Aesop's fables : as romanized by Phaedrus : with a literal interlinear translation, accompanied by illustrative notes on the plan recommended by Mr. Locke

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intum fesseJ multd simili lis et cogit rust,

cum trudi larga. At ille profert porcellum

ipsum h sinu; que probans turpem errorem

aperto pignore, ' En, hic declarat,

quales judicea sitis.

VENATOR ET CANIS.

remembrance. Quam canis, sortis adversus omnes veloces When ainog. brave against ali awinseras, semper satis-secisset domino, coepit

languere annis ingravantibus. Aliquando ob-

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jectus pugnas hispidi suis, arripuit aurem

sed demisit praedam cariosis dentibus. Hic

tum Venator dolens objurgabat canem. Cui

BeneX latrans contra, Animus destituit to

non, sed meae Vires; lauda quod fuimus,

si jam damnas quod sumus. V

is now thou-condemnest What We-are. Phaedrus wrote his sisth and last book os labies in his old age, and seems to thinh it necessary thus to bes A lavor sor his senile production : but no apology is requisite. Oid age is ever tenaciousos iis claims, as is dissident os their validity ; and we must beg pardonos Phaedrus, sor not altering the titie os our pages, as his humour directed. He brons mitti achnowledging AEsop as his master, and ho treata him missi due observance in his earlier books: but, mon - Μobilitate viget, viresque acquirit eundo. Re finds that his own strength grows with the Ποπth os hia time, - and at lengin declares of his labies -- Quas AESopeas, non Εsopi nomino; Quasi paueas ille ostendit, ego plures dissero, USus vetusto genere, Sed rebus novis. Phaedrus has oven us a morat where he did not piant one ; and wa would impress it on Our Fouthsul readem in this χω - Lean onus sor a while, tili you are aure os uoue own strength r .e Will maheyou independent os ourseives, scholam in your own right; and whenyou seel that 3our sooting is firm, and your courae clear, then, is Duean larget tha name of LocKE, you may larget that you evor received information or assistance hom Isis Method os Classical Instructio Djsili sd by COOste

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Is order that the pupil may be en led to seanthe verse of Phaedrus, to avoid thoae errore of pronunciation into which he might osterwise sali, and to give each Word iis proper emphasis, Wesu oin a sew remacts, whicli, with the aid of certain signa, placed over such syllabies as wouldotherWise be doubilat, Will render this process,so sar as the above objecta are concerned, a task of no great dissicut ty to him. l. Each line is a verse of aix Ret, each Dot consisting os tWo or three syllabies. 2. When tho soot consista of two syllabies, thefirst may be long or shon excepi in the fixth place, Where it is alwaya ahort); but the secondos two syllabies must be long. 3. When the laot consista os three syllabies, ait must be short; or the first must be long and

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the two nexi ahori; or, vice versa, the firat tuo

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Phaedrus, marking the quantities of tho latterhais os each sooti A sopius auctior quam i mathri tam repiperit

Hanc ego i polit vi verisibus i senatriis.

Duplex l libellii dos i est quod i risum i movet;

Et quod i prudentii villam conisilio i monet. Calum iniuiri si i quis aultem voluierit Quod ar ibores t loquanitur, non i tantum l serae, Fictis i j atri n6s i meminetrit fui bulla.

Is these lines Mere sully scanned, it Would boseen that materi, in the firat line, is a Dactyl, and mem7ne, in the last, a Tribrach: also that throughout there are many Spondees mingled with Iam--ses; but as the knowledge of the tengin os allfirst syllabies is not necessary to pronunciation.we shali not recommend the young pupit, at this stage of his progress, to perplex himself with iis acquisition. It is sussicient sor the present is holearns to main With accuracy tho leugin os finia syllabies in each s t.

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LIBRIS QUINQUE. PROLOGUS.

2Esopus auctor quam materiam repperit. Hanc ego polivi versibus senariis. Duplex libelli dos est: quod risum movet Et qudd prudenti vitam consilio monet. Calumniari si quis autem voluerit, Quδd arbores loquantur, non tantdm serae, Fictis iocari nos memInerit sabulis.

