ^SOP. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Hjcc Fabula indicat, Ne- 
 minem effe adeo amantem 
 Amici, Qui non malit 
 cfTe bene Sibi, q-udm Al- 
 ter! . 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This Table {hows, that n§ 
 One is so loving 
 
 of a Friend^ Who had not rather 
 it was ^y<7// to Hinij //lan Aro- 
 ther. 
 
 FABLE CXXXIII. 
 
 De Adolefcente canente in Of the young Man singing ;it 
 Funere Matris. ;Af Funeral of his Mochtr. 
 
 O' 
 
 ,Uit1am Vir profeqiie- 
 batur defunctam 
 
 Uxorein, ^oe efFereba- 
 tur ad Sepulchrum 
 
 Lachrymis Sc Flstibus ; vero 
 ejus Filius canebat, Qui, 
 cz/m increparetur a Pa- 
 tie, tt^ aniens, ^li can- 
 taret m Funere Afatris, 
 cum deberet efle itKxstuSy & 
 j^cfre una Secum, inquit, 
 il// Pater, j/ conduxifti 
 Sacerdotesj iit canerent^ cur 
 irasceris Mihi concinenti 
 gratis? Cw/ Pater 
 
 inquit^ Tuum Offieium^ & 
 Sacerdatum non ell /Je'm. 
 
 A Certain 3/dn follow- 
 
 ed /?/^ cff^i 
 
 Wife, Who -vvas 
 
 bore io the Grave 
 
 nvith T.ecrs and Weepings ; but 
 /i/j: Son ^i3?/^, Who, 
 
 when he was blamed (^ the Fa- 
 ther» as mad, IVho could 
 ling af the Burial of a Mother^ 
 when he ought to be jcc/, and. 
 to weep together with Him, faid, 
 Jlfy Father, if You have hired 
 Priests J that they might sing, why 
 cr^ jou angry with Me singing 
 gratis ? To Whom the Father 
 said, Thy Office, and 
 
 f Aa^ <?/* *Ae Priests is aot fAe J<?wf . 
 
 Mqr.. Mor. 
 
 Hxc Fabula indicat, This J^(^/<r fnows, that 
 
 Omnia non effe decora Om- c// Tilings are not decent for AU 
 
 pibus. Men. 
 
SELECT FABLES OF iESOP. 
 
 95 
 
 FABLE CXXXIV. 
 
 De 'zelotypo Viro, Qui dede- Of the jealous Man^ Who had 
 rat Uxorem custodiendam, given his Wife to be guarded. 
 
 ZElotypus Fir dede rat 
 UxoretHy Qiiam covi- 
 pererat vivere parum pudi- 
 ce, cuidam Anilco, Cut 
 fideret plurimum^ cuftodi- 
 endain, pollicitus ingentem 
 Pecuniam^ fi observaret'E.-d.m. 
 ita diligenter, ut nullo 
 Modo violarct conjugal 
 lem Gopulam. At Ille, ubi 
 expertus effet hanc 
 
 Cuftodiam nimis dlfficllem 
 aliquot Dies, 13" compeiifTet 
 suum lugeniuni viiici Ver- 
 futia Jllulierisy accedens ad 
 Maritum. dixit, Se 
 
 7iolle gcrere han€ tarn 
 duram Provinciam amplius ; 
 quandoquidem tie Argus 
 quidem, Qui fuit totus 
 ocidatusj poffet custodireim- 
 pudicam Mulierem : Ad- 
 didit praterea, fi sit necelTe, 
 Se malle deferre 
 
 Saccum plenum Puliclbiis in 
 Pratum qiiotidie integro 
 Anno, Sc, Sacco foluto, 
 pascere Eoj inter Herbas, 
 t3* Vefpere redu- 
 
 cere omnes Domum, qiiain 
 servare impudicam Mulie- 
 rem uno Die, 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Haec Fabula indicat, nullos 
 Cuftodes esse ita diligentes. 
 
 A Jealous Man had given 
 his Wift, Whom He had 
 found to live but a little challe- 
 ly, to a certain Friend, to Whom 
 He could truft very much, to be 
 guarded, having promised much 
 Money if Ht could observe Her 
 so diligently, that by no 
 Method She might violate the con- 
 jugal Tie. But He, ivhcn 
 He had experienced this 
 Charge too difficult 
 
 some Days, and had found 
 his Wit to be overcome by the Cun- 
 ning of the Woman, going to 
 the Hufband, said, that He 
 -tuas univilling to bear this To 
 hard a Province longer; 
 feeing that not Argus 
 
 indeed, Who ivas all 
 
 eyed, could be able to keep an un- 
 chafte Woman : He add- 
 ed moreover, if it was neceffary, 
 that He had rather carry down 
 a Sack full of Fleas into 
 a Meadow daily for a whole 
 Tear, and, the Sack being loofed, 
 to feed Them among the Grafs, 
 and in the Evening to bring them 
 back all Home, than 
 
 to keep an unchafte Wo- 
 man one Day, 
 
 This 
 Guards 
 
 MoR. 
 
 J^ct^/e ^ows, 
 
 are fo 
 
 »d 
 
 that 
 diligentf 
 
96 
 
 SELECT FABLES OF JLSOP. 
 
 Qui valeant cuftodire Who can be able 
 impudicas Mulieres. unchaste Women. 
 
 FABLE CXXXV. 
 
 to keep 
 
 De Wno recusanteCXy- 
 fleres. 
 
 OUldam r/r, Germ anus 
 naf /one,admodum dhesy 
 aegrotabat ; ud curandum 
 ^uem pJures Medici 
 
 accefferunt, {etenim Mufcae 
 convolant catervatim ad 
 Mel) Unus Quorum di^ebat 
 inter Cetera, effe 
 
 Opus Clyfteribus, si vel- 
 let convalescere ; Quod 
 cum Vir audiret, infuetus 
 Medicifne hujufmodi, per- 
 citus Furore, jubet 
 
 Medicos ejici 
 
 Domo, dicens, Eos 
 
 tsse infanos, ^ui^ cum 
 Caput doleret, vellent 
 
 mederi Podicem. 
 
 Of the Man refusing Giy- 
 fters. 
 
 A Certain Man^ a German 
 by nation, very rich, 
 was fick ; to cure 
 
 Whom many Physicians 
 
 came, ffor the Flies 
 
 fly in Heaps to 
 
 the Honey) One of Whom said, 
 among other Things, th3.t there was 
 N'eed of Clyfters, // He was 
 willing to grow nvell ; Which 
 nvhen the Man heard, unufed 
 to a Medicine of this Kind, mo- 
 ved with Anger, He commands 
 the Phyficians to be cast out 
 of the Houfe, saying, that They 
 were mad, Who, when 
 
 the Head grieved, Kvere nvilling 
 to cure the Breech, 
 
 Hsec 
 
 MOR, 
 
 Fabula 
 
 indicat, 
 
 Omnia, quamvis salutaria, 
 videri ^ afpera Isf obfii- 
 tura insuetis Sc incxper- 
 tJs, 
 
 MoK. 
 This Fable fhows, 
 
 iliat all Things, altho* healthful, 
 feem both rough and hurt- 
 ful to the unaccustomed and inex^ 
 perienced* 
 
SELECT FABLES OFiESO?. 
 
 FABLE CXXXVL 
 
 Dt Afino agrotante, Sc 
 Lupis vifitantibus Eum, 
 
 A 
 
 Sinus agrotabaty Sc 
 Fama exiveiat, Eum 
 
 cito : lofitui 
 
 o 
 
 venissent 
 
 ad 
 
 monturum 
 
 cum Lupi 
 
 visendum Eum, ?j7' peterent 
 
 ^ Filio, quomodo ejus Paf^r 
 
 valeret, ///(? rcfpondit per 
 
 Kimulam Ostiij melius, 
 
 quain velletis. 
 
 Of the Afs being sick, f.nd 
 the Wolves vifiting Hiju. 
 
 THE Afs ivas sick, and 
 Fa7ne had gone out, that He 
 would die quickly ; Therefore, 
 when the Wolves had come to 
 jee Him, and afked 
 
 o/" the Son, how his father 
 did, jffe an f we red f/iro' 
 
 the Chink q/" the Door, better, 
 than Ye would have Him. 
 
 MoR. 
 Ha^c Fabula indicat, 
 quad Multi fngunt ferre 
 Morttm Aliorum cum 
 Moleftia, ®wo^ tamen cupi' 
 unt inter ire celeriter. 
 
 MoR. 
 This Fable fliows, 
 
 that Many feign to beai 
 the Death of Others roith 
 Trouble, Whom yet They de- 
 sire to perifh quickly. 
 
 FABLE CXXXVn. 
 
 De Nuce, Asino, Sc 
 Muliere, 
 
 0/the Nut-tree, the Ass, ai- 
 the Woman, 
 
 QUxdam Jifulier inter- 
 rogabat Nucem nafcen- 
 tem Viam secus, Quae /m- 
 petebatar ' ^7i-^\^ a Fopulo 
 prate reunte, quare effet 
 ita amens, ut quo cade- 
 retur pluribus t?" majoribus 
 Verberibus, eo procrearet 
 plures Is" prreftantiores 
 Fructus ? Cui inquit, 
 
 Efne immemor Proverbii 
 
 A Certain Woman a ik- 
 
 ed a Nut-tree, grow- 
 mg'by the Way-Side, Which wa:y5ea- 
 ten with Stones by the People 
 pairing by, ivhy It was 
 55 mad, that by how much It was 
 beaten with more and greater 
 Stripes, by fo much it yielded 
 more cnc? hetter 
 
 Fruits 7 To whom it said. 
 Art thou unmindful of the Proverb 
 
98 
 
 SE 
 
 :\>ECT 
 
 FABLES OF iESOP. 
 
 ds cent is ita, Niix^ A fin us, 
 tf Mulier, sunt Ugati 
 simili Lege. HiCc tria 
 
 faciunt Nil re"c(^, fi Verbera 
 ceflant. 
 
 saying thus, A Kut-tfeey ati Afs, 
 oit/ a Woman, are bound 
 /^ a like Law. TAese three 
 
 do Nothing rightly, if ^/owj 
 ceafe. 
 
 
 MoR. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 llarc 
 
 Fabula Indlcat, 
 
 This Fable fhows, 
 
 Homines 
 
 frepe jo/fre con- 
 
 that Men often are wont to 
 
 f ode re 
 
 S£ propriis 
 
 wound Themselves with their own 
 
 Jaculis* 
 
 
 Darts. 
 
 FABLE CXXXVin. 
 
 Ue Afino, non Invenientc 
 Finem Labor urn. 
 
 A Sinus angebatur pluri- 
 mum hyberno tempore, 
 -qnvd afilceretur nimio 
 Frigore, is* haberet durum 
 Vi£lum Palearam ; quare 
 optabat vernam Temperiem, 
 ^ teneras Herbas. Sed 
 cum Ver adveniffet, IS^ 
 cogeretur a Domino, 
 ^u; erat Figulusy deferre 
 Argillam in Aream, 8c 
 Lignum ad Fornacem, & 
 inde Latexes ^ Tegulas ci 
 diverfa Loca ; pertaeCus 
 Veris, in ^uo tolerabat 
 tot Labores, sperabat 
 JEftatem, ut Dorainus 
 impeditus MelTe 
 
 pateretur "Eumquiescer^; Sed 
 tunc quoque, citm compcl- 
 leretur ferre Meffes in 
 Arcam, Sc inde Triticum 
 Domum, ncc effet Locus 
 
 Of the A is, not finding 
 an End of his Labours* 
 
 THE Afs was grieved veiy 
 much in winter Time, 
 that He -was d^fftO-cd with too much 
 Cold, and had hard 
 
 Meat ef Chaff; therefore 
 He desired the Spring Season, 
 and the tender Grais. But 
 •when Spring came, and 
 He was compelled by the Mafter, 
 Who was a Potter, to carry 
 Clay into the Tard, and 
 Wood to the Furnage, and 
 thence Bricks and Tiles to 
 divers Places ; tired 
 
 of the Sprijig in Which He bore 
 JO ?«aw)' Labours, He hoped for 
 Suiiimer, that the Mafter 
 being hindered by the Harvcft 
 *ivould suffer Him to rest ; But 
 tAen alfo, when he was com- 
 pelled to bear the Corn into 
 the Barn, and ^A^ncc the Wheat 
 Home, nor was there Space 
 
SELECT FAi3i:i^^F.^S0P. 
 
 101 
 
 (^uieti Sibi ; faltem sperabat 
 Autumnum fore Finem 
 Laborum : Sed, cum ne 
 tunc quoque ctrneret Finem 
 Malorum, cum quotidie 
 Vinum, Poma, & Lignum 
 effent porianda^ rurfiis 
 efflagitabat Nivem 15* 
 Glacicm Hyemis^ ut tunc 
 faltem aliqua Requies con- 
 cederetur Sibi a tantis 
 Laborjbus, 
 
 for Reft/or if/m; at leafl: He hopea 
 that Autumn ivould be the End 
 of his Labours r But, when not 
 r/if/i alfo Be perceived an End 
 o/ Evils, feeing that daily 
 Wine, Apples y and JVood 
 
 ■^vere ^o be carried, again 
 //? longed for the Snow <:rja 
 Ice (7/^ Winter, that /Af/i 
 at leaJl some Reft w/^/if ^fr 
 granted to Him /rom fo great 
 Labours. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Hacc Fabula indicat, 
 esse nulla Tempora prxfen- 
 tis Vita, Qua: n(9n 5W7if fub- 
 jeda perpetuis Laboribus. 
 
 MoR. 
 This Fable fiiows, 
 
 that there are no Tiutes of the pie- 
 fcnt Life, Which are net fuh- 
 jedl ro perpetual Labours» 
 
 FABLE CXXXIX. 
 
 Be Mure, Q.r/i volebat Of the Moufe, rr/w was willing- 
 con/rflAffrf Amicitiamrum fo contract a Friendlhip a-i/Zi 
 
 Fele. the Cat, 
 
 COniplurcs 31ures, com- 
 morantes in Cavo 
 Parietis, contemplabantur 
 Felem, Quje incumbcbat in 
 Tabulato, ■ Capita 
 
 demisso, & /r/^t/ Vultu. 
 Tunc Unus ex iis inquit, Hoc 
 Animal videtur admodum 
 benignum, \St mite ; 
 
 etenim prasfert quondam 
 Sanctimoniam ipfo Fiw/fu ; 
 Volo alloqui. Ipfam, 
 
 b* neAera indissolubilem 
 Amicitiam cum Ea ; ^<e 
 cum dixissety 8c accessis' 
 
 MAny iI//Vtf, dweH- 
 
 ing' in the Hollow 
 
 o/ «' ?F^//, efplod 
 
 a Cat, Who /jv . on. 
 
 the boarded Floor, ^vith her Head 
 hung doivn, and a sad CoMntenance, 
 ^' ^ "^ ' " "" is 
 
 ^.7/t/, Th 
 
 very 
 mild ; 
 
 T^/ifn One of them 
 Animal feems 
 
 kind o;zi/ 
 
 /or She ihows ^ certain 
 Sanctity in Her very Countenance; 
 I am willing, fo j*ccA to Her, 
 and to knit an indissoluble 
 Friendlhip 7t'/f A Her; f^A/VA Things 
 when ^(? Aflfi jo/i/, and had up- 
 
 '"T^-f^^^^rf^^^^ 
 
98 SeW.P.T r^^xTiSLES OF ^ESOP. 
 
 'e: propius, erat captus, proached nearer, He 'was taken, 
 
 43* dilaceratus a Fele. and torn to pieces by the Cat. 
 
 Tunc CsBteri, vidcntes Ho^, Then the Reft, seeing This, 
 
 ciebant Secuin, profecto said with Themfelves, truly 
 
 non eft credendum teniere It is not to be trusted raftily 
 
 Vultiii, to the Countenance, 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Ksc Tabula innuit, 
 Homines non t^c judicandos 
 e Fultu, fed ex Opefibus ; 
 ium ^ atroces Lupi faepe 
 dclirlhiant fub ov/zia Pelle. 
 
 MoR. 
 This Table hints, 
 
 that Men are not to be judged 
 by f/itf Countenance jhut bj Works ; 
 seeing that fierce Wolves often 
 //e A/t/ under a Sheep's Skin. 
 
 FABLE CXL. 
 
 Be Afiiio, ^ui fers^icbat 
 iui'-rato H^ro. 
 
 Of the Afs, IVho ferved. 
 an ungrateful Mafter. 
 
 1«^ 
 
 Sinus, ^ui ferviverat 
 ir.grato Hero multos 
 Annos inoffcnso Pede, 
 semel^ ut ft, dam e^icr 
 prtlFus gravi Sarcina, i^ 
 incederet salebrosd Via, 
 recidebat fub Onere. Turn 
 iniplaccbilis Dominus cam- 
 pelUhut Eum surgere multis 
 rerberibusy nuncupans 
 
 ignaDum ^ pigrum Animal. 
 yit Mifer Asinus dicebat 
 o cMW, inter A^'c Verba ra, 
 Infelix Erjo,^«/ fortitus fum 
 i(3;/iingratum Herum I Nam 
 Cjuamvis ferviverim Ei muko 
 Tempore fine OJ'ensd, tamen 
 tion compensat hoc unum 
 Deliclum meis tot pri^tinis 
 Bcnsficiis, 
 
 THE Afs, Who had ferved 
 cw ungrateful Mafter many 
 Years with an inoffensive Foot, 
 once, as it happens^ whilft He was 
 preffed with a Jieavy Load, and 
 went in an uneven Way, 
 fell under the Burden. Then 
 
 the implacable Mafter com- 
 pelled Him to rise with many 
 Blows., calling Him 
 
 an idle and dull AnimaL 
 But the miferable Ass Hiid 
 w/tA Himself among these Stripes, 
 Unhappy I, Who have got 
 JO ungrateful a Master! For 
 altho* I have fcrvcd ^//n a long 
 Time without Offence, yet 
 He does not weigh this one 
 Fault with my fo many former 
 Benefits, 
 
SELECT FABLES OF ^SOP. 
 
 101 
 
 MOR. MOR. 
 
 Haec Tabula confidla eft This Fable was feigned 
 
 in Eos, %ui immemores against Thofe, JVho unmindful 
 
 , Benejiciorurn collatoium of Benefits conferred 
 
 I Sibty profeqiiuntur etiatn on Themselves^ profecute even 
 
 niinimam Ofensam fui Be- the leaft; Offenze of their Be- 
 
 ! nefactoribus in Se atroci nefactor on Him with a cruel 
 
 Poena, Funis hment. 
 
 FABLE CXLL 
 
 De Lupo, suadente Hif- 
 trici, ut deponcret 
 
 sua 
 
 Tela. 
 
 Cytlie Wolf, persuading xhz Por- 
 cupine, that She would lay down 
 her Darts, 
 
 Lupus esuriens int<?n- 
 derat Animum in His^ 
 triceniy Quam tamen non au- 
 debat invadere^ quia erat 
 mvnita undique Sagittis, 
 Autem Astutid excogitata 
 perdendi Earn, capit fua- 
 dere ////, • ne porta- 
 ret tantum Ortus Telorum 
 Tcrgo Tempore Pacis, 
 quandoquidem Sagittarir non 
 portarent Aliquid, nisi cum 
 Tempus Praelii instaret : 
 Cui Histrix inquit. 
 
 Est credendum semper effe 
 Tempus prxUandi adversus 
 Lupum. 
 
