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M0988 (not in Perry). Source: Abstemius 132. This fable is not in Perry’s catalog; Perry omitted most of Abstemius’s fables. For a fable about death’s approach, see #818.
Friday, September 16, 2011
Image: Avarus Moriens et Amici Eius
988. Avarus Moriens et Amici Eius. Vir avarus, moriens, cum tunc demum intellegeret nihil secum laturum, vertit se ad amicos et propinquos quos praesentes cernebat, dicens, “Disce a me, qui omne vitae tempus struendis opibus incubui ne nimium studeatis congregare divitias. Ex tot enim terrae iugeribus, et tam pretiosis vestibus, quas tanto sudore paravi, quinque pedum fossam, et linteamen unum, quo mortuus tegatur, possidebo.”
M0988 (not in Perry). Source: Abstemius 132. This fable is not in Perry’s catalog; Perry omitted most of Abstemius’s fables. For a fable about death’s approach, see #818.
M0988 (not in Perry). Source: Abstemius 132. This fable is not in Perry’s catalog; Perry omitted most of Abstemius’s fables. For a fable about death’s approach, see #818.
