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Link to an image of this page  Link to an image of this page  [N2v p196]

In eum qui sibi ipsi[1] damnum
apparat.

One who brings about his own downfall

XCI.

A wolf cub being suckled by a goat.
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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.

Link to an image of this page  Link to an image of this page  [N3r p197]

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.

Notes:

1.  Textual variant: ‘ipsi’ omitted.

2.  This is a translation of Anthologia graeca 9.47. For the content cf. Aesop, Fables 313-5.

3.  ‘Wickedness is never deterred by services rendered’. See Erasmus, Adagia 1086, Ale luporum catulos.

4.  This line is revised, cf. 1536 edition.([FALa091])

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