Phryx Aesopus (Osius, 1574)
59. HERUS ET CANES. (Perry 52)
TEmpestate domi quidam cogente latebat
Rusticus, haec ergo longa quod esset hiems:
Et mactavit Oves, et quorum servit aratro
Robur, ut inde cibos comparet ille, Boves.
Illa Canes fieri cauti cum forte viderent,
Moliri celerem constituêre [Reg: constituere] fugam.
Posse viderentur quod non sperare salutem
Hîc [Reg: Hic] , ubi non essent corpora tuta Boum.
Quorum conveniens tamen usibus esset arandi,
Quo sint assidue rura colenda, labor.
Saevitiam quorum vitare domestica nescit
Turba, tuum inprimis esse cavere putes.
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. |