 MoR. 
 Hs2C Fabula innuit, 
 sapientem Virum opQrtere 
 femper esse munitum 
 
 adversus Fraudes Inimico- 
 rum, &. Hostium, 
 
 THE Wolf hungering had 
 bent his Mind upon the Por- 
 cupine, Which nevertheless He dar- 
 ed not to at tacky becaufe She was 
 fortified every where with Darts. 
 But a Cunning being thought on 
 of destroying Her, He began to per- 
 fuade Hery that She would not 
 carry sj great a Burden of Darts 
 on her Back in a Time of Peace, 
 seeing that the Archers did not 
 carry Any Thing, unless when 
 the- Time of Battle approached : 
 To whom the Porcupine faid, 
 It is to be believed always to be 
 a Time of fighting against 
 a Wolf. . 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Thi» Fable hints, 
 
 that a wise Man ought 
 always to be fortified 
 
 against Deceits of Ene-^ 
 mies, and Foes, 
 
 K 2 
 
102 
 
 3El.iaT ¥A8tES OF ^SO?. 
 
 FAl^LS CXUI- 
 
 X)^ Mure Hbei^ante 
 
 MUS, conspicatu^ 
 
 Milvum implicitum 
 J^2iquco ^ucupis, mifertuseft 
 Avis, quamvis /«/mec<e Sibi; 
 Vinculisque abrofis 
 
 DentiSuSy fecit Viam 
 Sibi eyoland^l. Mil;vns, 
 
 immemor tanti Beneficii^ 
 iibi vidit Se solutum^ 
 corripiens Alurem fulpican- 
 tem Nil tale, l.ac^ravtt, 
 Unguibus, h^ Roftro.. 
 
 MoR.. 
 Hbqc Mabula indicali, 
 malignos Vivos solere repen- 
 (ler€ G.ratias hu^ua ik(?<;^A 
 Tuis Bfnefaclhai^ibus^ 
 
 Q/" the Mouse freeiiig 
 theK«TK, 
 
 THii Moufe, having tfpi^d 
 the , Kite entm^M. 
 
 in the Snare o/" f Ae Fowler, pitied 
 the Bird, altho' nn Enemy to Her ; 
 <7?ic/ tAe Bands being gnawed 
 ivith her Teeth, She made a Way 
 foF her oj jiying qui. The Kite, 
 unmin^ul of fo great Biin^ft, 
 when ife jaw Hinnfelf looked, 
 feizing the Mouse fufped- 
 ing no f^<fh Thing, t-Qt^e Ihr 
 with he? Claws, «»;(( Bill,.. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Thl% . i^c^/^ 
 
 ihpt wioked. Mea «f'^ 
 pay Thanks oC 
 tQ their B^ttefacto^^, 
 
 Viont to. re- 
 
 f ABLE, CXUII, 
 
 jD^ CoeHlei pp.tentf k Jom^ 
 ut ^ j&055et fcfr^j 
 
 ^«^«i DomuTO Secmm» 
 
 CUM Jupiter, ab £j;- 
 orc//o Mundi, 
 
 elargiretur fingulis Animu- 
 lihus Munera, ^u<e peti- 
 iffem. Cochlea petiit 
 a<J' Eo, Mf poffet 
 
 oircumferre fuajn Domiim, 
 Interrogata « Jove, guare 
 cxpolteret tale Munus ab 
 
 (^ the Sn?kU ^sirin^ of JupiNK, 
 that ^A^ might be abh to beajr- 
 Uer Houfe mth Mer. 
 
 W 
 
 HEN Jupiter, from *Afl Jt«- 
 ginning of the World,. 
 
 bestonved on 
 
 »ia/j the Gifts,, 
 
 bad. defired, the 
 
 o/" Hipk «Aa* She inight be able 
 
 to bear obout her Hou^e^ 
 
 Being afked by. 
 
 all Ani'- 
 
 Which They 
 SnaiL . defired 
 
 Jupiter, why 
 
 She demanded such a Gift fror 
 
SELECT FABLES OF iLSOP. 
 
 105 
 
 Eo, ^U6d fuUirum erat 
 ^rave^ Sc moUstum illi, 
 inqttit, malo ferre tarn 
 grave Onus perpeiuo, quam 
 tK7N poiTe titara malum 
 VicinHviy cum Jl/iAi libucrit. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Hasc Fabula 
 Vicinitatem 
 fugiendam omni 
 modo» 
 
 indicat, 
 Malorum 
 
 Him^ Which would be 
 
 heavy, and troublesome to Her 
 .S/ie 5fl/<i, I had rather bear fo 
 heavy a Burden perpetually, than 
 Rot to be able ra avoid a bad 
 Neighbour ywh^n I lift, 
 
 MoR. 
 This /'«(^/tf fhews^ 
 
 that the Neighbourhood oih?i6. Men 
 »5 to be avoided -with every Dis- 
 advantage, 
 
 FABLE CXLIV, 
 
 D# H«iintceotf//c»wtfe 
 Viperam Jhspitem» 
 
 HErinaceus, pi'^s^ntiens 
 Hyemem aihentare, 
 rogavit Viperam^ ut conce- 
 deret Locum Sibi in sua 
 Caverna adversus Vira 
 Frigoris ; Quod c«w Ilia 
 /ecisset, Herinaceus, pervol- 
 vtHS Se /iwc atque illuc, 
 pimgebat Viperam Aeu- 
 min« Spinarnm, & tarquebat 
 vehementer ; ///a videns .J^ 
 maid tra<:tafam quando 
 fufcepit Herinaceum Hofpi- 
 tio, orabat Eum blandis 
 Verbis, ut exiret, 
 
 cum Locus esset nimis 
 angustus duobus. Cui 
 
 Herinaceus inquit, Ex- 
 eat, ^/ nequit manere 
 
 hie ; quare 
 tiensy non 
 
 Vipera sen- 
 elTe Locum 
 
 Qf the Hedge-Hog, easting ffut 
 the Viper i/*r ifojf. 
 
 THE Hcdge-Hog, perteiving 
 the Winter fc? approach, 
 aiked jAe >^*/)er, that She would 
 grant a Place to Hi in m ker 
 Cavern against the Extremity 
 of the Cold; Which ivhen She 
 /iflj done, the Hedge-Hog, ro//- 
 in^ Himfelf hither and thither, 
 pricked the Viper with the Sharp- 
 nefs of his Darts, and tor merited Her 
 vehemently, She feeing Herself 
 ill treated, when 
 
 She took Mtf Hedge^Hog Gueft- 
 wlfe, entreated Him 7r;V/i /a/r 
 Words, Met He would go out, 
 ^ee/n^ Mflf the Place nvas too 
 narroiv for both. 7o wAow 
 
 the Hedge-Hog said. Let Him 
 go out, Who cannot abide 
 here ; wherefore the Viper />fr- 
 ceiving, there was not a //flt£? 
 
104 
 
 SELECT FABLES OF iiSOP 
 
 Sibi ibi^ 
 ex Hospitio» 
 
 ceflit illinc 
 
 MoR, 
 Hjcc i^d!(5M/a indicat, jEoj 
 non efle admittendos in Con- 
 sort iuniy Qui possunt ejicere 
 ^os. 
 
 for Her there, departed thence 
 out of her Lodging. 
 
 MoR. 
 
 This Fable fliows, that They 
 are not fo 6e admitted into i^^/* 
 loxvshipy Who erf a(^/e to call out 
 Us, 
 
 FABLE CXLV 
 
 i}f quodam Agric§la ^ 
 Poetd. 
 
 O 
 
 .Uidam Agricola acce- 
 'dens ad Poctam, cujus 
 Agros col^baty cum offen- 
 dissetY,um solum interLibros, 
 interrogabat Eum quo 
 Pacto poffet vivere ita. solus? 
 Cui Ille inquit, Tantum 
 coepi esse folus, postquam 
 advenifli hue. 
 
 O/a certain Husbandman and 
 
 A 
 
 Certain Husbandman com- 
 ing to a Poet, whose 
 Fields He^ ploughed^ when i/i? Ac J 
 found Him c/o/iff among /^/i- Books ^ 
 afked if/m, by^ what 
 
 Means He was able ^o //tJtf fo alone? 
 To whom if(? faid, / only 
 began to be alone, since 
 You came hither. 
 
 MoR. 
 Hac F.abula indicit, 
 eruditos Viros, ^w/ conti- 
 nuo stipantur Turba 
 doctissimorum Virorum, 
 
 tunc effe solos ^ ciim fuerint 
 inter ilUteratos Homines. 
 
 MoR. 
 This Fable (liows, 
 
 that learned Men, JTAo conti- 
 nually are thronged with a Crowd 
 of the most learned Men, 
 then are alone, when they arc 
 amongft illiterate Fellows. 
 
SELECT FABLES OF JE.SOT. 
 
 105 
 
 FABLE CXLVL 
 
 De Lupo, 
 Ovisy I 
 Gregem. 
 
 induto Pelle 
 li devorabat 
 
 Lupus, htdutiis Felle 
 Ovisy immifciiit Se 
 Gregi OviujUy k 
 
 quotidie occldebat Aliquam 
 ex Eis : Quod cum Pa- 
 ftor animadvertisset, fufpen- 
 dit Ilium in altissimd. 
 Arbore. Autem caeteris 
 Pastor ihus interrogantibus, 
 cur lufpendiffet Ovem, 
 aiebat, ^uidcm Pcllis est 
 Ovis, ut videtis ; autem 
 Opera era/2f Lupi. 
 
 MoR. 
 
 Hacc Fabula indicat, 
 Hoynines noii efie judican- 
 dos ex UaditUy led ex 
 Ope rib us ; qiioniam Multi 
 faciunt Lupin a Opera fub 
 ycstimentis Oviura. 
 
 0/the Wolf, clothed with the Skii» 
 of the Sheep, Who devoured 
 the Flock, 
 
 A Wolf, clothtd with the Skin 
 of a Sheep, mixed Himself 
 with a Flock of Sheep, and 
 daily flew some One 
 
 of 'Ihem: Which when the Shep- 
 herd had observed, He hang- 
 ed Him on a very high 
 Tree. But the other 
 
 Shepherds aiking, 
 
 nvhj He had hung the Sheep, 
 He faid, Indeed the Skin is 
 a Sheep's, as you fee; but 
 the Works were a Wolf's. 
 
 This 
 
 that Men 
 ed by 
 Works ; 
 
 MoR. 
 Fable 
 
 fliow: 
 
 are not to be judg- 
 
 Habit, but by 
 
 because Many 
 
 under 
 
 do Wolves' Works 
 the Cloathings of Sheep, 
 
 FABLE CXLVn. 
 
 De Cane occidente Oves Of the Dog killing the Sheet" 
 j«/ Domini. o/'/i/.y Mailer. 
 
 QUidam Pastor dederat 
 suas Oves Cani cufto- 
 dicndas, pascens Ilium 
 optimis Cibis. -^f Ille 5^/>e 
 occidebat aliquam Ovem ; 
 cum Pc.stor animad- 
 
 A Certain Shepherd had given 
 his Sheep fo /i/j Dog to be 
 kept, feeding Him 
 
 w/M f/ze ^£?j^ Meats. But He o/fen 
 killed jome one Sheep ; 
 Jr/</V/i when the Shepherd had ob- 
 
10$ 
 
 SELECT FABLES OF ^SOP. 
 
 vertiffet, capiens Canem, 
 volebat occidere Etim, 
 
 Cui Cants iiiquit, '^are 
 cupis perdere Me ? 
 
 Sum unus ex tuis domesticis; 
 potius interjicc Lupum, ^/ 
 continuo insidiatur tuo 
 Ovili, Imo, inquit Pa- 
 ftor, Puto Te magis dlgnum 
 iI/or/e',quamZ,M/ji/m: Etenlm 
 Ille profitetur Se meum 
 Hostem palarii ; •cerb Tu, sub 
 Specie Amicitia^ quotidie 
 imminuis meum Gregem, 
 
 ferved, taking the Dog, 
 
 He ivas tvilling to kill Him. 
 To whom the Dog faid, Wherefore 
 doil Thou defire to destroy Me ? 
 / am one o/" thy Domestics ; 
 rather ^/o)» the Wolf, Who 
 continually lays 'to ait for your 
 Sheepfold, Nay, j^5 the Shep- 
 herd^ I think You more worthy j 
 of Deaths than the Wolf: For ' 
 He prcfeffes Himself my 
 Enemy openly ; but Thon, under' 
 the Show of Friendship^ daily 
 diminishest my Flock, 
 
 MoR. 
 Hac Fabula indicat, £o^ 
 effe puniendos longe magis^ 
 Qui ladunt Nos jm/^ Specie 
 Amicitia, quam ^u/ pro- 
 fitentur 6"^ noflros Inimicos 
 palam. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This Jfi^/e lliows, that They 
 are fo ^e punished by far «lor^, 
 Who hurt Us «ncfer a Pretence 
 of Friends hip i than TAey JF/jopro- 
 fefs Themselves our Enemies 
 openly. 
 
 FABLE CXLVIIL 
 
 i?e Ariete pugnante cum 
 Tauro. 
 
 0/*the RAiAjightiHg with 
 f/ie Bull. 
 
 ERAT quidam Aries 
 /«f^r Oves, ^m/ 
 
 habebat few firmum Caput 
 & Cornua^ ut statim 8c 
 facile fuperaret cateros 
 Ariete s ; yware cum inveniret 
 nullum Arieteni amplius, 
 ^i auderet obsisterc Sibi 
 eccursantiy elatus 
 
 erehris ViAoriis, ausus est 
 provocare Taurum, ad Pug- 
 tiatns fed ^r/mo GongrefTu, 
 
 THERE was a certain Ram 
 among the Sheep, PTAo 
 had ^0 firm a Head 
 and Horns, that presently and 
 cflj//y He overcame Me ofAer 
 Rams ; ivherefore when /ztf /ownc/ 
 jio Rani move, 
 
 ^r/io dared to 'withstand Him 
 running against Him, puffed up 
 ^v it h frequent Viaories, he dared 
 to provoke « Bull to i3aN 
 f/f; but at the first Onfet, 
 
SE.LECT FABLES OF ^SOP. 
 
 107 
 
 cum arietavilTet in 
 
 Frontem Taurij eft reper- 
 cuffus tam ttroci /ctw, 
 ut fere moriens, diceret 
 hasc, StuUiis Ego I 
 
 quid e^-i ? Cur -aufus i'um 
 iacessere tam potuntem Ad- 
 verfarium, Cui Natura 
 creavit Me imparem ? 
 
 MoR. 
 Hxc Fabula indlcat, non 
 esjeceitandmn cum poten- 
 tioribus. 
 
 tuhen He had butted against 
 the Forehead of the Bully He was 
 ftruck back with so cruel a Blow, 
 that almost dying, He said 
 thefe Words, Fool that I ami 
 what have I done ? Why dared I 
 to provoke lb powerful an Ad- 
 verlary, fo rFAom Nature 
 AatA created Me unequal ? 
 
 Moil. 
 This /"a^/e {hows, tAaf it 
 /j not to be ftrove w/f A the more 
 powerfuL 
 
 FABLE GLXIK. 
 
 De Aquila rapiente Filios 
 Cuniculi. 
 
 AOyiLA, nidulata in 
 altissimd Avborc, ra- 
 puerat Filios Cuniculi, 
 Qui pascebatur non long} 
 illinc, in Prscdam suorum 
 Pullorum ; ^uam Cuni- 
 culus orabat blandis Verbis, 
 ut dignaretur reftituere 
 suos Filios Sibi ; At Ilia, 
 arbitrans Eum tSc pusillum 
 Sc terrestre Animal, 
 dilacerabat Eos Unguibus, 
 Quos apponebat fuis Pullis 
 epulandos in Confpcdlu 
 Matris: Tuns Cuniculus, 
 commotus Morte fuoruni 
 Filiorum, hand permifit 
 hanc Injuriam abire impu- 
 nitani ; etenim effbdit 
 Arhorem^ radicitus, ®i«e 
 
 0/the Eagle snatching the Young 
 of the Coney. 
 
 THE Eagle having built a nest in 
 a very high Tree, had snatch^ 
 ed away the Young of the Coney, 
 Who was fed not far 
 from thence, for the Prey of her 
 Young ; When the Co- 
 ney besought with fair Words, 
 that She would vouchsafe to reftore 
 her Young to Her ; But She, 
 fuppofing Him to be a little 
 and earthly Animal, 
 
 tore Them with her Talons, 
 Which She put to her Young 
 to eat in the Sight 
 of the Dam ; Then the Coney, 
 moved at the Death of her 
 Toung permitted not 
 
 this Injury to go unpunifli- 
 ed ; for She dug up 
 the Tree by the Roots, Whitk 
 
108 
 
 SELECT FABLES OF MSOP. 
 
 fuftlnebat Nidum^ Quae 
 procidens levi Impnlsu 
 Ventorum, dejccit 
 
 Pullos AquiU adhuc implu- 
 tnes m Humum, Qui 
 depasti a F^ris prze- 
 buerunt Solatium Doloris 
 Corniculo, 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Haec Fabula indicat, Ne- 
 minem fretum sua Potentia 
 dfe<^(fredefpiceie imbecilliores^ 
 cum aliquando infirmiores 
 ulciscantiir Injurias poten- 
 tiorum* 
 
 FABLE CL. 
 
 Ve Lupo, Pisce Pluvii, 
 
 affectante Regnum 
 
 Maris, 
 
 ERAT LupuSf in quo- 
 dam Amne, ^m/ ex- 
 cedebat cateros Pifces 
 ejiisdem Fluminis in Pul- 
 ehritudine, 3IagnitudineyZC 
 Robore ; unde Omne^s admi- 
 rabantur, 13" afficiebant 
 Eum mazimo Honore ; 
 quare elatus Superbia 
 c£pit appetere majorem 
 Principatum. Igitur Am- 
 ne relictOy in ^uo regna- 
 verat multos Annos, ingres- 
 sus est Mare, ut vendi- 
 caret Regnam Ejus Si- 
 bi ; fed offendens Delphi- 
 Rum mir<s Magnitudinis, 
 
 O/the Pike, a Fish of the River, 
 
 ajfecting the Dominion 
 
 of the Sea, 
 
 THERE Avas a Pike^ in a cer- 
 tain River, Whe ex- 
 ceeded the other Fifhes 
 of the same River in Fair- 
 re fs, Greatness^ and 
 Strength ; whence All admir- 
 ed, and affeded 
 Him with the greatefl Honour i 
 wherefore puffed up with pride 
 He began to defire greater 
 Command. Therefore the Ri- 
 ver being left^ in Which He had 
 reigned many Years, He entered 
 into the Sea, that he might chal- 
 lenge the Dominiofi of It fo Him- 
 self; but finding a Dol- 
 phin of a ivonderful Greatnefsj 
 
 fullained the Nest, which 
 falling with a light Blast \ 
 of the Winds, threw down 
 the Young of the Eagle, as yet Mn* 
 f edged upon the Ground, Who 
 being eat up by the wild Beasts af- 
 forded Comfort of Grief 
 to the Cofiej., 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This Fable fhows, that n# 
 Ma7i relying on his Power 
 ought to defpife the Weaker, 
 feeing that sometimes the Weaker 
 revenge the Injuries of the more 
 powerful. 
 
SELECT FABLES OF .£SOP. 
 
 ioJ 
 
 ( ^ui regnabat in IIlo, est 
 ' ita insectatus ab ///o, ut cu- 
 , fugiens vix ingrederetur 
 I Oftium Jmnis, unde 
 
 ausus est exiie now amplius, 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Hsec Fabula admonet iVbj, 
 ut contenti noltris Rebus^ 
 ne appetamus, i|j/(tr fuut 
 /(Cn^^ inajora nostris Viribus. 
 
 rrAc7 reigned /n It, /Te Tyo^^ 
 fo pursued by ^/;», that fjin^ 
 away fcarce could he enter into 
 the Mouth of the River, whence 
 He durst to go out 7ij more. 
 
 Mo», 
 This Fabie admonifhes Us) 
 that coiiteiit with our own Things^ 
 We do not defire, What are 
 ^/ar greater f/iiiu oar Strength. 
 
 FABLE CLI. 
 
 Dc OVE convitiaiite 
 Paftori. 
 
