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M0489 = Perry169. Source: Barlow’s Aesop 95. This is Perry 169. For another fable about the perils of winter, see #999.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Illustrated: Hirundo et Iuvenis
489. Hirundo et Iuvenis. Temulentus et dissolutus quidem iuvenis, qui patrimonium integrum decoxerat, ipsa etiam vestimenta solebat pro pecuniis venum dare. Ad hoc, ex augurio circumvolantis hirundinis coniiciens iam aestatem appropinquasse, illico vestitus exuit et seminudus in popinas delituit. Sed, cum brumae reliquiae redeuntes maiori frigore saeviebant et hirundinem enecassent, iuvenis tandem circumvagabatur et, aviculam mortuam offendens, inquit, “O infelicem augurem et tui et mei infortunii!”
Click here for a SLIDESHOW of all the Bewick images. Look closely to see the dead swallow!
Click here for a SLIDESHOW of all the Bewick images. Look closely to see the dead swallow!
