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126. PISCATORES ET TESTUDINES. (Perry 0)

COncharum saturos cum nausea carne teneret,
Qui struere insidias piscibus arte solent.
Relliquiasque cibi non raras huius haberent,
Illum Mercurio praetereunte locum.
His epulis vesci dignetur ut ipse lacessunt,
Qui tamen oblatas respuit esse dapes.
Non ignarus enim qua mente vocetur ut ipsi
Exigit haec condant fercula, sive vorent.
Post sua convivam nec se fastidia poscant,
Haec obiurgatis verba locutus abit.
Prodigus haec aliis olim quae nauseat ipse,
Largiri quamvis sint pretiosa, solet.

*** The drawing does not fit the fable. ***
The same image appears at Fable 206 where it fits.

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.