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102. GRUS ET PAVO. (Perry 294)

PAVO Gruem spernens oculatas explicat alas,
Teque vide quanto sim prior ales, ait?
Aspice quem referant mea dona superba decorem.
Cum tua te foedam forma loquatur avem.
At cito iactatis alte Grus subuolat alis,
Et levis ipsa feror, te gravat, inquit, onus.
Ne, beat ipsa bono quo te natura, superbi,
Aut alios ideo temnere crede tuum.
Sunt aliis etiam, quae laudem dona merentur,
Fingere te solum turpe valere tuis.

Phryx Aesopus Habitu Poetico, by Hieronymus Osius, 1574 (artist not identified). Available online at the University of Mannheim. This book clearly recycles a set of images from another book of Aesop's fables. In some cases, the illustration does not match the fable shown, and in some cases I have not been able to identify what fable a given illustration is supposed to illustrate.