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73. LEO ET RANA. (Perry 141)

SUstinet ingentes toto quos edere rictu
Rana, sonos pavitans hausit ut aure Leo:
Perculsum perhibent clamoribus acriter illis,
Edere quos magnam credidit ipse feram.
Mox animo redeunte tamen circumspicit audax,
Inque hostem posito se parat ille metu.
At de vicino repentem flumine Ranam
Observans, temere se stupuisse videt.
Concipit hinc iram pariter, pariterque pudorem,
Iamque domans Ranam calce premente necat.
Quolibet est strepitu res digna pudore moneri,
Explorat a parum turpe timere viro.

*** The drawing does not fit the fable. ***
It could be an illustration for the lion's share, Fable 6.

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.