Phryx Aesopus (Osius, 1574)
68. ASINUS ET CORVUS. (Perry
190)
IN viridi prato pascentem laetus Asellum
Vidit, et hunc laceram Corvus habere cutem.
Involat huic, est qua pars ulcere saucia dorsi,
Tundere quam rostro strennuus [Reg: strenuus] ales adest.
Subsiliens rudit unde gravem perpessa dolorem
Bestia, sic agitans quam fera ridet avis.
Haec cum praeteriens Lupus improba facta notaret,
Res probat infelix nos, ait, ista genus.
Nam vix dum visos clamoribus urget, et armis
Omnis homo, cupiens caede domare Lupos.
Hic impune (notans Corvum) cum pectat Aselli
Pellem, ridendo taleque tractet opus.
Quorum naturae pravi sunt crimine mores,
Se subito, quales sint, aperire solent.
*** The drawing does not fit the fable. ***
Compare also the image at Fable 269 (also does not fit). This might be an illustration for Perry 553.
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. |
