
In eum qui sibi ipsi[1] damnum
apparat.
One who brings about his own downfall
XCI.
Capra lupum non sponte meo nunc ubere lacto,
Quod malè pastoris provida cura iubet.[2]
Creverit ille simul, mea me post ubera pascet,
Improbitas nullo flectitur obsequio.[3]
I am a goat giving suck against my will - to a wolf. The improvident kindness of the shepherd makes me do this. Once the wolf has grown, after feeding at my teats, he will then eat me. Wickedness is never deterred by services rendered.

A ceulx qui s’aprestent dommaige.
XCI.
Voyez moy paovre & simple chievre,
Qui laisse ung loup mon pis teter.
J’en suis dolente, & pis que en fievre.
Car mal m’en sentiray traicter.
Mon maistre deust bien regretter
Cest acte, s’il fust homme expert:
Veu qu’on a sceu pieca noter,[4]
Que en tous meschans, plaisir se perd.
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DULCIA QUANDO-
que amara fieri.
Sweetness turns at times to bitterness

Matre procul licta paulum secesserat infans,
Lydius[1], hunc dirae sed rapuistis apes.
Venerat hic ad vos placidas ratus esse volucres,
Cum nec ita immitis vipera saeva foret.
Qua [=Quae]
datis ah dulcia [=dulci]
stimulos pro munere mellis,
Proh dolor, heu sine te gratia nulla datur.[2]
A Lydian babe had strayed some way off, leaving his mother at a distance, but you made away with him, you dreadful bees. He had come to you, thinking you harmless winged creatures, yet a merciless viper would not be as savage as you. Instead of the sweet gift of honey, ah me, you give stings. Ah pain, without you, alas, no delight is granted.
1. This is based on Anthologia graeca 9.548 , where a baby, called Hermonax, is stung to death. See also Anthologia graeca 9.302 for another epigram treating the same incident.
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