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Appendix XXVI. Cornix et ouis (Perry 553)

Multos lacessere debiles et cedere fortibus

Odiosa cornix super ouem consederat;
quam dorso cum tulisset inuita et diu,
"Hoc" inquit "si dentato fecisses cani,
poenas dedisses." Illa contra pessima:
"Despicio inermes, eadem cedo fortibus;
scio quem lacessam, cui dolosa blandiar.
ideo senectam mille in annos prorogo."

Latin text from Phaedrus at The Latin Library (Ad Fontes), English translations from The Fables of Phaedrus Translated into English Verse by Christopher Smart (London: 1913). Ben Perry, Babrius and Phaedrus (Loeb), contains the Latin texts of Phaedrus, with a facing English translation, along with a valuable appendix listing all the Aesop's fables attested in Greek and/or in Latin. Invaluable.