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Iusta ultio.
Just revenge
LXXIIII.
Raptabat volucres captum pede corvus in auras
Scorpion, audaci praemia parta gulae.
Ast ille infuso sensim per membra veneno,
Raptorem in stygias compulit ultor aquas.
O risu res digna, aliis qui fata parabat,
Ipse perit, propriis succubuitque dolis.[1]
A raven was carrying off into the flying winds a scorpion gripped in its talons, a prize won for its audacious gullet. But the scorpion, injecting its poison drop by drop through the raven’s limbs, despatched the predator to the waters of the Styx and so took its revenge. What a laughable thing! The one who was preparing death for others himself perishes and has succumbed to his own wiles.
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Juste vengence.
LXXIIII.
Le scorpion prins du corbeau,
Et emporté pour son manger,
Le picqua de queue tout beau,
Luy donnant de mort le danger.
Ainsi a sceu son mal venger.
Ou les lecteurs prudens compreignent,
Que quant fortune veult changer,
Bien souvent les preneurs se preignent.
1. This is a fairly free translation of Anthologia graeca 9.339. See Erasmus, Adagia 58, Cornix scorpium, where the Greek epigram is again translated.
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Juste vengeance.
LXXIIII.
Le Scorpion prins du Corbeau,
Et emporté pour son manger,
Le picqua de queuë tout beau,
Luy donnant de mort le danger.
Ainsi a sceu son mal venger.
Où les lecteurs prudents comprennent,
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Que quand fortune veut changer,
Bien souvent les preneurs se prennent.[1]
commentaires.
Le corbeau, oiseau devorant &
larron, est tous-
jours apres à recercher des charongnes & autre proye
qu’il puisse devorer. Trouvant donc un scorpion, il le
print avec ses ongles crochues. Mais ce
scorpion, beste
tresvenimeuse, picqua son preneur avec sa queue, si
qu’apres est devenu fort bouffi
& enflé, il luy con-
vint mourir, & fut le preneur pris & vaincu, voire
esteinct. On void souvent advenir, que ceux qui dres-
sent des embusches aux autres, tombent
eux mesmes
dans le fossé.
1. This is a fairly free translation of Anthologia graeca 9.339. See Erasmus, Adagia 58, Cornix scorpium, where the Greek epigram is again translated.
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