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Phryx Aesopus (Osius, 1574)

271. DE CORPORE ET ANIMO. (Perry 0)

FAma refert Animum morientes corporis artus
Deseruisse, mori nescius ipse manet.
Cum prius hoc ergo, coepit quam putre resolvi,
Interno tumidum forte vapore foret:
Audet iners stolide vanum iactare tumorem,
Quo sibi mirifice iam placuisse ferunt.
At durare diu non illum posse tumorem,
Indeque mox animus damna futura docet.
Saepe tumens stolido quis iactat inania fastu,
Prodere stultitiam verba superba solent.

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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.