Saturday, August 28, 2010

Illustrated: Asina Aegrota et Lupus


M0229 - M0230 - M0231
230. Asina Aegrota et Lupus. Febri correptam et graviter laborantem asinam, cum morbus saevus esset, invisit lupus et, tangens aestuans corpus illius, ubi doleret potissimum interrogat. “Ibi,” inquit asina, “vel tantum vel maxime dolet, ubi tu me contingis.”

Asinus et Lupus - Osius

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M0230 = Perry392. Source: Camerarius 231. This is Perry 392. Compare the fable of the cat who goes to visit the hens, #395.