 OVis conv'itiabaturVz- 
 ftori, ^uW non con- 
 tentus Lade, ^uod mul- 
 gebat ab Ea rn fuum Usum, 
 & t/^wm Filiorum, 
 
 insuper denudaret Illam 
 Vcllere. Tunc Paftbr 
 
 iratus trahebat ejus Filiuni 
 ad Mortem. Ovis inquit, 
 ^id pejus pates facere 
 Mihi? Paftor inquit, ut 
 occidam Te, in' projiciam 
 devorandam Lupis ^ 
 Canibus. Ovis filuit, 
 
 formidans adhuc major a 
 Mala. 
 
 Of the Sheep railing ou 
 the Shepherd. 
 
 A Sheep railed on a Shep- 
 herd, that not con- 
 tent with the Milk, Which He 
 milked from Her for his own Use, 
 and Me C/^^e of his Children, 
 moreover He Gripped Jier 
 of the Fleece. T/^t'/7 the Shepherd 
 angry dragged her Young one 
 to Death. The Sheep fays. 
 What worfe are Ten able to do 
 to Me ? The Shepherd sqysn, that 
 I may A/// Thee, o«(/ throw thee out 
 to be devoured by the Wolves and 
 Dogs. The Sheep held her Peace, 
 fearing yet greater 
 
 Evils. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Hc;c Fabula indicat, 
 Homines non deberc excan- 
 descere in Deum<,^i permittat 
 Divitias 55* Filios auferri 
 Ipfis ; f«;n poffit 
 
 inferre ctiam majora Sup- 
 
 MoR. 
 
 This /ii^/tf fiiows, 
 
 that Men ought not to grovj 
 warm againfl: God, \i He permitteth 
 Riches and Children to be taken 
 from Them ; ivhen He is able 
 to bring even greater Punilh- 
 
no 
 
 SELECT FABLES OF JISOP, 
 
 plicia Ipsis 8c viverUudus 
 & mortuis» 
 
 mentg upon Them both living 
 and daacL 
 
 TABLE CLII. 
 
 De Auriga t?* Rota 
 Currus stridente. 
 
 AUriga interrogabat 
 
 Currura, quare 
 
 Pcota, ^u£ erat deterior, 
 ftrideret, cum cxteri non 
 /acerent idem ? Cui 
 
 "Currus inguit, ^groti 
 temper confueverunt ess€ 
 morofi tJf queruli. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Haec Fabula indicat, Mala 
 iemp T solere impellere 
 Homines ad ^uerimoniam. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This Fable fhows, 
 always are wont 
 Men to Complaint. 
 
 that 
 to 
 
 Evils 
 drive 
 
 FABLE CLIII. 
 
 De Viro volente experiri 
 Amicos. 
 
 QUidam Vir admodum 
 dives Sc liberalise 
 nabebat magnam Copiam 
 Amicorum^ Quos sape invi- 
 tabat ad Coenam ; ad Quern 
 cccedebant libentiffime. 
 
 Autem volens experiri^ an 
 eiTent Jideles Sibi 
 
 in Laboribus ist Periculis, 
 ^onvocavit Eos omnes, di- 
 cejis, Inimicos effe obortos 
 
 Of the Man 'willing to try 
 his Friends. 
 
 A Certain Man very 
 
 rich and liberal, 
 
 had a great Abundance 
 of Friends, Whom often He in- 
 vited to Supper ; to Whom 
 They ivent moft willingly. 
 But willing to try, whether 
 They would be faithful to Him 
 in Labours and Dangers, 
 He called together Them all, fay- 
 ing, that JLnemies were risen up 
 
 Of the Waggoner and the Wheel 
 of the Waggon creaking. 
 
 THE Waggoner asked 
 the Waggon, iixkerefore j 
 the Wheel, Which was worse, 
 creaked, when the reft did 
 not do the fame ? To whom 
 the Waggon said, The Sick 
 always have ufed io be 
 morofe an J complainings 
 
\ v^ 
 
 SELECT FABLES OF .ESOP. 
 
 Sibi, ^os ftatuit 
 
 occidere ; quare, Arm is cor- 
 rcptis, irent Secum, 
 
 ut ulciscerentur Injuriaa 
 illatas Sibi. Turn Omnes 
 catperunt cxculare 5<f, 
 
 prseter Duos. Igitur, ceteris 
 repudiatis, habuit tantum 
 Illos Duos in Numero 
 Amicorum. 
 
 again ft Hvm, Whom He irfolved 
 to kill; wherefore, Arms being 
 taken up, they should go with Him 5^ 
 x.h2L\.They might re-oen^c the Injuries 
 offered to Him. Then All 
 
 began to excufc Themselves^ 
 except Tiao, Therefore, the rest 
 being reje(fled. He held only 
 Those Two in the Number 
 ef Friends. 
 
 MoR. MoR. 
 
 Haec Tabula indicat, ad- This fable ihows, that ad- 
 
 versam Fortunam esse verse Fortune is 
 
 optimum Experimentum the be ft Experiment 
 
 Amicitiae. of Friendfliip- 
 
 FABLE CLIV. 
 
 De Vulpe laudante Carnem 
 Leporis Cani. 
 
 CUM VuJpes fiigeretur 
 a Cane, IJJ jainjani 
 tsset capienda, nee 
 
 cognofcerat tdlam aliam 
 Viam evadendi, inquity O 
 Canis^ quid cup is perde- 
 rc Me, cujus Caro non po- 
 teft esse ulli Usui Tibi ? 
 cape potius ilium Leporem ; 
 (etenim Lepus aderat prope) 
 cujus carnem Mortales dicunt 
 esse fuarillimam, Tgitur 
 Canis, motus Confilio 
 
 Vulpis, Vulpe omissdy 
 
 infecutus eft Leporem; Quern 
 tamen non potuit capere ob 
 ejus incredibilem Veloci' 
 tatem, Poft paucos Dies 
 
 Of the Fox praising the Flefh 
 of the Hare to the Dog. 
 
 w 
 
 xvas 
 knew 
 Way 
 Dog, 
 ftroy 
 
 Hen the i^ex was put to flight 
 by the Dog, and juft now 
 to be catched, nor 
 any other 
 
 of efcaping, He said, O 
 why dost Thou desire to dc- 
 Me, whofe Flesk can- 
 not be of any Use to Thee ? 
 take rather that Hare ; 
 
 (for the Hare nvas nigh) 
 Kvhose Fle/h Men far 
 
 is moft fweet. Therefore 
 
 the Dog, moved with the Counfcl 
 of tfw Fox, the Fox beiiig let alone, 
 purfued the Hare ; Which 
 yet He could not take for 
 her incredible Sivift- 
 
 n£ss. After a few Days 
 
SELECT FABLES OF iESOP- 
 
 Lepus conveniens Vulpem 
 accufabat Earn veheiaen- 
 ter, (etenim audierat ejus 
 Verba) qiild demorifliaiTet 
 Se Cani. Cui 
 
 Vulpes inquity Lepus, quid 
 ace 11 fas Me^ cum laudavi 
 Te tantopere ? Quid 
 
 diceresy fi vituperdsst^m 
 Te? 
 
 the Hare meeting 
 accuftd Her 
 
 ly, (for He had 
 Words) because She 
 Him to the Dog. 
 the Fox saidy O 
 
 the Fox 
 vehement- 
 heard her 
 had fhown 
 To whom 
 Hare, why 
 
 do You accule Me, when / have 
 praised Thee so greatly ? What 
 would Tou say, if / had disgraced 
 You ? 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Hscc Fahula indicat, 
 Homines machinari Perni- 
 ciem Aliis sub *^' 
 Lauda:ic7iis, *' 
 
 specie 
 
 MoR. 
 This Fable fhows, 
 
 that Men contrive Destruc^ 
 tion for Others under the Pretence 
 of.Coyameiuhtim* 
 
 FABLE CLV. 
 
 De Lepore petcnte Callldi- 
 tateiTi, SjT* Vulpe Celeri- 
 tatcm a Jove. 
 
 Epus ilf Vulpes pete- 
 
 bant a Jove ; Haec, 
 
 nt adjungeret Celeritatem 
 .lu2B CalUditati ; Ille, ut 
 adjungeret Calliditatem fuae 
 Celeritati : (^ibus Jupiter 
 ita respondit; Elargiii fumus 
 Munera fingulis Animanti- 
 bus, ab Origine 
 
 Mundi, e noftro liberalissi- 
 -mo Slnu ; sed dediffe 
 
 Omnia Uni fuisset In- 
 juria Aliorum, 
 
 Of the Hare asking Crafti- 
 nefs, and the Fox Swift- 
 ness from Jupiter, 
 
 T 
 
 HE Hare a7id the Fox beg- 
 ged of Jupiter ; This, 
 that He -would join Swifttiess 
 to her Craftiness ; That, that 
 He would join Craftiness to his 
 Swiftness: To Whom Jupiter 
 thus answered ; We have beflowed 
 G//>5 te all living Crea- 
 tures, from #/(e Beginning 
 of the World, o«f oA *-^^^'* wc?^^ //- 
 <5erj/ Bofom f but t© have given 
 All to One would have been the In- 
 jury o/" Others, 
 
 MoR. 
 Kcec Fabula indicat, This 
 Deum efTe largitum ^wa ?^c# God 
 
 MoR, 
 
 Fable fhows, 
 
 ha§ given his 
 
SELECT FABLES OF ^ESOP. 
 
 Munera ita jequali Lance, 
 lit ^itisgue debcat esse con- 
 tentus sua Sorte. 
 
 Gifts ivith so eqnal a Balance, 
 that Every One ought to be con- 
 tent T.-'/t/i /lis ovm Lot. 
 
 FABLE CLVL 
 
 De Equo incultOy fed 
 velocin, 8c cateris ini- 
 deiuibus Eum, 
 
 Of the 
 sr.'ift, 
 
 Horfe 
 and the 
 
 Him, 
 
 rest 
 
 buv 
 mock- 
 
 COmpIuies Equi fuerant 
 adducti ad Circenses 
 Ludos, ornati pulcherri- 
 mis Phalerisy prseter Unum. 
 Quem cateri irridebant, ut 
 incultum,> b* ineptum ad 
 tale Certamen ; nee opina- 
 bantur, futurum unquam 
 Vidlorem. Sedxxhi Tempiis 
 currendi advenit Sc, Sig- 
 no Tubse. dato, 
 
 cun(5li exsiliere e Carcere, 
 'turn demum innotuit, quant)} 
 Hie /j«jf/o ante irrisus fu- 
 peraret catoros Velocitate ; 
 etenim, omnibus «///^ relic- 
 tis post Se longo int^rvallo, 
 assecutus est Palmam. 
 
 MANY Horses were 
 
 brought to f/i^ Circensian 
 Games, adorned vf\th moft: beauti- 
 ful Trappings, ^except 0?ie, 
 Whom the rest laughed at, as 
 ugly, and unfit /cr 
 
 fuch an engagement ; nor tf/V/ Thty 
 think, that He would be ever 
 Vidlor. But when the time 
 
 of running approached, and the Sig- 
 nal of the trumpet ^^//i^ gi^'<^fh 
 all leaped from t/id Gocj/, 
 then at /rtji it appeared,^ /j^^y mwr/i 
 This a ///f/e before derided ex- 
 celled ?Ae r^^f in Swiftnefs ; 
 
 for 
 
 all 
 
 f/ie others 
 
 )eing 
 
 left behind Him at a /on^ Dillance; 
 i/e gained the Vidlory. 
 
 MoR. MOR. 
 
 FabuIaj/;§'«/;^caf, Homines The Fable signifes, that Men 
 
 non judicandos ex Habitu^ are not to be judged by Hu^it^ 
 
 fed ^x Virtute. but bj_ Virtue. 
 
 L. 2 
 
114 
 
 SELECT FABLES OV MSOV. 
 
 FABLE CLYIL 
 
 De Ruftlco admisso ad Of the countryman admitted to 
 yurisconsultum per Vocem the Lawyer by the Voice 
 
 Hscdi. • of the Kid. 
 
 QUidam Busticus, im- 
 pllcitus gravi Lite, 
 acctssit ad quondam Jurif- 
 confiiltumj ut Eo Patrono, 
 cxplicaret Se. At 
 
 Ille impeditus aliis Nego- 
 tiis jubet renunciari, 
 Se nunc non ^rposse vaca- 
 ve llli ; qua re 
 
 abiret rediturus 
 
 alias. Rufticus, 
 
 ^w"/' fldcbat Ei plurimum, 
 'v.t vetcri i^ fido /.mico, 
 nnnquam admittebatur. 
 
 Tandem deferens Hadum 
 iidhuc lad\antem, cJ* 
 
 pinguem Sccum^ ftabat ante 
 Fores furisperiti, fc 
 vc'llixans Haedum, ccegit 
 I Hum ^a/flre. Janitor, 
 
 •i^w/ folebat admittere Eos, 
 ^i// portarent jDonc, ex 
 PriCcepto Heri, 
 
 /■''tjcrd Hxdi audita^ 
 
 jllico aperiens Janaam, 
 yu^ef Hominem 
 Tunc Rusiicus, 
 Tus (7 J Hajdum, j,>z$rM/f, 
 Jhtdule^ ago Gratias Tibi, 
 ^lirc efftcHli Aa^^ Fores tfj7« 
 facile 5 Mihi. 
 
 MoR. 
 Tabula indicate nullas 
 iaj cTxe f«m duvas 5^ diffl- 
 
 ir.trotre. 
 conver- 
 
 Mi 
 
 A Certain Countryman^ en- 
 tangled in a heavy Suit, 
 nvent to c certain Law- 
 yer, f/iflff, He being Patron 
 He mi^ht unfold Himself But 
 ^<? hindered w/V// other Af- 
 fairs orders Him to be told, 
 f Afl^ i/ie now nvas not able to be at 
 Ltifure for Him ; wherefore 
 He should go aivay to return 
 another Time, Tlje Countryman, 
 Who trufted to Him very much, 
 as an old and faithful Friend^ 
 never nvas admitted. 
 
 At length bringing a Kid 
 as. yet fucking, and 
 
 f2it'-"nvilh Him, He ftood hefdfe 
 the Doors of the Lantfyer, and 
 plucking the Kid, forced 
 Him t<7 /'/fj^. The Porter, 
 Who was wont fo admit Thofe, 
 Who brought Giji^^ by 
 
 the Command of his Mafter, 
 the Voice of the Kid being heard, 
 prefcritly opening the Gate, 
 orders the man to enter. 
 Then the Countryman, having 
 turned to the Kid, said, My 
 little Kid, I give Thanks to Thee, 
 rr/20 haft made these Doors so 
 eafy to me, 
 
 MoR. 
 The Fable shows, that 
 «0 Things are ^0 hard tznt/ difli- 
 
SELECT FABLES OF ^SOP. 
 
 ciles, ^uas -Munera non cult, 
 aperiunt^ open. 
 
 Which Gifts do 
 
 I r 5 
 
 not 
 
 FABLE CLVin. 
 
 De Sene dejiciente 
 
 Saxis Juvenem 
 
 diripientem Poma Sib'u 
 
 QUldam Senex ora^a 
 Juvenem diripien%3i 
 Poma Sibi blandis Verbis, 
 ut defcenderet ex 
 
 Arbore^ nee vcllet aujerre 
 fuas Res; fed cum funde- 
 ret Fer^c incafTum, Juvene 
 contemnente Ejus JLtatem 
 
 ^ Verba, 
 
 0/ the old Man driving doiun 
 with Stones the Voting Man 
 _ ftcaling Apples from Him, 
 
 A Certain old Man befoiight 
 a young Man ftcaling^ 
 Apples from Him with fair Words, 
 that He ^vould defcend out of 
 the Tree, nor would lake avfay 
 his Things ; but w/jtf« He poured 
 out Words in vain, the young Man 
 defpifing his Age 
 
 ««7«; 
 
 esse aliquam Virtutem non 
 tantum in Verbis^ \tx\xm 
 etiam in Htrbis; igitur c 0-/)/^ 
 vellere Gramen, & jacere in 
 ///wm ; Quod Juvenis 
 
 confpicatus r;V/e^af vehe- 
 nientcr, ^ arbitrabatur 
 Senem defirare, ^ui cre- 
 dcret,, ^^ poffe depel- 
 lere Eum ex Arbore. [Tunc 
 Senex, cupiens experiri 
 Omniay inquit, ^ando Verba 
 ^ Herbs valent Nil 
 adversus Raptorem mearum 
 Rerum, agam Eum 
 
 Lapidibus^ ip ^uibus quoq; 
 J/Vwnf effe Virtutem ; be 
 jaciens Lapides, ^libus 
 impleverat Gremium, eoegit 
 ///wm defcendere, ^ abire. 
 
 Audi*), ^"^^ Words, He saidy I hear, 
 
 f/icf there ts fonie /7r/He not 
 only in Words, but 
 
 a/jc? in Herbs ; therefore //e began 
 to pull r/i<r GrasSy and ro f/irow /f at 
 Him ; Which f Ae young Man 
 having* feen laughed vehe- 
 mently, and thought. 
 the tld Man to doat, Who be- 
 lieved, that He, was able tG drive 
 down Him ozef^'the Tree. Then 
 the old Man, desiring to try 
 o// Things y ^^aid, 7yAen Words 
 c«f/ Herbs ^^^^X"- Nothing 
 «^..m.^ the St^. of my 
 Ihmgs, / xvill ^UriKie Him 
 ivith Stones, in Which alfo 
 They say thit ther^ is Virtue) and 
 throvoing Stones, T^•/^/z vjhich 
 He had filled A/> Lap, he forced 
 -^/m t© defcend, and to go away. 
 
116 
 
 SELECT FABLES OF ^SOR. 
 
 HlEC 
 
 Omnia 
 Sapientiy 
 confugiat 
 Armorum 
 
 MoR. 
 
 Fabula 
 
 ad 
 
 MOE.. 
 
 indicat, This Fable (hows, 
 
 tentanda that all Things are to be tried 
 
 priufquam by a ivise Jkfariy before that 
 
 Aux ilium He fietth to the Help 
 
 of AnT:s. 
 
 FABLE CLIX. 
 
 Tie Lufcinia pollicente 
 Accipitri Cantum pro 
 sua Vita. 
 
 Of the- Nightingale promising 
 to tlie Hawk a Song for 
 her Life. 
 
 Ufcinia comprehensd 
 f a famelico Accipitre, 
 
 iiitelligerct, 
 
 Se 
 
 cum 
 
 fore devorandam ab £o, 
 rogabat Eum blande, ut 
 dimitteret Se, polli- 
 
 cita, Sese relaturam 
 
 ingentem Mercedem pro 
 taiito Benefcio, Autem cum 
 Accipiter rogaret, Quid 
 Gratia polTet refer re 
 Sibi ; inguit, Demulcebo 
 tuas Aures diilcibusC^ni'ihus- 
 Accipiter refpoii4itj Malo.^ 
 denuilceas meum Ventre m ; 
 possum vivere sine tuis 
 Caniibusj . fed non fine 
 
 a bo. 
 
 MoR. 
 Haec Fabula docet,uti- 
 lia anteponenda 
 
 jucundis» 
 
 THE Nightingale being caught 
 by a hungry Hawk, 
 ivhe7i She underRood, that She 
 fliould be devoured by Him, 
 aft:ed- Hitn fairly, that 
 
 He would difmifs Her, having . 
 promifed, that She would return 
 a vast Reward for 
 
 fo great a B^nefi, But when 
 the Hawk asked, What 
 Favour She was able to return 
 to Him ; She said, I will foften 
 thy Ears ivith sweet Songs. 
 The Hawk anfwered, / had rather, 
 thou Ihouldft foften my Belly ; 
 / am able to live without thy 
 Songs, but not without 
 Meat, 
 
 MoK. . 
 Tills Fable teacheth, that pro- 
 fitable Things are to be preferred 
 to pleasant. 
 
SELECT FABLES OF JESOP, 
 
 117 
 
 FABLE CLX. 
 
 De Leone eli^ente Porcum Of the Lion choosing the Hog 
 Socium Sibi. a Compani&n for HImfelf. 
 
