Aesop's Fables and Other Parables: Odo of Cheriton
46. DE VULPE.
Perry 610
Et applicatur male remuneranti.
Vulpes semel uoluit aquam transire per nauem; promisit Nauclero mercedem.
Nauclerus Vulpem in naui ultra flumen portauit; mercedem postulauit. Ait
Vulpes: Bene dabo. Et minxit in cauda sua, et aspersit in oculos Naucleri,
qui ait: Pessimam mercedem mihi tribuis.
Inde dicitur: Qui malo seruit seruicium suum perdit. / Puppe canis
latus pro munere reddet [h]yatus.
 The
Latin text of Odo shown here is taken from Léopold Hervieux, Les fabulistes
latins depuis le siècle d'Auguste jusqu'à la. fin du Moyen-Age (1893-1899).
There is a delightful English translation of Odo by John Jacobs, which is still
in print. It's a lovely book!
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