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M0681 = Perry080. Source: Dana 28. This is Perry 80. For more about the flies and honey, see #672. See also the fable of the mouse in the soup pot, #201.
Monday, September 27, 2010
Illustrated: Muscae et Mel
681. Muscae et Mel. Ad mel, profusum in cella quadam, advolantes, muscae illius dulcissimo succo iucundissime pascebantur. Sed iam saturae, cum avolare vellent, pedibus nitentibus, etiam alis in tenace liquore haerentibus, moriturae, “O miserae,” inquiunt, “quantillus nobis cibus interitum attulit.”
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