 LEO, ciim vellet 
 
 adsciscere Socios Sibi^ 
 £c multa Animalia optarent 
 adjungere Sesc Illi, ijf 
 expofcerent Id Votls (Sf 
 Precibus, cateris fpretis, 
 voluit in ire 
 
 Socittat€m{o\hTi cum Porco. 
 Autem rogatiis Ccusam^ 
 refpondit, ^ia hoc Ani- 
 mal eft adel fiduin, iit nun- 
 quam relinqueret Tuos Amicos 
 & Socios in ulloi quantumvis 
 magna Difcrimine. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Hxc Fabida docet, 
 Amicitiani Eoruin appetcn- 
 dam^ Qui Tempore Adver- 
 fitatis non referunt Pedem 
 « prxftando Auxilio, 
 
 THE Lion, when He would 
 gel Companions to Himself 
 and many Animals wished 
 to join Themselves to Him, and 
 required It with Vows and 
 Prayers, the others being defpifed. 
 He was willing to enter into 
 Society only wtlh the Hog. 
 But being aflced the couse^ 
 He anfwered, Because this Ani- 
 mal is so faithful, that He ne- 
 ver would leave his Friends 
 and Companions in anj, altho' 
 great Danger. 
 
 Mop. 
 This Fable teaches 
 
 that the Friendship of thofe is to be 
 desired^ Who in the Time of Ad- 
 verfity do not draw back a Foot 
 from affording Assistance. 
 
 FABLE CLXL 
 
 De Culice petente Clbum Cf Of the Gnat asking Meat and 
 Hofpitiumai Ape. Lodging of the ]^ee. 
 
 CUM Culex hyberno 
 TVwjboreconjiceret, Se 
 periturum Frigore 8c 
 
 Fame, accefTit ad Alvearia 
 Apuni petens Gibum tiJ* 
 Hofpitium ab Eis ; ^<e 
 fi fuisset CQnsccutus ab £is 
 
 WHen theGnat in tht Winter 
 Time conjedlured, that He 
 fliould perifli with Cold ai>d 
 Hunger, He went to the Hives 
 of the Bees asking Meat and 
 Lodging from Them ; Which 
 if He should obtain from Them 
 
118 
 
 SELECT FABLES OF iCSOP. 
 
 promittebat, Se cdoaurum 
 Filios Eorum Art em 
 
 Mufica;. Tunc qusedam 
 Apis refpondii, At Ego 
 malUm^ quod met Liberi 
 ediscant meam Artem^ Qux 
 poterit eximere Eos a 
 Periculo Famis b* Frigoris. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Hac Tabula admonet 
 nos^ ut erudiamus noftros 
 Liberos his Artibtts, Quss 
 valent vindkare Eos ab 
 Iiiopia. 
 
 He promifed, that He would teach 
 the Children of them the An 
 of Mufick. Then a certain 
 Bee anfwered But I 
 
 had rather^ that my Children 
 should learn my Art^ Which 
 IV ill be able to exempt Them from 
 ?A<? Danger of Hunger a«c^ Cold. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This Fable admoniflics 
 
 Us^ that We instruct our 
 children in thofe Arts^ Which 
 are able to defend Them from 
 
 Want. 
 
 FABLE CLXII. 
 
 De Afino Tubicine, 
 Lepore Tabellario. 
 
 & 0/ the Afs the Trumpeter^ and 
 the Hare the Lctter-Carrier. 
 
 LEO, Rex Quadrupe- 
 dum, pugnaturus 
 
 adverfus Volucresy inftruebat 
 suas Acies : Autem inter- 
 rogatus ab Urfo, ^id iner- 
 tia Asini, aut Timidi- 
 tas Leporis conferret Vidlo- 
 riam £/, Quos cernebat 
 adeffe ibi inter Cateros, 
 refpondit, Asinus, 
 
 eiangore sua Tubae, 
 concitabity Milites ad 
 Pugnam ; ^ero Lepus fun- 
 getur Officio TabeUarii 
 ob Celeritatem Pedum. 
 
 THE Lion, the Kingoi the four- 
 footed Beafts, about to fght 
 againft the Birds, difpofcd 
 his Troops : But being aik- 
 cd bj the Bear, How the Slug- 
 gifhnefs of the Assy or the Tearful- 
 ness of the Hare ivould bring Victo- 
 ry to him, Whom He saiv 
 to be prefent there among the resty 
 He anfwered, The Ass, 
 
 with the found of his Trumpet, 
 w/V/ rouse the Soldiers to 
 the Fight ; but the Hare will per- 
 form the Office of a Letter-Bearer 
 thro' the Swiftness of his feet. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Fabula signifcat, Nemi- 
 ncxnfWf ^AzQCvntemptibilemy 
 
 MoK,. 
 The Fable signifes^ that no 
 One is fo cpntemptiblei^ 
 
SELECT FABLES OF ^SOP. 
 
 110 
 
 Qui nonpossit prodcffe Nobis 
 in aliqua Re, 
 
 Who can not be profitable to Us 
 iu some Thing, 
 
 FABLE CLXin. 
 
 IXe Accipitribus Inimicis 
 inter Se, Quos 
 
 Columba compofuerunt. 
 
 ACcipitres Inimici inter 
 Se decertabant quotidie^ 
 & occupati fuis Invidiis 
 minime infest abant alias 
 Aves, Columbae dolentes^ 
 Legatis missis, compofuere 
 Eos : Sed ////, labi sunt 
 effedli Amici, inter Se^ 
 non definebant vexare & 
 •occidere caeteras imbecilliores 
 Aves, ^ maxime Columbus, 
 Tuni Columbx dicebant, 
 ^anto erat Discordia 
 Accipitrum melior Nobis, 
 guam Concordia, 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Hxc Fabula admonet, 
 Odia malorum Civium 
 inter Se potius alen- 
 day quam extinguenda, ut, 
 dum certant inter 
 
 Se, per mitt ant bonos 
 Firo* vivere quiets» 
 
 Of 
 
 the 
 
 Hawks Enemies 
 among Themselves^ Whom 
 the Doves reconciled. 
 
 THE Hawks Enemies among 
 Themsefves contended daily^ 
 and busied with their own Enmities 
 they very little infested the other 
 Birds, The Doves grie-oingy 
 AmbalTadors being sent, reconciled 
 Them : But They, when They were 
 made Friends among Themselves^ 
 did not leave oiF fo vex and 
 Ax7/ the other weaker 
 
 Birds, and moflly the Doves, 
 Then the Doves faid 
 
 By hoi» much was f/ie Discord 
 of the Hawks better to Us, 
 f Aan their Agreement, 
 
 MoR. 
 This Fable admonifhes, 
 
 that the Hatreds of bad Citizens 
 among Themselves rather are to be 
 nourished than extinguished, that, 
 whilst They contend among 
 Themfelves, They may permit ^oo^ 
 Men to live quietly. 
 
129 
 
 SELECT FABLES OF .£SOP^ 
 
 FABLE CLXIV. 
 
 De Sene 'vciente differ- 0/*the old Man 6eing ^IHmg to 
 re Mortem, defer Death, 
 
 OXJldam Senex rogabat 
 Jfortffm,Qujc advenerat 
 ereptura Bum e 
 
 Vitdy ut defcrret^ 
 
 cUim conderet fuum 
 
 Testamentum, ^ prapararet 
 cxtera necessaria ad 
 tantum Iter Cm/ 
 
 Mors inquit^ Gut monitus 
 toties rt Me won prapardsti 
 Te ? wEf, cum Ilk dice ret, 
 quod nunquam viderat Earn 
 antea^ inquit, Cum quoti- 
 die rapiebam non modo tuos 
 jEquales^ Quorum Nulli 
 fere _;fl?n reflant, verum 
 etiara Juvenes, Pueros, t?* 
 Infantes, nonne admonebam 
 Te iM<e Mortalitatis ? Cwm 
 fentiebas tuos Oculos 
 tabescere, tuum Auditum 
 minui, if tuos aeteros 
 Senfus dejicere indies, nonne 
 dicebam Tibi, Me esse 
 •• & negasy 
 admonitum ? 
 quare non eft differ endum 
 ulterius. 
 
 propinquam 
 Te esse 
 
 MoR. 
 , Hscc Fabula indicat, quod 
 ^ebemus vivere, quafi semper 
 cernamus Mortem adeffe. 
 
 Certain old Man aiked 
 Death, Who came 
 
 fnatch Him out of 
 that He ivould defer it. 
 Be made his 
 
 and prepared 
 
 A 
 
 to 
 
 Lije, 
 
 till 
 
 mil, 
 
 the other necessary Things for 
 5£> great a Journey. To nvhom 
 Death said, Why warned fo 
 often /^j Me Aa^t rAou not prepared 
 Thyfelf? And, when He faid, 
 Met He never had seen Him 
 before. He faid, /^r/t^n dai- 
 ly / snatched aivay not on/y thy 
 Equals, of Which iVonff 
 almoft no'w remain, but 
 alfo Toung Men, Boys, ont/ 
 Infants, f//J not I admonish 
 Thee o/ thy Mortality? When 
 Thou perceivedft thine Eyes 
 fo ^roTO i/Zm, thy Hearing 
 to be ieffened, and thy of/rer 
 Senfes io decay daily, f/Zf/ / not 
 fay to 'Thee, that / ivas 
 near ? and f/o^f Thou deny, 
 that Thou Aa^f been admoniflied ? 
 ivherefore it is not to be deferr^d^- 
 longer. 
 
 MoR. 
 This Fable fhows, that 
 We ought fo //i»^, as if ahvays 
 We faw Death to be prePent. 
 
SELECT FABLES OF ^SOP. 
 
 \%^ 
 
 FABLE CLXV. 
 
 De Avaro Fit^o alloquente 
 Sacculum Nummi. 
 
 Qui dam avarus Vir 
 77ioritu7'usj Sc relic- 
 iurus ingentem jlceruum 
 Aureorum maU partiim, 
 interrogabat Sacculum 
 
 JVinmyiorum., quern jussit 
 afferri Sibi, Quibus 
 esset allaturus Volufitutcm ? 
 Cui Sacculus inquit, Tiiis 
 Hxredibus, Qui profun- 
 dent J\''iunmos quacsitos a 
 Te ' tanto Sudore, iyi 
 Scortis ^ Conviviis ; isf 
 Da^monibus, Qui manci- 
 pabunt tuajn Animam 
 i xternis Suppliciis. 
 
 ' MOR. 
 
 Hsec Fabula indicat esse 
 stultissimum laborarc 
 
 m -feV.s, Qurc sint 
 
 allatura Gaudiiun Aliis, 
 autcm Tormenta jYobis, 
 
 Q/'the covetous Man speaking t» 
 the Bag of Money. 
 
 A Certain covetous Man 
 about to die^ and about to 
 leave a vast Heap. 
 
 of golden Pieces ill gotten, 
 askfd a Bag 
 
 of T*Io7iies, which he commanded 
 to be brought to Him^ To whom 
 He was about to bear Pleasure ? 
 To Whom the Bag said, To thine 
 Heirs, Wfio will 
 
 spend the Monies gotten by 
 Thee with so great SM'eat, ufion 
 Whores and Feasts ; and 
 to the Devils, Who wjU tor- 
 ment thy Soul 
 with eternal Punishments. 
 
 MoR. 
 This Fable shows it to be 
 a most foolish Thing to labour 
 in those Thi7igs, Which ?nay be 
 about to bear Joy to Others 
 but Torments to Us» 
 
122 
 
 SELECT FABLES OF .£SOP. 
 FABLE CLXVL 
 
 De Vulpe ^ Capro. 
 
 VULPES isf Caper siti- 
 bundi descenderunt in 
 quendani Puteum ; in Quo 
 cum perbibisscnt^ Vulpes 
 ait Capro circum^picienti 
 Reditum, Cafier^ esto bono 
 Animo, nainq ; excogitavi, 
 quo pacto uterque simui 
 reduces. Siquidem Tu 
 erige» Te rectum^ prioribus 
 Pedibus admotis ad 
 
 Parietem, ^ reclinabis 
 tua Cornua, Mcnto adducto 
 ad Pectus, Hgo iransiliens 
 per tua Terga & Cornua^ 
 & e-vadens extra Puteum^ 
 educam Te isthinc 
 
 fiostea, Cvijus Conulio 
 Capro habcnie Fidem, atq ; 
 obtemperante, ut \Vi-d.jube~ 
 hat^ Ipsa prosiliit e Puteo^ 
 ac deinde gestiebat pra 
 Gaudio in Margine Putei^ 
 & exultabat^ habens JVihiL 
 Curse de Hirco. Cceteriwh 
 cum incusaretur ab Kirco^ 
 ut foedifraga^ respondit, 
 Mnim-vero^ Hirce, si esset 
 Tibi tantum Sensiis in 
 Mente, quantum est 
 
 Setarum in Mento, non de- 
 scendisses in Puteum^ 
 priusquam habuisses explO' 
 rat urn de Reditu^ 
 
 Of the Fox and the He-Goat, 
 
 A FOX and a Goat being thir- 
 sty descended into 
 
 a certain Well; in Which 
 v^liQWthey had ivelldrank^ the Fox 
 9ays to the Goat looking about for 
 a Return, Goat^ be of good 
 Cheer, for I have thought 
 by nvhat means We both may be 
 brought back. If truly Thou 
 wiltraiseupXhy^eMstrait^WiyiovG- 
 Feet being set to 
 
 the Wall, and wilt lean forward 
 thy Horns, thy Chin being drawn 
 to thy Breast, I leaping 
 0-0 er thy Back and Horns y 
 and escaping out of the Welly 
 will bring out Thee thence 
 afterwards. To whose Counsel 
 the Goat having Faith, and 
 obeying, as She co7;^- 
 
 manded^'Sht leaped ontoiiht Well, 
 and then jumped for 
 Joy upon the Brink of the Well, 
 and rejoiced, having no 
 Care of tiie Goat. But, 
 when She was accusedhy the Goat, 
 as a league breaker, she answered 
 Jndeedy Goat if there had been 
 to Thee as much of Sense in 
 thy Mindy as there is 
 of Hairs owthy Chin-,thou wouldst 
 not have descended into the Well, 
 before that thou hadst examin- 
 . ed about a ReHirn» 
 
MOR. 
 
 Hjec Fabula innuit, 
 
 firudentein Virum debere 
 
 exjyiorare i^/we77?,antequam 
 
 X veniet B.dperage)ida7n Rein. 
 
 SELECT FABLES ui ^:^i)V. 
 
 Th: '^:ble hints 
 
 l/iat a /irudnt Man oug/it 
 to examine t/te End^ before that 
 He comes to do the Thing. 
 
 FABLE CLXAH. 
 
 Dc Gallis ky Perdicc. C/the Co-ohs and the Partridge. 
 
 CUM 
 
 Qui dam huberct 
 alios don\\ finrrca! ua r\! 
 Pv^rdicein, ^ dedit j6.'«/;i 
 in ^-iCiciaieni G alio rum 
 alcnda?ry &c sa^inandam 
 \\n\ cum Eis. Galli 
 (juisquc pra 5^ mordebant 
 tr' abigebant Earn. Autcm 
 Perdix afflictabatur apud 
 Scj eristimana talia 
 
 ivfcrri Sibi ^ Gallis, 
 ^/r'f/ siium Genus esset 
 alienum ab Illorum Genere. 
 r^rtf ubi no/i multo fihat 
 aspcxit ///0.9 pugnantes 
 ?>rcr Se, b* mutuo 
 tiercuticntes^ recreata a 
 Mocrorc ist Tristitia, tnjtcit, 
 Equidem post Hxc Jion af- 
 ilkhibor ami>lius, vidcns eos 
 dimicantcs etiam inter Se. 
 
 MoR. 
 Ha:c E'abula innuit, 
 firudentes Vires debere ferre 
 CoTitumeliafi illatas ab Alie- 
 nigenis, Quoa vident ne 
 abstinere ab Injuria 
 Domesticorutiu 
 
 WHEN a crrtaiu Man had 
 cocks at home, ffc bou;^ht 
 a Piirtridf^e, a^id jfive /Ar 
 into /A'.? Cjf.-J:a7iv of the Gocks 
 /0 be Jed-, and fattened 
 together rjith Them : The Cocks 
 Every one for Himnelf bit 
 and drove away //.*r. But 
 the Partridge was afflicted with 
 herself, think i?T:^X\\9X such things 
 TyfTc oferediolAQvby the Cocks, 
 because her A7/7(i was 
 different from /Ai»/?- Kind. 
 But when 770? much a/rer 
 She saw Them fightintj 
 amcT^^A?? themselvesrtnrfmirtually 
 striking., recovered from 
 Grief and Sadness, ^he saidy 
 Truly after these Things I shall 
 not be afflicted more, seeing \.\\{:t\\ 
 fghtirgcyQuamGngstthcmsclYCZ. 
 
 MoR. 
 This Fable hints, 
 
 that prudent Men m^ght to beai' 
 the Contumelies offered by Fo- 
 reigners, IVhom They see not 
 10 abstain from the Injury 
 q/" their ovjyi Countrymen» 
 
ia^ SELECT FABLES OF ^SOP. 
 
 FABLE CLXVIIL 
 De Jactatore. 0/the Boaster. 
 
 QUidam Vir peregrina- 
 tus aliquandiu^ cum 
 J'uinset reversus Doinum 
 iterum, cum jactabundus 
 prsedicaret multa alia gesta 
 a 5f viriliter mdiversis jR^- 
 gionibus^ turn vera Id maxi- 
 incf quod Rhodi superas- 
 set Omnes saliendo : Bho- 
 dios Qui adfuerant^ esse 
 Testes ejusdem Rei : 
 Unus Eorum, 
 
 Quicf/crcnf, respondens illi 
 inquit^ O Homo^ si /*^mg? est 
 ■verum-i QuoAloqueris^ Quid 
 0/2MS est Tibi Testibus ? 
 Ecce Rhodium ! Ecce iuc 
 Ccrtamen saliendi I 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Hstc Fabula indicat, 
 quod^ ubi vera Testimonia 
 adsunt^ est nihil O^iUs 
 Verbis, 
 
 A Certain Man having travel- 
 led a long Kvhile^ when 
 He was returned Home 
 again, both boasting 
 
 told wzani/ other things carried on 
 by Him manfuMy m divers Re- 
 gions ^ and truly That esjieci- 
 alh/y that at Rhodes He had ex- 
 celled Jll in leaping; that the Rho-j 
 dians,Who had been Jirese?ityweve^i 
 Witnesses of the same Thing 
 One of Theniy, 
 
 Whow£'re/zr^5f;2tjansweringhin\i 
 said^ O Man^ if That ia, 
 true^ Which you sjieak, What 
 JVeecfis there/'o Fojiof Witnesses^^ 
 Behold a Rhodian 1 Behold heref 
 a Trial of leaping ! 
 
 This 
 that where 
 are present^ 
 of IVoi'ds, 
 
 ISIOR. 
 
 Eable shov.'-sjl 
 
 true Testimonies 
 there is no A''eed 
 
 FABLE CLXIX. 
 
 De Viro teniante 
 ApoUinem.- 
 
 Cythe Man temfiting 
 Apollo. 
 
