Phryx Aesopus (Osius, 1574)
174. VULPES LEPORIS laudatrix. (Perry
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QUae sectante fugax Cane pene prehensa fuisset,
Astutae Vulpes invenit artis opem:
Forte videns Leporem, leporinam subdola carnem
Laudat, et huic miris praedicat ipsa modis.
Coepit ut hac usam iam fraude relinquere Vulpem,
Speque sequi Leporem decipiente Canis:
Mox Lepus evadens pernicior alite vento
Insimulans Vulpem proditionis ait;
Quod nisi laudandi me fraudibus usa fuisses,
Tu rapido fueras praeda futura Cani.
Te tamen egregie Vulpes laudavimus in quit,
Haec accepta tibi res fore visa fuit.
Non prodesse solent laudes, sed obesse malorum,
Hi quia laudando saepe nocere parant.
*** The drawing does not fit the fable. ***
It also appears at Fable 199, 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. |
