Phryx Aesopus (Osius, 1574)
162. HYSTRIX ET LUPUS. (Perry 0)
FErtur habere cutem spinis horrentibus Hystrix,
Hoc creat Inda solo terra ferace genus.
Quam non absimilem species testetur echino,
Armatum spinis corpus utrique ferunt.
Sed magis est longis, mireque minacibus Hystrix,
Quas iaculi cum vult mittere more potest.
Pone fatigantes se quas iaculatur in hostes,
Atque sibi immissos his premit usa canes.
Cui Lupus insidians ait, haec quin spicula ponis,
Ne te perpetuo tale fatiget onus?
Mox tibi cum possint re sic poscente resumi,
Nam nihil his armis nunc opus esse putem.
At nobis opus est his ne mucronibus, Hystrix,
Te praesente Lupo destituamur, ait.
Hostilem contra vim te muniveris armis,
Vi prohibere feram vim quia iura sinunt.
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. |