 Q"; 
 
 Iidam/ttcmo7-offW5Vir 
 :ontuiit Se Delphos 
 tentaturus Jfiollinerth 8c 
 habens Passerculum sub 
 Pallio, Quern tenebat suo 
 
 A' 
 
 Certain nvicked Mai> 
 betook Himself ^0 Dclpho 
 about to tempt Apollo^ an< 
 having a Sparrow U7ide 
 his Cloak, Which He held in hi 
 
SELECT FABLES OF -£SOr 
 
 125 
 
 Tugno, isf accedens ad 
 Tripodas,m/^r7-o.§-a6a^Eum 
 dicens^ Quod habeo in med 
 Dextra, vivitne^ an est 
 mortuum ? Frolaturus Pas- 
 serculum vivuin^ si Ille re- 
 spondisset,wor/MMw; rursus 
 prolaturus mortuum, si 
 respondisset,T'/fi^w;etcnim 
 occidisset Eum statim 
 sub Patlio clam, firiusquam 
 proferret. jit Deu3, 
 intelligens subdolami Calli- 
 ditatem Hominis, dixit^ 
 O Consultory facito Utrurn 
 mavis facerc ; 
 
 eteuim est penes 7V; ^5* 
 proferto sive vivum, sivc 
 mortuum, Quod habes in 
 tuis Manibus, 
 
 Fist, and goir»g; f^ 
 
 the Trevet, He asked Him 
 sayings What / have in my 
 Right Hand, liveth it^ or is it 
 6.t7iii}iiAboutio pluck fort hxht^^^Y- 
 row alive, if He had an- 
 swered, dead: again 
 about to pluck it forth dead, if 
 He had answered, alive; for 
 He ivo7ild have killed It presently 
 undtvthc Cloak privWy-fbeforethal 
 He plucked it out. But the God^ 
 iindersta7idi?7g-the deceitful Craf- 
 tiness of the Man, said^ 
 O' Consulter, do Thou Whether 
 Thou art more willing to do ; 
 for it is in the Power of Thee; and 
 pluck out either alive, or 
 dead. What Thou hast in 
 thy Hands. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Hxc Fabula innuit, Ni- 
 hil latere, neque fallere 
 diviuam Mentem. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This Fable hints, that Xo- 
 thing lies hid from, nor deceives 
 the divine Mind. 
 
 FABLE CLXX, 
 
 Z)e Piscatore {5* Smaride. 0/the Fisherman anff the Sprat. 
 
 QUidamA/*cfifor retibus 
 dimissis in Mare, 
 extulit pusillam Smaridem, 
 Qux sic obsecrabat Piscato- 
 rem ; JV'o// capere Me trim 
 pusillam in prasentid; sine 
 Me abire U' cres«xre 
 ^'t postea potiaris 
 
 Wq. sic adulta cum majori 
 Co7n7fiodo» Cui Pitfa- 
 
 ACevtixm fisher man, his nets 
 being let doivn into the 8ea, 
 brought out a small Sprat, 
 Which thus besought the Fisher- 
 man; lie not willing to take Me so 
 
 ■little at present; suffer 
 Me to go away, ctnd to grow, 
 that aftervv^ards Thoumayst obtain 
 Me io grown up loith greater 
 Adx^iitage, To whom t).e FiUi- 
 
 L 3/\ 
 
126 
 
 SELECT FABLES OF jZSO?. 
 
 tor inquit, Fero Ego essem 
 
 amens, 
 
 omitterem 
 
 JLucrum Xicctexiguum^C^woA 
 habeo iiiter meas Manus 
 Spe futuri Boi^i 
 
 fjuamvis magni. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Hsec Fabida indicat Bum 
 esse siolidum, Qui propter 
 Spem majoris Com modi 
 non amplectitur Rem ^ 
 prxsentem ^ certam, licit 
 parvam. 
 
 ei'man said, But I should be 
 mad, // I should omit 
 a Gain altho' small, Which 
 I have betxvten raj Hands 
 for the Hope of a future Good 
 altho' great. 
 
 Mor; 
 This Fable shows Him 
 to be foolish, Who for 
 Hope of a greater Advantage 
 does not embrace a Thing both 
 present and certain, although 
 small. 
 
 FABLE CLXXL 
 
 De Equo ^ Asino. 
 
 QUidam Vir habebat 
 Equum Sc Asinum ; 
 autem dum faciunt Iter, 
 Asinus inquit Equo, Si 
 yIs, Me esse salvum, 
 leva Me Parte inei Oneris : 
 Equo non obsequente Illius 
 Verbis, Asinus cadens sub 
 Onere moritur. lunc Do- 
 ■ixiiv^xiisJumentorum imponit 
 E.quo omnes Sarcinas, 
 Quas Asinus portabat, £J^ 
 sjmul Corium, Quod 
 exuerat a mortuo 
 
 Asino : Quo Onere 
 
 Equus depressus 15* gemens 
 inquit, Vse Mihi infelicissi- 
 mo Jumentorum I Quid 
 Mali evenit misero 
 
 Mihi ! A'am recusans 
 Fartem^ nunc porto totvu-a 
 
 Oftht Horse and the As«- 
 
 A Certain Man had 
 
 a Horse and an Ass;. 
 but whilst they make a Journey, 
 the Ass says to the Horse, If 
 You are willing, //za^ I be safe, 
 lightenitfeof a Part of my Burden: 
 The Horse not obeying His 
 TVordt, the Ass falling under 
 the Burden dies. Then the Mas- 
 ter of the Beasts puts on 
 the Horse all the Backs, 
 Which the Ass carried, and 
 at the same T'lmtthe HideWh'ich. 
 He hadstinppedoffhovci the dead 
 Ass : With which Burden 
 Mf//or.?fdepressedarzG? groaning 
 said, AVoc to Me most un- 
 happy of Beasts ! What 
 an iiViVhas happened to wretched 
 Me ! For refusing 
 
 a Fart J now / carry the whole 
 
SELECT FABLES OF iiSOP. 
 
 127 
 
 Curium* 
 
 insuper Illius 
 
 Burdcriy 
 Hide, 
 
 and 
 
 inorcover 
 
 Ills 
 
 MoR. 
 Hacc Fahula innviit, 
 ntajores debere esse Parti- 
 cipes in minoribus Labori- 
 bu8^ ut Utriq ; sint 
 
 incoliunc». 
 
 MoR. 
 This Fable hints, 
 
 that the greater ought to 6«? Par- 
 takers iri the lesser La- 
 bours^ that Both may be 
 safe. 
 
 FABLE CLXXIL 
 
 De Tubicine. 
 
 QUidam Tubicen^ inter- 
 ceptus ab Hostibus in 
 ^lmti^, proclamabat ad Eosy 
 Q\ncircu77isist('ba}it, O F/r/, 
 'bioWtGOC cider e Me iimocuiim 
 & in son fern ; etenim 72 7/ w- 
 <7Ma;n occidi Ulhim; qiiippe 
 habeo Nihil aliud^ quam 
 hanc Tubam, Ad Quern 
 Illi responderunt vicissim 
 cum Clamor e ; Vero Tu 
 trucidaberis magU hoc 
 ifiso ; quod cam 
 
 Tu liise nequeas 
 
 dimicare^ potes impeller e 
 Cxteros ad Certamen. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Hsc Fabula innuit, 
 «7«^tfpeccant/z?'<ei^(?r cxteros, 
 Qui fiersuadent malis 13* 
 improbis Princi/iibus ad 
 agendum iniqul. 
 
 O/thc Trumpeter. 
 
 A Certain Trumpeter^ ta- 
 ken by the Enemies /7t 
 the War, cried out to Themj 
 Who stood about, O A/ien, 
 Be not Avilling to /:///Me harmless 
 and inn-jcent ; for nf- 
 x'er have I killed any One ; for 
 / have Nothing else, than 
 f///s Trumpet. To Whom 
 They answered in Turn 
 with a J^oise ; But Thoic 
 shalt be slain rather on this 
 same Account ; because ib'hen 
 Thou Thyself can'st not 
 fght. Thou art able to drive 
 the Rest to the Engagement. 
 
 MoR. 
 This Fable hints, 
 
 that They sin beyond Others, 
 Who persuade bad and 
 wicked Princes to 
 
 act unins'.lv. 
 
123 
 
 SELECT FABLES OF Z.SOP. 
 FABLE CLXXIIL 
 
 De Vaticinatore. 
 
 Vjiticinator sedens in 
 Foro sermocinabatur ; 
 Cui Quidam denunciat, 
 Ejus Fores esse e«ffractas, 
 kj^ Omnia direjita^ 
 
 Quse fuissent in Domo. 
 Vatic inator, gcmens &; 
 properans Cursu, recifiiebat 
 Se Domum : Quern 
 Quidam intuens cur- 
 rentem, inquit, O Tu, Qui 
 promittis, Te divinaturuni 
 aliena Negotia, cert^ Ipse 
 non divindsti tua. 
 
 MoR. 
 Hxc Fabida spectat ad 
 Eos, Qwz, non recti ad- 
 ministrantes suas Res, 
 conantur providere ^ 
 Gonsulere Alienis^ Quce 
 non pertinent ad' Eos, 
 
 Q/the Fortune-teller. 
 
 A Fortune-teller sitting in 
 tile Market discoursed ;^ 
 To whom Owf declares, 
 that his Doors ivere broke open, 
 and all Things taken awayy 
 Which had been in the House» 
 The Fortune-teller, sighing and 
 hasting in his Pace, betook 
 Himself Home : Whom 
 a certain Man perceiving I'un- 
 ningy said, O Thou, Who 
 promis^ist, that Thou wilt divine 
 others' Affairs, surely Thyself 
 hast not divined thine own. 
 
 MoR. 
 This Fable looks to 
 Them, Who, not rightly ad- 
 ministring their own Affairs, 
 endeavour to forsee and' 
 consult yb?* other Men's, Which 
 do not belong to Them^ 
 
 FABLE CLXXIV. 
 
 De Puero i3^ Matre. O/ the Boy and his Mothcf. 
 
 /'~\Uidam Fuer in Sehold 
 V^ furatus Li be Hum, 
 
 attuiit sua Matri ; a 
 Qua non castigatus, guo- 
 tidie furabatur mag\s atque 
 magis ; Autem Progressu 
 Temporis coepit furari 
 majora. Tandem depre- 
 
 A Certain Boy in School 
 \\2i\m^'sX.o\tT\a little Booky ■ 
 brought it to his Mother ; by '■'. 
 Whom 720? being chastised, dai- | 
 ly He stole more ami -^ 
 more ;. But in Progress 
 of Time H' began to steal 
 greater things,. At IsiSt being ap-- 
 
SELECT FABLES OF .ESGP. 
 
 129 
 
 henstis a magistratu^ duce- 
 batur ad Supplicium. Vcro 
 Matre seoueiite^ ac voci/c- 
 rante, II le rogavity ut lice- 
 ret Sibi loqui paulisper ciim. 
 Ea ad Aui'em. Itlo per- 
 Hiisso, is' M-HiveJirc/ierantCy 
 8c adincvciite Aurein at/ Os 
 Fllii^ evulsit Aurlculam 
 Matris auis Dentibiis. 
 Citui Mater, b"" cr^teii, 
 Qu; adstabant, increparcnt 
 Eum, 77072 modo 7/^^Furem, 
 sed etiam, ut impium iii 
 suaiii Parentem. inquit, //^c 
 fuit Causa mei Exiiii ; 
 etenim «/castigiisset Me ob 
 LihcUum^ Q^ucmfuratus sum 
 prius,./6TZ5.scm Nil ulterius; 
 nunc due or ad ^up/die iunu 
 
 firchendcdbythci):ag2^trat€h&-w^.9 
 led fo Punishment. >^w* 
 the Mother/b'//.37y/;?^, and c>-yingy 
 He a'ikedy that/f mi^h! be law- 
 ful for Him ro s./?eaA- a little w/f A 
 Her/// her Ear. //<? being per- ' 
 niitted, a«f/ the Mother //as^cwiw^ 
 andmox'^w^'-herEar rothe Mouth 
 of i/:e Son, He tore oiT iAe Ear' 
 ofhis Mother w/VA /lis Teeth. 
 lilien the Mother «Aj^theOthcrs 
 Ifho stood about, blamed 
 Him, ?;o? only as a Thief, 
 A?/; also, as impious to 
 his Parent^ He said, 'SAr 
 was the Caw.eo^vny Dcstruction\ 
 for //"She had c)->r.stised Me for 
 the little Book^ AVhich / stole 
 first, Ihaddone ^oi\\\\\i^ further \ 
 now I avi led to Punish?72e?it, 
 
 MoR. 
 
 Hjcc Fabula indicat, 
 
 quld^ Qui non co'erceritur 
 
 inter Initia peccandi, 
 
 evadunt ad ?naJora Flagitia. 
 
 This 
 
 MoR. 
 
 Fable 
 
 showsi 
 
 that They, Who are ixnt restrained. 
 at the Beginniui^s of sinning, 
 go en to i^reaier Crimes. 
 
 FABLE CLXXV. 
 
 DellvccU ej* Capeais. 0/thc he Goats £3* the She Goats. 
 
 CUM CapelU obttnu- 
 issent bartam i\ Jovc^ 
 Hirci coepcriint ofTendi, 
 ^uia Muliercs habereiit 
 patem Honorem cum Eis, 
 Jupiter inquit, vSinite Illa,'^ 
 fmi vand Gloril, ^ 
 usurpare Ornatum vestr» 
 
 WHEN ///f she-^oats had ob- 
 taineda:ifarfi^from/7M';Ver 
 the he-gcats /^e^a« to be offended , 
 because the Females had 
 
 equc. 
 
 Honour with Them, 
 
 Jupiter saiil^ Suffer ye Them 
 to enjoy the vain Gloiy, and 
 to usurp the Ornament of your 
 
130 
 
 SELECT FABLES OF .ESOP. 
 
 I>i^nitatis^ dum ?2on tequent Dignity^ whilst They do not equai 
 vestram Vinutem, your Virtue. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Hacc Fabula edocet TV, 
 lit /eras Illos usurfiare 
 tuiim OrnaHim^ Qui C'w?/^ 
 iDferiores Jz'<^/ in Virtuie. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This i'a^/e- teaches 7V/r<?, 
 that r/ioii may St deariho^Qtousur/i 
 thy Ornament^ Who cr<i 
 
 inferiors to Thee in Virtue* 
 
 FABLE CLXXVL 
 
 /^f I'ilio cyusdam Setih 
 <^ Leone. 
 
 Of the Son of a certain old IVIa^i 
 o?it/ a Lion. 
 
 Uidam ^ew/orhabebat 
 unicum Filium ^ene-. 
 roai Spiritus, \sf Amatorem 
 venaticorum canum. viderat 
 Hunc/ierQ\uetQm.trticida?'i 
 k Leone. Igitur t err it us, 
 jie fort f. aliquando Eventus 
 sequeretur hoc Somnium, 
 extruxlt quandam fiolitissi- 
 ?nam, 8c c?nocntiiszjnam 
 Domum ; i7iducejiii Filium 
 illuc, assiduus cusios ade- 
 rat ////. Depinxerat 
 l^omo omne Genus' Ani- 
 inalium ad Delectationem 
 Filii, cum Qui bus etiam 
 Leonem, Adolescens in- 
 fipiciens Hcec, contrahebat 
 ^Jiolestiam Eh magis. 
 Autem quodam Tewfiore, 
 adstans jirofiius Leoni, 
 inquit, O t}mcidentissima 
 Fera, asservor in hdc 
 Domo firojiter inane 
 Soj-nnium /ne? Patris : Quid 
 faciam TiH ? Et it a di- 
 
 A Certain elderly Man had 
 a I only Son of a gene^ 
 reus Spirit, and a Lover 
 of hunting'-dogs. He had seen 
 Kim in a Dream to be kilted 
 by a Lion. Therefore afraid, 
 lest 6?/ Chance sometime an Event 
 should follow this Dream, 
 He built a certain very 
 fine, and rn.ost fdeasant 
 
 House ; bringing his Son 
 thither, didaWy guai-dian was pre- 
 sent to Him. He had painted 
 in the House every Kind of Ani- 
 mals for the Delight 
 of his SoTi, \f\th Which also 
 a Lion. The Youth /ooX*- 
 ing on these Things, C07it7'acted 
 Trouble by so much the more. 
 JBut on a certain Time, 
 standing nearer io the Lion, 
 He said, O most cruel 
 wild Beast, / am kept up in this 
 House for a vain 
 
 Dream of my Father; What 
 %liall I do- to Thee? And so saf'- 
 
SELECT FABLES OF iSSOP. 
 
 151 
 
 cens, incussii Manura 
 
 l^arieti. 
 
 volens e rue re 
 
 Oculum Le-^nis^ Sc offcvde- 
 bat in Clavo^ Qui latebat 
 iiJic, qua Percus3ione 
 Manus emarcuit, Isf Sanies 
 succrevlt, b: Fcbris subsc- 
 cuta est, ^ brevi Tcmjiore 
 mortuus est. Ita Leo 
 occidit Adolescentem, Arte 
 VdiXvi^ juvante Is'ihil. 
 
 ing. He airucfc his Hand 
 on the IVall^ yf'\\\\Y\^to Jiluck out 
 the Eye of the Lion, VA^dlfehit 
 it on a .Vail, Which iay hid 
 there, ivilh nvhich Blow 
 t/ie //<?«</ rankled, and the Matter 
 gre'Tv under, and a Fever fol- 
 lowed, and in a short Time 
 H^e died. Thus the Lion 
 killed the Youth, the Art 
 of the Father availing Nothing. 
 
 MOR. MOR. 
 
 Hxc Tabula indicut. This Table 
 
 Neminem /;o*5^ devitare, that no Man is able 
 
 Qua: sunt vetura, those Tiiingft Which are to come» 
 
 shows, 
 to avoid 
 
 FABLE CLXXVIL 
 
 De Vulpe ^ Rubo. 
 
 VUlpes, Cum ascende- 
 ret quandam Sepeni, 
 ut vitaret Periculum 
 Quod videbat immincre Sibi, 
 comprebtndit Rubum 
 
 Manibus, atque perfodit 
 Volam iicnti- 
 
 bus ; £c Cum foret 
 
 saucia graviter, inquit, ge- 
 mens, Hubo, Cum confuge- 
 Tim ad TV, ut juve- 
 ris Me, Tu nocuisti 
 Mihi. Cui Rubus ait, 
 Vulpes, errdsti, Qus 
 putdsti capere Me pa- 
 ri Dolo quo CQusuevi- 
 ^H capere catera. 
 
 Of the Fox and the Bramble. 
 
 THE Fox, ivhen She got up 
 upon a certain liedgc, 
 that ohe might avoid a Danger 
 Which She saw to hang over Her, 
 catched hold of a Bramble 
 with her I^ands, and pricked 
 the Hollow of her Hand 'iviih the 
 Thorns; and nvhtn She was 
 ?y';w«c/£'(/grievously*//(?5a/Q'groan- 
 ing, to the Bramble, Whcu \ have 
 fled to Thte, that Thou mightest 
 have helped Me, Thm hast hurt 
 Me. T'o "ujhom the Bramble saz/*, 
 O Fox, Ifiou hast erred, Who 
 hast tiicughl. to take Me with the 
 like Deceit, with which Thou hast 
 used to take other Things, 
 
lS-2 
 
 SELECT FABLES OF ^SOP. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Fabiila sigjiijlcaf.^ quod 
 est . stultum im/iiorare 
 AuxiUum db lllis, Quibus 
 est datum a A^atura potius 
 ebesse, quam prodesse* 
 
 MoR. 
 The Fable signijies^ that 
 zV Z.5 a foolish Thh"^g to imfilore 
 Help from Them, to Whom 
 it is given by JSfature rather 
 ^0 /twrf, than to projit. 
 
 FABLE CLXXVIIL 
 
 De Vulp.e ^ Crocodile. Q/*the Fox and the Crocodile 
 
 VUlpes ^ Crocodilu.? 
 contendchant de 
 
 \KobiUtate, Cum Crocodi- 
 lus adduceret Mulia pro 
 iSf, 8c jactaret Se 
 sufira Modiiin ofe 
 
 Splendore suorum Proge- 
 nitorum; Vulpes subridens, 
 ait Ei, Heus^ Amice, 
 etsis quidem Tu non dix- 
 eris //or, apparet 
 
 dare ex ^mo Corio, guodl^in 
 Tfiultis Annis ftdsti de- 
 nudatus Splendore tuoruih 
 Progenitoru7ru 
 
 THE Foat nnrf the Crocodile 
 contended concerning > 
 
 their J^ ability. When the Croco- 
 dile brought many Things for , 
 Himself and boasted Himself! 
 beyond Measure concerning 
 the Splendour of his Ances- 
 tors ; the Fox smiling, 
 said to Him, 'So //b, Friend, ' 
 although indeed Thou hadst not 
 have said This^ it appears 
 clearly by thy Skin, that no%v^ 
 many Years Thou hadst bee7ide- 
 prived of the Splendour of thy 
 Ancestors» 
 
 MoR. MoR. 
 
