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EMBLEMA CLXVIII [=167] .
Captivus ob gulam.
Caught by greed
Regnatorque penus, mensaeque arrosor herilis
Ostrea mus summis vidit hiulca labris.
Queis teneram apponens barbam falsa ossa momordit
Ast ea clauserunt tacta repentè domum.
Deprensum & tetro tenuerunt carcere furem,
Semet in obscurum qui dederat tumulum.[1]
A mouse, king of the pantry, nibbler at the master’s table, saw oysters with their shells just slightly open. Applying his sensitive whiskers, he nibbled the deceptive bone. The oysters, when touched, suddenly slammed shut their house and held the thief, caught red-handed, in a noisome prison, a thief who had put himself into a lightless tomb.
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Das CLXVIII [=167] .
Ein gefangner von wegen deß Ge-
schlecks.
Ein Mauß die in ein gmach voll speiß
War, bschnarchts und biß an all Tracht leiß
Sticht [=Sicht]
ein Muschel ein weng erkreckt
Darauß gucket ein Osterschneck
Laufft bald herzu versucht sein heil
Ob ir darvon möcht werdn ir theil
Bald aber sie den Schnecken anrürt
Thut er sich in sein Hauß und wirt
Die Mauß erhascht und bschlossen ein
In das finster Gefengnuß sein
Also in ein finster Grabstat
Die Mauß sich selbs geführet hat.
1. This poem is a translation of Anthologia graeca 9.86.
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