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Phryx Aesopus (Osius, 1574)

293. DE FURTO INDICATO. (Perry 0)

VAsa dolo quidam mandans argentea terris.
Ignoto lateant fure sepulta facit.
Tempore post longo, furtum cum fama taceret,
Protulit, et tandem vendere coepit homo.
Fraus insperatum sic prodidit agnita Furem,
Occultata diu quamlibet ante foret.
Temporis indicio fieri manifesta videmus,
Inquirente tamen nemine vera licet.

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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.