 Fabnla signifcat, quod The Fable signifes, that 
 
 Res ipsa potissimum refellit the Thing itself chiefiij refute» 
 
 mendaces Homines. lying Men. 
 
SELECT FABLES OF XlSOP. 
 
 FABLE CLXXIX. 
 
 De Vulpe 13* VenatD'ribus. O/'the Fo:^ ai^d the Hunters. 
 
 VUIpes, effiipcns Ve- 
 iiatores, ac jam defes^a 
 currendo Jter Viam, 
 Casu repcrit 'Lignatorem^ 
 Quern rogat^ ut abscondat 
 Se in quoquo J.oco. I lie 
 ostendit Tectoriiim ; Vulfies 
 ingrediens /i7, abscondit Sc 
 \\\ quodam Angulo. Fetia- 
 tores adveniimt, ro'-^ant 
 Lignatorem, si vide ret 
 Vulpem. JJgnator negat 
 Verbis qiiidem, Se vi- 
 disse ; verb ostcndit 
 
 Locuw. JVIanu, i^'jI 
 
 VuIpes latebat-; vero Vena- 
 tores^ Re non percep- 
 ta, stati-m abeunt. 
 
 Vuljies^ ut pros/licit 
 
 Illos abiisse^ eg-redi- 
 
 ens Tectorio^ recedit tacite. 
 Lilian at or criminatur 
 
 Vulpem, (jUud.^ cnxnfecerit 
 I'Aim f>ahnun^ apjeret nihil 
 Graliarum Sibi. T::nc 
 
 Vulpes, cotivsrtens Se, ait 
 tacite llli^ Heus, jlniicc^ 
 si hab lasses Opera 
 
 Manuum^ h. Mores similes 
 tuis Verbis, persobvercin 
 -meritas Graiias tibi. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Fabula signijicat^ quod 
 nequam Homo, etsi polli- 
 cctur bona^ tamen prcs- 
 Stat mala ^ improba» 
 
 THE Yoy.y fying from the Hun- 
 ters, ajid now tired. 
 with runninc^- along the Way, 
 by Chance found a Wood-Cutter^ 
 Vvlioni He asks^ that He may hide 
 Himself in any Place, He 
 
 showed the Cottage ; The Fox- 
 entering Ity hides Himself 
 in a certain Corner. Jhe Huii- 
 ter-i come up, ask 
 
 the Vv^ood-C utter, if He saw 
 the Fox. The Wood-Cutter denie*^ 
 'in Wordft indeed, that He had 
 seen Him ; but He showed 
 the Place with his Hand, tchei'e- 
 the Fox lay hid ; but the Hun- 
 ters^ the Thing not being per- 
 ceived, immediately go away- 
 The FoXy as soon as He fiercei'oe;< 
 Them to be gone away^ coming; 
 out of the Cottage,, retires silently^ 
 The Wood'Cutter accuse's 
 
 the Fox, that, when He ^lad madr- 
 Him safe J He gave nrj 
 Thanks to Him. Thc?i. 
 
 the Fox, turning Himself, soy.v 
 softly to Him, Hark ye, Friend^ 
 U thou wouldst have had the Works 
 of thy Hands^ and thy Morals like 
 to thy Words, / ivould paij 
 the deserved 77ww^* to thee. 
 
 MoR. 
 The Fable signi/ies, that 
 a wicked Man, altho' He pro- 
 mises good Things^ yet he per^ 
 formeth bad and Wicked Things, 
 G 
 
lU 
 
 SELECT FABLES OF iESOP. 
 
 FABLE CLXXX. 
 
 De Cane vocato ad 
 Cocnam. 
 
 Uidam Vir, cum pa- 
 rdsset opiparam Coc- 
 
 vocavit 
 
 ue?idam 
 
 Q 
 
 Amicum Domum ; Ejus 
 Cams quoque invitavit 
 Canem Alttrius ad Coe- 
 'nam, Canis ingre^;sus^ 
 c]um vidcret tantas Da/ies 
 apparatus, Utus^ ait Sccum, 
 Sane explebo Me ^ta hodie, 
 quod non indigebo comedere 
 eras. Vero Coquus 
 
 conspiciens, tacitiis cepit per 
 Cauda7n, atque rotujis 
 terque quaterque^ projecit 
 Ilium per Fenestram* Ille 
 attonitus assurgens Humo^ 
 dum fugit damans, cateri 
 Canes accurrunt Ei, atque 
 rogant, qiiam opipare coe- 
 naverit : At Ille languens 
 ait, Ita explevi Me 
 Potu Sc DapihuSy quod 
 CA!/rt exiverim, non vidi 
 Viam. 
 
 Of the Dog invited to 
 Supper, 
 
 A Certain Man, when /r<r 
 Aati prepared a dainty 5w/j- 
 /icr, invited a certain 
 
 Friend Home ; His 
 
 Dog also invited 
 
 the Dog o/" /Af o^Aer Man to «Sk/;- 
 ;*<°r. The Dog having entered^ 
 when He saw so great Dainties^ 
 prepared, 7*01//«/, saysw/VA Himself,^ 
 Truly / shall fdl Myself «o To-Day 
 ?/za; I shall not want to eat 
 To-morrow. But the Cook 
 seeing Him, silent took Him by 
 the Tail, and whirling Him 
 both three and four Times, threw 
 Him thro' the Window. He 
 
 amazed rising up from the Ground, 
 whilst He Jiiea crying, the other 
 Dogs run up to Him, and 
 ask, how daintily he had sup-^ 
 ped : But He languishing 
 
 says. So have I filled Myself 
 with Brink and Dainties, that, 
 when I came out, I saw not 
 the Way. 
 
 MOE. MOF. 
 
 Fabula signifcat, iiiul- The Fable s'.gnifes, that many 
 
 ta caderc inter CaUc£?n Things fall between the Cufi 
 
 & Labra» jaad the J-^ips, 
 
SELECT FABLES OF .ESOF. 
 FABLE CLXXXL 
 
 13: 
 
 De AqiiiU t5* Homing. 
 
 CUM -(juidam "llcmo 
 ce/iissct Aq'.iiLim, 
 
 I'fiinis Alarum 
 
 avulsis Ei', diniisit 
 
 Earn ??ioran inter Ga'/:ius. 
 Dcinde Quidaitif HiCixa- 
 tU3, munit Alas 
 
 Pennis : turn ^h/uila 
 volans capit Leporem, t5* 
 fert Ilium suo Bencfuctori. 
 >Quam 7^^?« Vulpes conf^fd- 
 cUms^ ait Honiini^ No- 
 il habere banc Aquilam 
 llospitio, 72e venetur 
 7>, reque ac Leporem. 
 Turn Homo item evulsit 
 Pennaa Aquila.. 
 
 O/the Eagle and the Man. 
 
 WHEN a ccrlaia ISlan 
 had taken an Eagle, 
 the' Peatherfi of the Wings 
 biivg /ducked Ivowi her, A«? dlsminseU 
 Her io f/rv.'^// among i'/fr Heyis, 
 Afterv/ards a certain Man, having* 
 purchased htv, forti/Ics her Wings 
 li'ifh I'ea/hers: then the Eagle 
 flying takes a Hare, and 
 bears Jiim to her Benefactor» 
 Which Thing a Fox perceiv- 
 ir.g. He says to the Man, Be un- 
 willing to have this Eagle 
 in Entertainment, lest she hunt 
 Thee, as well ast the Hare. 
 J7ir7z the Man aLso plucked oil* 
 the Pea i hem from the Eagle. 
 
 MoR. MCR. 
 
 Hxc Pabula significat, qv:bd This Pubic signifies, tha- 
 
 Benefactores guidcm sunt Benefuctors indeed arc 
 
 remunerandi,i^fro improbi to be requited, but the Wicked 
 
 (^mnino vitandi 
 
 ,'//,' 
 
 ythcr to be avoided. 
 
 FABLE CLXXXH. 
 
 Dc Agricoliu 
 
 QUidam //bmo,existens 
 Agricola, cum cog- 
 no .^teret adesse Pincm 
 Vitx iiibi, Sc cu/ierct Filios 
 jfierl peritos in Cultu 
 Agrorum,'YOC2i\it Eos, atq; 
 ingtiit, Filii, it^'-o dccedo g 
 
 being 
 when 
 
 Of the Husbandman' 
 
 A Certain Man 
 
 a Hn^ban-dman, 
 J:c kneiv that there was an End 
 of Life to Him, and desiredMv^ Sons 
 «0 become skilful m the Tilling- 
 q/" Lands, called 77/c»2, and 
 •sa/c^ O Sons^, / depart out of 
 
136 
 
 SELECT FABLES OF .ESOP. 
 
 Vita ; ormiia mea Bona sunt 
 consita in Vinea, Illi, pest 
 Obitum Patris^ putantes 
 refierire hunc Thesaurian in 
 Vinea, Ligonibus, ATarris^ 
 a.c Bidentihiis sumptis:/":/«- 
 ditus effodiunt Vineam, b. 
 non inveniunt Thesaurinii ; 
 vero, Cum Vineay?«7 prob^c; 
 <f^b55a, produxit/on^-fplures 
 J*yuctu8 solitu, atq ; fecit 
 Jlloa divites. 
 
 Life ; all my Goods are 
 placed in the Viiieijard, They, after 
 the Death of the Father, thinkincj 
 to f)id this Treasure iiv 
 the Vineyard, Spades, Mattocks^ 
 and Prongs being taken, entire- 
 ly dig up the Vineyard, and 
 do not find the Treasure ; 
 but, tvhen the Vine ivaa well 
 rfz?^- 7^/?, it produced bij far more 
 Fruits than usual, anrf made 
 77/cm rich. 
 
 MOR. MOR. 
 
 Hsc Fabula significat, This F'able 
 
 guod assiduus Labor parit that daily Labour bringeth forth 
 
 Thesaurum. Trca^rure, 
 
 signifies^; 
 
 FABLE CLXXXIIL 
 
 Be quodam Piscatore. Cf 3. certain Fisherman, 
 
 C\ Ujdam Piscator inex- 
 / pertus piscandi, Reti 
 ac Tibiis assumpti^, acccdit 
 juxta Littus Maris, atq ; 
 superexistens quodam Saxo 
 coepit imprimis tubicinare, 
 /lutans, Se capturum esse 
 Visces facile Cantu ; verum 
 cum ccnsegueretur nullum 
 Ejfectum Cantu, Tibiis 
 depositis, diinisit 
 
 Ilcte in Marc, ac cepit 
 perplures V'l^cQS ; sed cum 
 extrahcrct Pisces e Reti, 
 atque perspiceret Flos sal- 
 tantes, ait non insal.se, O 
 improba Animalia, cum tu- 
 bici»arem, noluistis saltare; 
 
 A Certain Fisherman unskil- 
 ful of fishing, his Ne 
 cmd Pipes being taken, goes 
 near the Shore of the Sea, an 
 standing up on a certain i?oc 
 He began at first to pipe^ 
 thinking, that He 6/^ow/c? take 
 F'ishes easily with a Tune ; but 
 when lie obtained no 
 
 Effect with a Tune, the Pipes 
 being laid down. He let down 
 the Net into the Sea, cn<i took 
 very many Fishes ; but when 
 ]Ie drew the Fishes out of the Net, 
 rt/7£/ perceived Them dan- 
 cing, ^e says, not univittily, () 
 Kvicked Animals, w/if/z I pip- 
 ed Ye 'were wnvilling to dance ; 
 
SELECT FABLES OF iESOP. 
 
 13: 
 
 nunc quia cet^o tubicinare, 
 saltutis eontinuo. 
 
 nonv because I cease to pipC; 
 Ye dance continually. 
 
 MOR. MOR. 
 
 Hkc Fabula Cioc^ii tjuod This Fable shows, that 
 
 OmJiia fiunt probe^ Qux All Things are done rjell^ Which 
 
 Jiwn siio Tempore, are done in their own Season, 
 
 FABLE CLXXXIV. 
 
 De c^\i\h\x%i!t9ifCiPhcatoribuf?. 
 
 PIscatores firofecti 
 
 piscatum, iJf defessi 
 plscando diu, prxterca 
 oppressi Fame 8c Maerort-^ 
 quod ceplssent Nihii, 
 cum decernant abire^ 
 ecce, qiddam Vhc'is/ugiiens 
 AVi'jiminsequentem Se faltat 
 in Jsravicidam, Piscatores 
 admodum \7S,\AComfiYehendunt 
 Ilium, ac veiidunt in 
 Urbe ^ratzc/j Pretio. 
 
 Of certain Fishermen, 
 
 ^ishermen 
 to fis 
 
 haxn?ig 
 and 
 
 gonr 
 tired 
 
 ivith Jls' 'ng a long while, besides 
 oppressed ivith Hunger and Griefy 
 because They had taken Nothing, 
 ^hen They resolve to go a%vay^ 
 behold a certain Fish Jiying 
 another pursuing Him leaps 
 into the Boat, The Fishermen 
 very joyful take 
 
 Him and. sell Him in 
 
 the City at a great Price. 
 
 MoR. MoR. 
 
 Hsec Fabula indicat, This Fable shows, 
 
 qiiod Fortuna exhibet Id' that Fortune cffers That 
 
 freqiientius, Quod Ars non very frequently^.^\C\^\i Art is not 
 
 potest ejjicere. able to effect^. 
 
38v 
 
 SELECT FABLES OF J£SOP. 
 FABLE CLXXXV- 
 
 t)e Inope ^ infirmo. 
 
 QUidam Pauper, cum 
 icg-rotarety vovit 
 
 Diis; quod, si libcrare- 
 tur ab eo Morbo, immo- 
 laret centum Boves. 
 Quod Dil volentes experiri, 
 Jacilt reddunt Scmitatem lllu 
 Jgitur liber a Morbo, 
 cum non habere! JBoves^ 
 f]uia ej-at pauper, coHe- 
 f^it Ossia centum 
 
 i3oum, ^ deponens 
 Jtuper Altare, inguit, Ecce, 
 ■iiunc p^solvo Votumy Quod 
 vovi Vobis. Dil audi- 
 entes Hoc assi stunt Ei in 
 Somniis, atq ; infjuiunt, per- 
 gito ad Littus Maris ; 
 etenim ihi reperies cen- 
 fum Talenta Auri semoto 
 Loco. Ille expergefactus, 
 memdr Somnii-f dum 
 pergit ad Littus, incidit 
 in Latrones, Qui spoliant 
 csf verberant Kiim» 
 
 Cythe poor and infirm Man. 
 
 A Certain poor Man, when 
 He Kvas sick, vowed 
 to the Gods, that zyHe should be 
 freed frojn that Disease, He 
 would sacrifice a ImndTed Oxen. 
 Which the Gods tvilling to try 
 easily restore Health to Him. 
 Therefore free from the Disease, 
 ivhen he had not the Oxen^ 
 because he -Mas poor, He ga- 
 thered the Bones of a hundred 
 Qxen, and putting them down 
 upon the Altar, He said^ Behold,, 
 now I pay the Voiv, Which 
 Vvoived to You. The Gods hear- 
 ing This stand before him in 
 Dreams, and say, Go^ 
 
 to the Shore of the Sea; 
 for there Thou shaJt find a hun-^ 
 dred Talents of Gold in a secret 
 Place. He having arose, 
 
 mindful of the Dream, whilst 
 He goes on to the Shore, falls 
 among Thieves, Who rob 
 
 and beat Him. 
 
 MoR. MoR.- 
 
 Hjec Pabula indicat. This Fable 
 
 fjuod Mendaces accipiant that Liars 
 
 TPr^mia Mendaciorum, the Rewards of Lies. 
 
 shows^ 
 receive 
 
SELECT FABLES OF MSOF, 
 FABLE CLXXXVL 
 Vs Fiscatoribus. O/ tbe Fisherrnciu 
 
 QUID AM PUca tores 
 trahebant Hetc Maii ; 
 i^u^d cuni Hcntirent esse 
 grave^ Ixtabantur magno- 
 ficre, putantes/wr'iSc' multos 
 Pisces ; sed, iit traxis- 
 sent Rrte in Terram^ 
 cu'infiers/nc7u?it\ia,\ico?,/'i.'iC€.s' 
 qiiidem, vrr^iiigens Saxian 
 inesse Rcti^ fiunt t7-t.s'te-s. 
 Qui dam cjc 111 is, jam 
 grandis JEtate^ inquit/;rz/- 
 drnter Sociis, F.sitote 
 (jiiielis Animis ; qiiippe 
 Moestitia est Soror Lxtitix; 
 etenhn oportet JV&v pro- 
 spicere futuros Casus, ^ 
 lit Quis ferat illos 
 Icviu'i', persuade re Sibi 
 esse eventuros. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 H(ec Fabula signifcai^ 
 quod Qui reminiscitur 
 humanx Sortis, ajficitur 
 Hiinime in ad vers is. 
 
 CERTALN" Fi^hcrnic7i 
 
 drew thtir Xvt out of the Seaj 
 Ihi'ch Milieu f/u-y /lerccivtd to be 
 fuavy^ They rejoiced great- 
 ly^ tliinkintj that there nvcre many 
 Pifihcs ; but, as soon as They had 
 dragged the J^ct unto the Lund, 
 when They fierccive few Pi.'^hes 
 indeed, but a vast Stone 
 to be /;; the JVit, They become sad. 
 A certain One of Them, no^o 
 great by Age, says pru- 
 dcntly to his Companions, Be 1> 
 of quiet Minds; for 
 
 Sorrsi'j is the Sister of Gladness ; 
 for it behoveth Us to fore- 
 see future Mischances, and 
 that any Man may bear Them 
 more lightly, to persuade Jlirnsef 
 that They will come to pass. 
 
 MoR. 
 This Fable '"^i^nifcs, 
 
 that He ivho remembereth 
 human Lot, is ajfcctcd 
 
 the least in adverse Things. 
 
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 SELECT FABLES OF MSOP, 
 FABLE CLXXXXVIL 
 
 De Cata mutatd m 
 Fonninam* 
 
 QUxdam Cata^ capta 
 Ainore cujusclam 
 
 .s/:.:^:osi Adolescenlis, oravit 
 Venerem, ut mutaret 
 Fmiyl in Foeminavi. Venus 
 miser ta lUitis mutavit Earn 
 in Formam /'oe?ri/me; Quaitk 
 cum esset valde formosa, 
 jimator adduxit Doinum, 
 Sed Cum sederent simul m 
 Cubiculcr^ Venus volens 
 experiri, si, Facie mutatd, 
 mutasset ^ Mores, 
 conatitvdt Miirem in Medi- 
 um ; Quam cum Ilia 
 prospexit, oblita Formae iP' 
 Amoris, persecuta est 
 Murem, nt cape- 
 
 ret ; super qua Be Venus 
 indig^ata, denuo mutavit 
 Eam= in pricwem Formam 
 Cat». 
 
 MoR. 
 Fabula signijicat, quod 
 Homo, licet mutet 
 
 Presonam, tamcn retinct 
 eo-sdan Mores. 
 
 Of the She-Cat being changed into 
 a Woman. 
 
 /~\, with the Love of a certain \ 
 beautiful Young Ma^i, besought 
 Venus, that She would change 
 Her into a Woman, Venus 
 having pitied Her changed Her 
 into the shape of a Woman ; whom, 
 •when She was very beautiful, 
 the Lover led Home. 
 
