Aesop's Fables and Other Parables: Odo of Cheriton
47. DE SYMIA.
Perry
Applicatur nolenti sustinere aduersa.
Simia libenter comedit nucleum, quia dulcis est; sed, quando gustat de
cortice amaritudinem, nucleum in interius relinquit et nucem proicit.
Sic est de stolidis hominibus, quia sub amaritudine pene presentis
latet gaudium uite celestis. Sed stultus propter hanc amaritudinem, quia
non uult ieiunare, uigilare nec aliquam amaritudinem sustinere, dimittit
et amittit dulcedinem uite eterne. G[regorius]: Stultus mauult in perpetuum
puniri quam ad tempus aliquid aduersitatis perpeti.
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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