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M0431 = Perry002. Source: Stoddart p. 116. This is Perry 2. Compare the fable of a frog imitating an ox, #599.
Monday, November 8, 2010
Illustrated: Corvus Aquilam Imitans
431. Corvus Aquilam Imitans. Aquila, celsa de rupe devolans, agnum e grege eripuit. Quod cum corvus videt, aemulatione movetur. Vehementi strepitu, in arietem irruit atque ungues in vellere ita implicat ut se iam motu alarum nequeat explicare. Hunc pastor videns, prehendit; pennis alarum succisis, pueris praebet ludibrio. Ingemens, corvus secum ait, “Hei mihi! Prius, aquilam me esse putavi; nunc vero, me corvum esse cognosco.”
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