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M0993 = Perry205. Source: De Furia 163. This is Perry 205. For a fable about feigned tears and real ones, see #946.
Friday, October 8, 2010
Illustrated: Dives et Praeficae
993. Dives et Praeficae. Dives quidam, duas filias habens, altera earum defuncta, praeficas mercede conduxit. Tum vero altera sic matrem alloquitur, “Heu nos miseras, quae flere nescimus, cum nobis tale infortunium contigerit. Hae vero, licet nulla nobis necessitate coniunctae, sic vehementer pectora tundunt ac lugent.” Cui mater “Ne mireris, filia,” respondit, “si tam flebiliter istae lamentantur; id enim nummorum causa tantummodo faciunt.”
Click here for a SLIDESHOW of all the Medici Aesop images.
M0993 = Perry205. Source: De Furia 163. This is Perry 205. For a fable about feigned tears and real ones, see #946.
Click here for a SLIDESHOW of all the Medici Aesop images.
M0993 = Perry205. Source: De Furia 163. This is Perry 205. For a fable about feigned tears and real ones, see #946.
