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Phryx Aesopus (Osius, 1574)

247. DE CORNICE EDUCANTE ACcipitrem. (Perry 0)

SEnserat Accipitri variis Cornicula nidum,
Atque bonis numquam paene carere cibis.
Quos sibi perpetuis acquireret ille rapinis,
Consilium quare tale secuta fuit:
Alitis ova feri furatur, et incubat illis,
Ac sobolem fatu procreat inde suo.
Mox aetate suam quae confirmata parentem
Devorat, haec stultae poena parentis erat.
Ipsi saepe suam mortales gignere pestem,
Prudentique parum mente fovere solent.

 

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.