 B'.it when They sat together in 
 the Chatnber, Venus toilling 
 to try, if the Face being changed. 
 She had changed also her Morals, 
 placed a Mouse m the Mid- 
 dle ; Which when She . 
 saw, having forgot her Shape a«t/ 1 
 Love, She pursued 
 the' Mouse, that She might take 
 Her ; upon which Thing Venus 
 being angry, again changed 
 Her into the former Shape 
 of a Cat. 
 
 MoS. 
 The ^F'able signifies, that 
 a Man, altho* He may change 
 his Person, yei retains 
 
 the same Manners* 
 
SELECT FABLES OF itSOP. 
 
 FABLE CLXXXVin. 
 
 De duobus Inimicis, 
 
 DUO Qtiidam habentes 
 Inimicitias inter «SV 
 iravig-abant rind in Xavi, 
 Et cum K\X.iivncn pater stur 
 Alteram atare in codnn 
 Loco, Unua sedit in Piippi, 
 Jlter in Prord, Aiitfm^ 
 Tempcstate orta^ (iKm 
 J^'avis esset in Periciilo,Q?/i 
 sedebat m Prorfi rogat Gii- 
 bernatorem Alains, Qux 
 jPar« Navis./bre; snbmersa 
 Jirius ; Sc ca7« Gubernator 
 dixisset Puppim, Illc ait, 
 Mors nunc «on ^«^ adeo 
 molcsta Mihi, «z perspicio 
 Hieum l7ii?nicum mori firius. 
 
 O/'the two Enemies. 
 
 TWO certain Men having 
 Enmities between Thcynselvcs 
 sailed together in « «/!///. 
 And ivhen the One «ryoi^/rf wof suj^cr 
 the Other ^o ifawrf in the same 
 Place, O^e sat at the Head, 
 ?/ie Other at ^Ae 5fe»-n. ^7/'. 
 a Tempest harving arose., when 
 the Shi/i was m Danger, Ife that 
 satflt the Prow asks the Gover- 
 nor o/ the Ship, What 
 7*arf of the Ship> would be sunk 
 Jirst ; and ty/^en the Pilot 
 had said the Stern, //<? said, 
 Death now f» 72 ot so 
 troublesome to Me, // I perceive 
 my E?iemy to die^r*^. 
 
 MoR. 
 Hoec Fabida redarguit 
 Jmmicitias Hominum ; cinn 
 Inimicus sapius digit 
 perdere Seipsum, ut per- 
 dat Inimicu?n, 
 
 MOR.. 
 
 This Fable reproves 
 
 the En7nitie8 of Men; ivhen 
 one Enemy very often chooses 
 to destroy Himself, that He may 
 destroy his Enemy, 
 
 FABLE CLXXXIX. 
 De Cane ^ Fabro. 0/the Dog and the Smith. 
 
 Q 
 
 lUidam Faber habebat 
 Canem, Qui, f/"»i 
 Ipse" cudebat Ferrum, 
 dormiebat continue»; 'verb 
 cum nmnducabat, Canis 
 sidtim cissurgebat, i5* sine 
 
 A 
 
 Certain 
 
 Doi 
 
 Smith 
 Which, 
 struck the 
 
 continually 
 
 had 
 
 ivhilet 
 Irpn, 
 
 but 
 
 He 
 
 slept 
 
 when He eat, the Doe 
 
 immediately rose up, an^l^ Vithovi 
 
142 
 
 SELECT FABLES OF ^SOP. 
 
 MorJi corrodebat. Qua 
 crant dtjccta sub Mcnsd^ 
 ceu Gsna^ ^^ Alia 
 hiijusmocii. Qvajyi Rem 
 Faber aniin.a<lv;.'rtenSi alt 
 ad Canem^, He us, Mhrr^ 
 nescio Quid faciam ; 
 Qw/, dum iudo FeiTum, 
 clormis contini o. ^ 
 
 teneris Scgniiie ; rvirsiift 
 cum nioveo. Bent:.'s, statim 
 Y^^ r^'is, &c afijaaudis Mini 
 
 Mo?. 
 Fabula slff:-ujicai, quod 
 Sccjrdesk. ^.cmnolnzti^ Qui 
 x;/x;wn<eji.Xaocr;(^;^saliorurn, 
 s;mf coercendi gravi 
 Censuri. 
 
 Delay gnawed r^;o?e things ivhlcm 
 ^ve^e thronvn down under the Table- 
 as Bones^ and o^'Aer Things 
 of this Kind. IVhich Thiii^- 
 
 /Ae Smith mindinc^, //e fcvs 
 to M(? ^Q^> So Ho, JVretch^ 
 1 know not IVhai I shall do; 
 
 V/ho, whilst / ftrike the Iron, 
 sleejicf^t continually, and 
 
 art ] ossessed nvith Sloth ; again 
 ivhen I move my Teeth^ presently- 
 
 Thou risest^ and Jlattercst Me 
 'ivith thy Tail, 
 
 MOR. 
 
 The Fable signijics, that 
 the Slothful and Dro-.vsy, Who 
 //z'^ out- of if Ae Labours of Others, 
 «r^ to be restrained nvilh a heavy 
 Censure. 
 
 FABLE CXC. 
 
 De quadam Mzi/fi". Of n certain Mule, 
 
 OU^edam Tjutla^ effecta 
 /; utguis nimio HordeOy 
 .lasciviebat niniid Pingue- 
 dine, inquiens Secuna, 
 Equus fuit meus Pater, Qui 
 erat celerrlmus Cursu, i'X 
 Ego sum similis F.i per 
 Omnia, Parum pht con- 
 tigii (j'uod oportulc Mulam 
 currere quantum potuit; 
 Vf/ turn cessavit Cursu, 
 ^lult. Hcu! Mlneram Me, 
 put^*)am iV/<? esse So- 
 
 yit 
 
 nunc 
 
 A Certain Mule^ being made 
 fat with too much Barley^ 
 wantoned ivith too much Fat- 
 ness, saying with Herself, 
 A Horse was 7mj Father, IVho 
 was softest in the Race, and 
 I t'w like him \\\ 
 
 all Thingf>, A little after It hap- 
 pened, that It behoved M<? 7l/i//e 
 to run as much an She could; 
 but when She ceased from Running, 
 She aaid^ Alas! 'ivr etched Me, 
 K7i0 thought Myself to be ^'^e Oj^- 
 spring 01 the Horse !. ^wf now 
 
SELECT FABLES OF .^SOP. 
 
 V 
 
 143 \ 
 
 -wemhil Patrem fiiisse I remember that my Father nvaf 
 Asinum. an Ass. ^ 
 
 MoR. 
 Fabtila dgnijicat^ qrod 
 Stulti non aguoscunt Sc- 
 ij'isos in /n'Oi/ieris ; sed in 
 adversis ficr^afie recognos- 
 cuwt suos EiTores. 
 
 MoR. 
 Tlie Fi;b"ic ^^'g^i^ef^, that 
 Fooh do liot know T/nm- 
 stives in /rro^/ierous Tliirgs ; but in 
 adverse Thin^is very often They 
 again know their Errors. 
 
 FABLE CXCI. 
 
 De Medico ^ 
 Mortuno. 
 
 Of the Physician and 
 the dead Man. 
 
 QUidam Mcdlcu.f^ Qui 
 curazK}-at ^iLg-rotuin, 
 (^u paiilo /dfit moriebatur, 
 aithcit IHis, Qui cflcrebant 
 Fvnus^ Si ifite Wvahsiiyju- 
 ifiset Vino, l?" fuisset us us 
 Clysierihufi^ non fuisset 
 ivortuus. Quida^i ejc His, 
 Qui aderant, ait Medi- 
 co fiuud infacetl", Ihu^^ 
 Medice, i^ta Consilia 
 fueruut diccnda, eian qui- 
 bant/.TOcV?.5<?,non/r///^C5Cum 
 ■valsnt Nil. 
 
 A Certain Phynclan^ Who 
 Lad looked (fier a sick Man, 
 i\'h(j a little after died» 
 said to Them, Who bore the 
 Funeral^ If that Man had abstain- 
 ed from Wine, and had used 
 Clysters^ He would not have been 
 dead, A certain One of These, 
 Who were present, says to the Phy- 
 sician nvt unv.ittily, So Ho^ 
 Physician, those Counsels 
 
 were to be told, ivhen They Avcre 
 able to proff^ not now, when 
 They avail Nolhin£> 
 
 MoR. 
 Fabula siicnifcat, qrod 
 nii Consiliiun 7ion /iroijl^, 
 dcd'tid eo 7'cm/iore 
 deludere Amicum, i 
 
 jMor. 
 
 The Fable ^ii^nifics, W\ir 
 
 r:hen Counsel does not firqt^ 
 
 to give It at that Time is t^n- 
 
 to play upon r Friend, ick. 
 
 ^ him 
 went 
 
144 
 
 SELECT FABLES OF .ESOP. 
 
 FABLE CXCn. 
 
 De Cane b* Lupo. 
 
 O/'the Dog and the Wolf. 
 
 C'lUM CVr;?/.vdormiret ante 
 ^ A 111 am, Lupus siiper- 
 veniens stati-m cepit Jium^ 
 Sc Cum vellet occidere 
 Eum, Canis orabat, 
 
 nt- occidcrei Eum, inquieiis^ 
 Heus, mi Lupe, nunc noli 
 occidere Me ; navi^Mtvidc's^ 
 sum icJiuis, gracilis, ^ 
 macilentus ; sed mens Hc- 
 run est farcturus JS/upttas, 
 ubi, si exptciabii parum, 
 -^'^•omanducanso/2 ipa r<',atq ; 
 /actus pinguior, ero uti- 
 lioi' Ttbi, Lupus 
 
 habens Fidem his Verbis 
 dimisit Canem. Pout 
 paiicos Dies Lupus accedens 
 ciuwreprrit Caiieni dormien- 
 tem Domi, stasis a-nte 
 .iulam^ rogat Canem^ ut 
 pnestaret Prom is sa 
 
 Sibi, Canis inquit^ Heus, 
 JLupe^ s?l cepU)^es Ivle ante 
 Aulam, non expecta- 
 ■V e ris N u ptl as frus t ra . 
 
 T^J'HEN l/.'c Dog- slept before 
 V\ the Hall, the U'off coming 
 upon Him, prcsenily took Him ; 
 and Kvhen He was willing to slay 
 Him, the Dog- besought Him, 
 that he would not kill Him, saying 
 So Ho, my V/olf, now be unwilling 
 to kill Mc ; ./or, as you see, 
 I am thin, lea.n, and 
 
 slender; but my Mas- 
 
 ter is about to mak« a JVedding-, 
 v/heh, if you will wait a little, 
 / eating daintily, and 
 
 being become fatter, shall be more 
 advantageous to Thee. The Wolf 
 having Faith in these Words 
 dismissed the Dog» Jifier 
 a few Days the Wolf coming, 
 when He foimd the Dog sleep- 
 ing at Home, ^standing before 
 the Hall, asks the Dog, that 
 He would perform his Promises 
 to him. The Dog says, Hark ye, 
 Wolf, if Thou hadf-.t taken Me before 
 the Hall, Thou wouldst <i:ot have 
 expected the Wedding in vain. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 IIxc Tabula indicat. This 
 
 cpiod Sapiens, cum 8e?nel that a 
 
 vitavcrit, Pericidum, con^ He hat 
 
 tnuio caret in fuiuro* tinuall 
 
 1 jujMe 
 
 MOR. 
 
 liable shows, 
 
 Man, Avhen once 
 d a Danger, con- 
 'are for the future. 
 
SELECT FABLES OF ^SOP. 
 
 145 
 
 FABLE CXCIIL 
 
 De Cane b* Gallo. 
 
 Q/"the Do^ and the Cock. 
 
 CAnis e/ Callus Soc'ti 
 faciebant Iter ; autem 
 Vca/ieri supervenicnte, 
 
 G alius dormiebat inter R^- 
 rcios jlrboris i at Caw/« ad 
 Radicem. Cum Gallus^ ut 
 assoltt, cantabat Aoctu, 
 VulpescMri/v/trum, accur- 
 ritj bcstans inferius rogabutj 
 ut dcscenderet ad 6V, 
 quod cuperet complecti 
 Animal adjO ccmwendabile 
 Cantu ; autemy cum /« 
 dixisset, ut prius excitaret 
 Janitorem dormientem ad 
 jRadicem^ ut dcscende- 
 rety cum ///e aperuisset ; 
 //(^0 quaerente, wt vocaret 
 Ipfium^ Canis proailiena 
 dilaceravit Ful/iem, 
 
 ADo^anddiCockComfianions 
 made a Journey ; but 
 ±.v€ning coming on, 
 
 the Cock slept among the Bran- 
 ches ©/"a yred"; but t/ie Bog- at 
 Me Boot. When the Cock, as 
 Ife is Tvoni^ cix)wed m the J^ight, 
 a Fox heard Him, rz^n* lo 
 /z/m, and standing below aakedy 
 that //e wouldcome down to AVw, 
 because He desired to embrace^ 
 <z;i Animal so conime 'able 
 for Song ; *m^, when //f 
 had said, t/m/ first Heshouldwake 
 the Porter sleefiing at 
 
 rAe i?oo^, that //e m/^-A^ come 
 </07yn when He had opened ; 
 /^e asked, that He would call 
 Him, the Dog leaping ou: 
 tore Me -Fo^. 
 
 MoR. 
 
 Fabula signijicat, pru- 
 
 ■dentes Homines mittere Ini- 
 
 mico* potentiores gvum 
 
 >3e, ad fortiore« 
 
 J9tUn 
 
 MoR. 
 The Fable signifes, that pru- 
 dent Alen send -fc'ne- 
 w/e* more powerful than 
 Themselves, to the more brave 
 dj/ Do/?, 
 
 n» 
 
 N 
 
 y 
 
us 
 
 SELECT FABLES OF ^SOP, 
 
 FABLE CXCIV. 
 
 De Panis. 
 
 DUtE Ran<e pascebantur 
 in Palude ; autem 
 JEstatc Palude sicca- 
 ta,9w<£rr6fl:?z;aliam; cccteriini 
 invenerunt profundum 
 
 Puteum , Quo viso, Altera 
 dixit Alteri^ Heus Tu^ 
 descendamus in hunc 
 Puteum i lUsir C'^/iondens ait, 
 Si Aqua^ aruerit hie, 
 ^"guomodo ascendemiis ? 
 
 ^^"' MOR. ' MOR. 
 
 Fabula declarat, quOd The Fable declares^ that 
 nullde Res sunt agendse in- no Things are to be done in- 
 considerate, considerately» 
 
 0/the Frogs* 
 
 TWO Frogs were fed 
 in a Marsh ; Awf i 
 in Summer theMarsh being dried! 
 up, They sought another ; but 
 They found a deeji 
 
 Well ; Which being seen. One 
 said to the Other^ So ho Foz/, 
 let us descend into this 
 Well ; the Other anscyerm^- says, 
 J/ the Water should dry up here, 
 how shall we get up ? 
 
 FABLE CXCV. 
 
 De Leone t^.Urso, 
 
 Cythe Lioriancf the Bear- 
 
 <^ 
 
 EO 13* . Ursus, cjuum 
 cepissent magnum 
 Wmn\i\\x\fi-,pugnaba7it de^o, 
 & vulnerati graviter d 
 seipsis jacebant defatigati. 
 Fw/y?e«,videns6'o«prostratos, 
 13* Hinnulum jacentem in 
 Medio^ rapuit Hunc, 2x.fu- 
 giebat. Illi -videbant, sed 
 quia non potuerant surgere, 
 dicebant, Heu I miseros 
 JVbfi, quia laboravimus 
 Vulpi. 
 
 THE Lion cnrftheBear,wA^7^ 
 they had takeii a great 
 Fawn, fought about Him, 
 and wounded grievously by 
 one another ^A<?z/ /az/c/ow^i tired. 
 a yb.^^seeing them laid down, 
 and^^^Kj^ Fawn lying in 
 //t<?||^^^^Bnatched//2m,andr<3r;z 
 a7:;aPH||^hey «a<u; /^zVn, but 
 becaus^yA\e.y could not rise^ 
 They said, Alas I wretchedi 
 Us, because We have Iqbourei 
 for the Fox. 
 
SELECT FABLES OF iESOP. 
 
 147 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Fabula si^nifcat^ quod 
 dum Alii laberant Alii 
 potiuniur Prxda. 
 
 MoR. 
 The Fable sitfjiijies, that 
 whilst Some labour^ Others 
 enjoy the Prey. 
 
 FABLE CXCVL 
 
 Z)eCASSITA. 
 
 CAssita, cajita Laqueo 
 diccbat idorans^ Hei 1 
 Mihi miser a Ec infelici^ 
 noii surripui Aurum neqvie 
 Argenturn ciijusquam; 
 
 a:item Granum Triticl fuit 
 Causa ineac Mortis, 
 
 Of the Lark. 
 
 THE Lark taken in a Snare, 
 said larncni77?g-j Alasl 
 
 to Me miserable and un/ia/i//yy 
 1 have not taken away theGoldnov 
 the Silver of any One ; 
 but a Grain of IVhcat has been 
 the Cause of my Death. 
 
 MoR. MoR. 
 
 Fabula tendit in Eos The Fable tends to Thcm^ 
 
 Qui subtunt magnum Peri- Who undergo great ZJa/z- 
 
 culiim ob inutile Lucrum. 5"£"r for unfircfitable Gain. 
 
 FABLE XCVIL 
 De Leone co^?/<*f.'o Senio. Cy the Lion 7yo?*M owr with Age. 
 
 CUM Leo scnuisr.et, 
 *iec ^o^sctnuartre Vic- 
 tum, irachinahatur Viam, 
 qui Alimenta hand dccssent 
 Sibi. Igitur ingressus 
 
 S/iehnicam, jacens,^«?>n//(7- 
 b i( Se vrhc?nenter rc^J|^are. 
 AnimaUa, putantia • se 
 vere tcgotrare^ r^ccedebant 
 ad Eum Gratia visitandi ; 
 Quce Leo eapiens mandu- 
 cabat singnlarim, CuiTfi 
 
 WHenM.'2.?owwasgrownoId, 
 nor cotild get his Liv- 
 ing, ^- //<? contrived a Way, 
 hr ivPYov'^y.ionshouldnotbewanting 
 toHira. TV/rr^/br^having entered 
 the JJni, lying down, He feign- 
 cdH'im^^Ux'cheinently to be sick. 
 The I'vlng t ^'cctifres, thinking; him 
 verily to be sick, went 
 to Hini/c/7-r/tf 6'o^-t'ofvisitingHim ; 
 Whom the Lion taking eat 
 up sijighj, WhcB 
 
SELECT FABLES OF ^SOP. 
 
 jam occidisset multa Ani- 
 malia, Vulpes^ Arte Leoiiia 
 cognita," accedcna ad Jldi- 
 tuni Speluncx, stans exte- 
 rius, rogat Leonem quomodo 
 valeret. Lto respondens 
 
 ,..] 
 
 noiv He had killed many KvCxA 
 mals, The Fox^ the Art cfthe Lion 
 being known, coming io the En- 
 trance oi"the Cave, «/«7?rf/n^ with- 
 out, asks the Lion hoio 
 He did. The Lion answering. 
 
 blajide Ei ait, Filia fairly to Him said, Daughter 
 
 Vidpes, cur non ingrederis 
 intro ad Me ? Vul/ies ait non 
 illepide, Quoniam, mi 
 Here, cerno equidem perplu- 
 ra Vestigia Animalium in- 
 gredicntium, sed nulla \^e- 
 sti gia ^orMw egredientium. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Fabula signijicat, quod 
 prudens Homo, Qni pro- 
 videt imminentia Pericula, 
 facile devitat Ilia. 
 
 Fox, Avhy dost Thou not enter] 
 in to Me ? The Fox said not 
 unAvittily, Because, my 
 
 il/as^er, Iperceivemrf<?erfveryma^ 
 ny Footstcfis of Animals enter^^] 
 ing in, but no Foot- 
 steps of Them coming out. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 The Fable signifies, that 
 a prudent Man, Who fore- 
 sees imminent Dangers, 
 easily avoids Them. 
 
 FABLE CXCVHL 
 
 De Leone c^* Tauro. 
 
 LEO sequens ingentem 
 Taurum per Insidias, 
 cum accessit prope,-z'cca-c7*/f 
 Eum ad Coenam, inquiens, 
 Amice, occidi Ovem, 
 coenabis Mecum Hodie, si 
 placet Tibi. Postquam 
 discubuissent, Tuaivus 
 
 conspiciens plures Lebetcs, 
 i:> Obeliscos paratos, 8c 
 adesse nullam Ovem Illi, 
 voluit decedere; ^ Oucin 
 leo perspiciens jam abcun- 
 tern, rogavit, cur abirct. 
 Taurus respondit, Equidem 
 
 0/tbe Lion ctzc/ the Bull. 
 
 A LION following a great'' 
 Bull by Treachery, 
 when He came near, invited 
 Him to Supper, sayingy 
 Friend, / have killed a Sheep, 
 You shall sup with Me to Day, if; 
 it pleases You. As soon a» 
 They had sat down, the Bull; 
 seeing » n^any Cauldrons, 
 and Spits ready, and 
 
 that there was no Sheep for Him,: 
 was willing to depart ; IVhom 
 the Vionperceivingnowgoingaway^' 
 asked Him, why He would go. 
 IVie Bull answered, Truly 
 
SELECT FABLES OF .ESOP. 
 
 149 
 
 non abeo de Nihilo, 
 ciun videam Instrumenta 
 parata non ad coquendam 
 Ovem, sed Tauruni. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Fabula signifcat^ quod 
 Artes improborum non 
 latent prudentes. 
 
 I do not go away for Nothing', 
 ivhen I see Instruments 
 prepared not to " drts.^ 
 a Sheep, but a Bull. p 
 
 V 
 
 MoR. 
 The Fable si^ijies^ that 
 the Arts of the wicked do not 
 lie hid from the prudent. 
 
 n 
 
 i 
 
 FABLE CXCIX. 
 
 De ^Egroto ist Me- 
 dico. 
 
 ^n^ ger, rogatiis ^ 
 J_X1j ^fedico de f^vd 
 Salute, resjiondlt^ Se 
 
 ftuddssc violenter ; Afedi- 
 cus ait, Id fuisse bonum ; 
 rogatus ab eodem Medico 
 secundo quomodo invenie- 
 bat Sc, ^grotus inquit^ 
 Sq fuisse comprensum ve- 
 hementi Frigore : Medicus 
 quoquc ait^ Id fore ad 
 t^alutefn. Interrogatus 
 
 tertii) ab codeni^ quomodo 
 reperiebat Se, JE'grotus 
 inquit^ Se non potnisse 
 digerere sine magna DiJJi- 
 cultate, Medicus ait rursus, 
 Id fuisse ofnimum ad 
 Salutem ; deinde, cii77i 
 Quidam Domesticorum 
 
 interrogaret JE^rotian^ 
 
 quomodo valeret, ait Ille^ 
 ut ALdicns ait, ^unt 
 Mlhi jnulla £c optima Signa 
 
 Of the Sick Man and the Phy- 
 sician. 
 
 The Sick Man being askedhy 
 the Physician about his 
 Health, answered^ That He 
 had siveated violently ; the Phy- 
 sician says, that That wns good ; 
 asked by the same Physician 
 a second time, hoiv He found 
 Himself the sick Man aaidy 
 that He was seized with a vehe- 
 ment Coldness : The Physician 
 also says, that That was for 
 his Health, Asked 
 
 a third time by the same, how 
 He found Himself, the sick Man 
 saidy that He was not able 
 to digest without great Diffi- 
 culty, The Physician says again, 
 that That was the best for 
 his Health ; afterwards, when 
 some One of his Domestics 
 asked the sick Man, 
 
 how He did, says He, 
 as the Physician says, there are 
 to Me 7«a/7z/ and the best Signs 
 N 2- ' 
 
150 
 
 SELECT FABLES OF MSOP. 
 
 ad Salutem, tamen disper- for Health, yei I pe- 
 so itlis Signis. rish by those Signs. 
 
 MoR. MoR. 
 
 Fabida indicat, ylssenta- The Fable ^howi^ $hat Flattcr- 
 
 }:res esse culpandos. 
 
 era are to be blamed. 
 
 FABLE CC- 
 
 JDe quodam Lighutore. 
 
 Of a certain Wood-Cutter* 
 
 DUM quidam JLigna^ 
 tor scindebat Lignum 
 juxta Flumen, dicatum Deo 
 Mcrcurio, Securis Casu 
 decidit in Flumen. Igitur 
 affectus multo Moerore, 
 considebat gemens juxtd 
 Ripam Fluminis, Mer- 
 curius, motus Misericordiil, 
 apparuit LignariOy Sc 
 rogavit Causam sui Fletus ; 
 Quam simul ac didicit, 
 affercns auream Secu7'i?ny 
 rogavit, utriim esset 
 i//a, Qu^TCi fierdiderat. At 
 Paufier negaVit esse 
 suam. Secundo Mercurius 
 detulit alteram, argenteam; 
 Quam, Cum Pauper 
 iff.egar€t quoque esse suam, 
 fiostrenl Mercurius detulit 
 ligneam ; cum Pau- 
 per assentirel, Illam esse 
 sxidimmercuriiis, cognosctns 
 Illiun esse Hominem verum 
 ^^ustum, dedit Omnes Sibi 
 Dono. Igitur Ligna- 
 rius, accedens ad Socios^ 
 declarat Quid acciderat 
 
 WffIL 5 r a certain JVood- 
 Cutter cleaved Wood 
 near a River, dedicated to the God 
 Mercury, his Ax by Chance 
 fell into the River. Therefore 
 aftected nvith ?nuch Grief, 
 He sac down sighing near 
 the Bank of the River» Mer- 
 cury, moved -with Pity, 
 appeared to the Wood-Cutter, and 
 asked \hQ Cause of his Weeping; 
 Which as soon as He learnt, 
 bringing to him a golden *^r. 
 He asked, zvhether It was 
 That^ Which he had lost. But, 
 the floor Man denied that it was 
 his. A second Time Mercury 
 brought another, a silver One s 
 Which, when the poor Man 
 denied also to be his, 
 at last Mercury reached 
 the wooden One ; when the Poop 
 Man agreed, that That was 
 his, mercury knowing 
 
 Him to be a Man tru6 
 and just, gave Them All to Him 
 for a Gift. Therefore the Wood- 
 Cutter, coming to his Ccmfmnions 
 declares What had happened 
 
w 
 
 SELECT FABLES OF -ESOP. 
 
 151 
 
 Sibi» Unus e Sociis 
 volcns experiri Id^ cum 
 accessisiiet{i<\Flu7ntn^d^]cc\\. 
 Stcuriin in Aquam^ deinde 
 C07is€dit flens in .Ripa ; 
 cauiam ciijus Jlttus cum 
 Merciirius auclivisi:et, ajj'e- 
 r(?«5auream<SVc«777/2,iogavit 
 illane esses, Qiiam 
 
 perdiderat: Quam, (um 
 assereret esse suam-, Mci- 
 curius, ejus Impudenlia cc^*- 
 nitily nee tradidit Ei 
 aurca?n, nee suam, 
 
 MoR. 
 ^ Tabula si^nijicatj quod 
 (j'uand Deus r*/ piopi- 
 tior Probis^ existit ?';/£■«- 
 fjor Improbis. 
 
 ^0 /i7w. One o/ his Companions 
 wiiluiff to try /^, ^v^.en 
 i/<? rG7;;(^ to f/ie River ^ Uirew 
 /;/5 ^a.' into the Uuter, then 
 He &at -n-eepin^ on the Bank; 
 ;//«• cause ot whose nv^eping when 
 Mercurij had heard, ^nT?^"- 
 /7>^ a golden Jjc^ He asktd^ 
 Whether That was It, /r/./cA 
 He hud lost : liJiich^ when 
 he asserted to be /w* 6vu;?/, Mer- 
 cury, ///.* Impudence being 
 kr.oan, neither d-livcrcd to Him 
 the goidcn Cue, nor his own, 
 
 MoR. 
 The Fable signijic:., that 
 ^j/ /;c/vy ;/mcA God /6 more propi- 
 tious to the lione.H. He is rhc more: 
 infcituous to the Wicked. 
 
 FABLE CCL 
 
 De Medico, Qui curabat Q/* the 
 Insanos, 
 
 Physician, JVho cured 
 the Mud. 
 
 P Lures colloquebcntur de 
 suiierjiud cura Eorum, 
 ^ui alunt Canes ad Aucu- 
 plum. Qui dam ex lis 
 i7iquit, Stultus Mcdiolani 
 risit Hes rectfe. Cum 
 Fabula fwsceretur, inquit, 
 Fuit Medicus, Ci-vis Medio- 
 lani, Qui suscipiebat 
 sanare InsanoSjrft\/a :o2 ad -S c 
 intra certum Tempus : 
 ant em Curatio erat hujus 
 Modi ; hiibebat Donit 
 Areamj ijf in ca Lacunam 
 
 MANY talked oX 
 
 thesufierfiuous care of Them 
 IVhu feed Dogs for Fowl- 
 ing, A certain Man of Them 
 says. The Fool of LIcdiolanum 
 laughed at These rightly. When 
 the Story nvas denravded^YLo. said, 
 There wcssi Physician, a Citizen 
 of Mediolanum, li ho undertook 
 to cure thQ Mad, brought to Fhn 
 within a certain Time: 
 but the Cure was of this 
 Manner ; He hud at Borne 
 a Court, and in it a Pond 
 
152 
 
 SELECT FABLES OF ^SOP. 
 
 foeiicU Aqu», in Qua 
 /ig-avit ,Eos nudos ad 
 Palum^ Alios usq ; SLdGemia^ 
 Alios Usque ad Ventrem, 
 Nonnullos firofundih', se- 
 cunduiTi Gradu7n Insania; ; 
 ac tamdiu macerabat Eos 
 Aqua-, quoad -viderentur 
 sani Mente, Quidam 
 est allatus inter Catei^os, 
 Queni fiosuit in Aquam 
 usque ad Femur, Qui coe- 
 '^i'ir€si/iiscere\>o^\.quindecim 
 Dies, iJf rogare suum Me- 
 dicum, ut reduceretur 
 ex Aqua; Ille exemit 
 Hominem jl CruciatUj tanien 
 ed Conditione, ne egrede- 
 retur Aream. Cum 
 
 paruiss^et aliquot JDicbus^ 
 permisit, ut perambula- 
 ret totam Domum ; at 
 ut' non egrederecur exterio- 
 rem Januam ; (Sociis, 
 Qui erard multi, relictis in 
 Aquas) paruit Manda- 
 tifi Medici diligen- 
 
 ter ; veio stans super JLi- 
 ?/ze«quodam Tempore-^ (nam 
 non audebat egredi,) -vidit 
 Juvenem venientem'm Equo 
 cum duobus Canibus, llf 
 Accipitre ; motus Novi- 
 tate Rei ; (etenim non tene- 
 bat Memoria 
 
 Qua viderat 
 
 ante Insaniam ;) cum 
 Ju-venis accessisset, Ille 
 inquit, Heus, Tu, oro, re- 
 spond e Mihi paucis : Quid 
 est Hoc, Quo Tehe- 
 ris ? Inquity est Eqnus, 
 
 of stinking Water in Whiclr 
 He bound Them naked to 
 a Stake, Some up to the Knees, 
 Others up to the Belly, 
 some more deeplij, accord- 
 ing to the Degree of Madness ; 
 and so long He starved Them 
 in the Water, till They seemed 
 sound in Mind. A certain Man 
 tvas brought among the the Rest, 
 Whom He put into the Water 
 up to the Thigh ; Who be- 
 gan to repent after fifteen 
 Days, and to ask his Phy- 
 sician, /'/^a^ He might be brought 
 out o/"the Water; He took out 
 the Man from the Torment, yet 
 on that Condition, that he should 
 not go out o/the Court. When 
 He had obeyed some Days, 
 He permitted, that He might 
 walk over the whole House ; but 
 that he should not go out o/the out- 
 ward Gate; his (Companions, 
 Who were many, being left in 
 the Water ;) He obeyed the Com- 
 mands of the Physician diligent- 
 ly ; but standing upon the Thresh- 
 old on a certain Time; (for 
 He didnot dare to go out,) He saw 
 a Young Man coming on a Horse 
 with two Dogs, and 
 
 a Hawk ; moved with the No- 
 velty of the Thing ; for He did not 
 retain in Memory 
 
 the Things Which He had seen 
 before his Madr^ss ;) when 
 the Young Man carne near, He 
 said, So ho. You, / pray, an- 
 swer Me in a few Things : Whaf 
 /5 This, on Which Thou art car- 
 ried? Says he. It is a Horse*- 
 
respondit, 
 
 Is' aptus 
 
 Predicum. 
 
 SELECT FA 
 
 I Tum deincc/is^ Quid voca- 
 I tur Koc, Quod gcstas 
 ! Manu^ Sc m qu\ i^e 
 ] uteris ? Illc 
 est Accipiter, 
 CafHui 
 
 Turn Insanus 
 Hi Qui comliantur Te, 
 Qui sunt, 15* Q'^iid 
 proHunt Tibi ? -^/V, 
 
 Sunt Cane St Sc c/?f£ Au- 
 cupio, erf investigandum 
 ^/x'ej?. Autem hx Aves, 
 Causd capiendi Quas 
 paras Jor Ues, 
 
 cujus Pretii sunt, si co«- 
 feraa Capturam tctius 
 Anni /Vi unum ? f *?« re- 
 spondi^set parvum^ nescio 
 quid^ Sc <7^orf non ex- 
 redcret acx aureos, Insanu3 
 rog-at, Qua:nam sit Impensa 
 Equi, Canum^ iJf 
 
 Accipitris}. afnrmavit Ln- 
 pensam Eorum esse qiiotan- 
 nis, oLiiyiqvaginta Aureos. 
 Tiim admiratus Stuttitiam 
 Juvenis, inquit^ oro, 
 abi hinc ocvuSy antequam 
 Mcdicus red eat Domum ; 
 nam si Hie compcrerit Te 
 covjicict Te in suam 
 JLacuTiam^ veluti inscnissi- 
 minn Omnium, 'cf coHo- 
 cabit Te in Aquu usque ad 
 Mentum. 
 
 5its 
 
 ^OF ^SOP. 
 
 15S 
 
 Then aftci"xvaxd-^ ^^^hat 's^ail-^'^ 
 ed This, J^'A/cA^' A^o^ 0>j^5aft^st-, 
 on thine h'.nd^ and in whl* T/iini; 
 dost Thou use it ? He anrvvcred, ' 
 ic is a Hawk, and fit 
 for the catching- of Partridij^es. 
 7hen the Madman asks, and 
 These, That accompar.ij Thee, 
 J17ii^t are tj\ey, and What 
 do they profit to Thee ? He says, 
 They are Dogf^^^vAJit for Fowl- 
 ing, to trace 
 f/if Birds. But l/i<r5<r Birds, 
 yb?* the Sake of catching IVhic/i 
 You prepare «o 7;r.'/^i/ Things, 
 of what Price are They, if lou 
 put together Catching of a nuhole 
 Year into one ? When He had an- 
 SMcrod a litil^^ I know not 
 ivha*, and ^//o^ it could not ex- 
 ceed sir Guineas, the Madman 
 asks, What mav be the Expense 
 of tlie Horse, of *he Dogs, and 
 of the HuTjk ? 1 le affirmed the Px- 
 pence of Them to be year- 
 ly J'f^y Guineas. 
 Then having admired the folly 
 of the Young Man, says he, I pray 
 go hence r/uickly, before that 
 the Phijsician return Home ; 
 for if He should find Thee, 
 He ivill throro Thee into his 
 Pond, as the mor.t 
 mad of all Men, and He will 
 place Thee in the Water up to 
 xXvc Chin. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Hzcc Fabula ostendit, 
 r7??.'//a6insaniasc££t quotidie 
 \n'jbi<ervaias. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This /^6'Z'/(? shows, 
 
 many Madnesses lo be daily 
 
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 TABLE CCn. 
 
 De obstinata Muliere^ Qua 
 vocavit Viram pccliculo- 
 sum. 
 
 QUxdam Midler, sup^^a 
 modum coi">traria Vi- 
 roj ica tci, vellet esse supe- 
 rior, semel in gravi Alter- 
 catione cum Eo vocavit 
 Eum fiediciilosuin. Ille, ut 
 retractaret illud Veruura, 
 con! undcbat\Jy;.ove.Y[\tC txdena 
 Illain ■Pugnis oc Calcibus, 
 Qua mai^is cxdcbatur, 
 €) plus vocavit Ilium 
 jiedlcuhsum. Vir. tundtm 
 lastus verberando Iliam, 
 vt supsraret Pertina- 
 ciain Uxoris, dimisit 
 in Flumc^n per Funem, 
 dlcens.^ Se sii^^ocaturum 
 Kar.i, 81 non abstiiieret 
 talibus Verbis. Ilia per- 
 stubat riihilb minus contt- 
 nruire illud Verbriin, quam- 
 \\i f.xa usque ad Men turn 
 .in Aqui. Turn Vir 
 dtmenit Earn in Flumen, 
 iiU lit ?*o?2 posset ■ loqui 
 ainfdu'', tentans si posgiet 
 avcricye Earn a Pertinacia 
 Tl-aorc Mortis. ^' Ilia, 
 J''acidta'e' loquendi ademji- 
 titt txpriniebat Dii^ntifi, 
 Quod nequibat ore : 
 .M/;?v, r»I;.nibus rrd-r.'z' supra 
 Cufvit^ Uu'^'uib-JS ittriiis-iie 
 rollicis conjunct is, dedit 
 
 Of the obstinate Woman, ivho 
 called her Husband lousy. 
 
 ACi.tain Woman, above 
 measure cQTxlY^ivytohcr Hus- 
 bu/ia,so that she \vouId be upper- 
 most, once in a heavy Quar- 
 rel wi.a Hirn called 
 Him. lousy. He, that 
 She might retract that V/ord, 
 bruised his Wife, beating 
 Her ivith hi3 Fists and Heeh. 
 ByhQwiiiuch'/ii.';;2orfshewasbeat 
 by&omuch\.h.Q more she calledH'im 
 lousy. The Man at length 
 tired with bec.tJng Her, 
 that Fie might overcome fAe Gb- 
 stinacy of his WifCj/et her down 
 into a River by a Rope, 
 saying, that He nvould suffocate 
 IIei\ (/'She would not abstain 
 /ro;«' i'Mc/i Words. 8hc per- 
 sistecim ?20f/i/n^ the. less fo conti- 
 nue that Word, al- 
 tho' f-Jced up fo the Chin 
 m the Water. 2V;en the Man 
 pduv.ged Her /n^o the River, 
 so that 6'A6' could not sp^^ak 
 more, tryintj // Fie could 
 avtrt Her from her Obstinacy 
 by the Fear-oi Ocath.,^rf.^ She, 
 th^Facultyohi)iiSLWiiv^being takci 
 CTc^Gi/, expressed iviih her Fingers 
 what she co'uldnot v/ith her mouth 
 yb?-, her \l^\^A's being raised above 
 her Head, ,he Nails of each 
 Thumb beir.g joined-) She gave 
 
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 ^uod Opprobrium fiotuit ivkat Reproac' ^he ..^uct^-^ v 
 Viroj iltQ Gestu. toher Husband, -^ r/;ar Gesture. ^^ 
 
 MoR. MoR. 
 
 Hacc i^^w/« indicat, ^rw^rf This Fable sho^vs, thai' 
 
 Quidam retinebi.- C suam Some ivill retain their 
 
 Pe7'tinada?n Gtiam Pcriculo Obstinacy even at the Hazard 
 
 Mortis. of Death. 
 
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