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Ad rivum eundem Lupus et Agnus Venerant, Siti compulsi: superior stabat Lupus, Longhque inferior Agnus : Tunc sauce Improb1 Latro incitatus, jurgii causam intulit. Cur, ' inquit, turbulentam mihi fecisti aquam se Istam bibenti Τ' Laniger contrii timens ' Qui possum, quaeso, facere quod quereris, Lupe 'V A te decurrit ad meos haustus liquor.'Repulsus ille veritatis viribus Ante hos sex menses,' ait, maledixisti mihi. Respondit Agnus ; equidem natus non eram. Pater, hercvlh, tuus,' inquit, maledixit mihi. Atque ita correptum lacerat injusti nece.

Ranae, vagantes liberis paludibus, Clamore magno regem petiore a Iove, Qui dissolutos mores Vi compesceret. Pater Deorum risit, atque illis dedit Parvum tigillum ; missum quod subitd vadi Μotu sonoque terruit pavidum genus. Hoc mersum limo clim jaceret diutilis, Forth una tacith proseri h stagno caput,

Et, explorato rege, cunctas emcat.

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LIBRIS QUINQu R.

Illas, timore posito, certatIm adnatant; Lignumque supra turba petulans insilit: Quod quilin inquitiassent omni contumelia. Alium rogantes Regem, misere ad Iovem. Inutilia quoniam esset, qui fuerat datus. Tum misit illis hydrum, qui, dente aspero,

Corripere coepit singulas: frustra necem Fug1tant inertes : vocem praecludit metus. Furitin igitur dant Μercurio mandata ad Iovem, Assiictis ut succurrat. Tune contra Deus, Quia noluistis vestrum ferre,' inquit, bonum, Μalum perseris.

GRACULUS SUPERBUS.

Tumens inani Graculus superbit, Pennas, Payoni quae deciderant, sustulit Seque exornavit: deinde contemnens suos, Immiscuit se Pavonum formoso gregi. Illi impudenti pennas eripiunt RVi, Fugantque rostria. Μale mulctatus, Graculus Redire moerens coepit ad proprium genus: A quo repulsus, tristem sustinuit notam. Tum quidam ex illis quos prida despexerat; Contentus nostris si fuisses sedibus, Et, quod natura dederat voluisses pati; Nec illam expertus esses contumeliam, Nec hanc repulsam tua sentiret calamitas.

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CANIS NATANS.

Canis, per flumen, carnem dum ferret, natana, Lympharum in speculo vidit amulacrum suum; Aliamque praedam ab alio serri putans, Eripere voluit; verdm decepta aviditas, Et, quem tenebat Hre, demisit cibum; Nec, quem petebat, potest aded attingere.

Vacca, et Capella, et pauens ovIs injuriae, Soesi suore cum Leone in saltibus. Hi quam cepissent Cervum Vasti corporis, Sic est locutus, partibus lactis, Leor' Ego primam tollo, quIa nominor Leo: Secundam, quIa sum fortis, tribuetis mihi: Tum quIa plus valeo, me sequetur tertiae Μalo adfictetur, si quis quartam tetigerit. Sic totam praedam sola improbrias abstulit.

LUPUS ET GRUS.

Οa devoratum fauce quum haereret Lupi. Μagno dolore victus, coepit singulos

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LIBRIS QUINQUE.

Illicere predo, ut illud extraherent malum Tandem persuasa est jurejurando Gruis ;Gulaeque credens colli longitudinem, Periculosam fecit medicinam Lupo. Pro quo quam pactum flagitaret praemium; Ingrata es,' inquit, ore quae nostro caput Incolume abstuleris, et mercedem postules lV

PASSER ET LEPUS.

Oppressum ab aquila, fletus edentem graVes, Leporem objurgabat Passer: ubi pernicitas Nota,'' inquit, illa est 3 QuId Ita cessarunt Pedes 3 Dum loquitur, ipsum Accipiter nec opinum rapit, Questuque vano clamitantem interficiti Lepus, Semiuiamus, mortis in solatium ; Qui modo securus nostra irridebas mala, Sinti quereli fata deploras tua.'

LUPUS ET VULPES, IUDICE SIΜΙΟ.

Lupus arguebat Vulpem furti crimine ;Negabat illa se esse culpae proximam: Tunc judex inter illos sedit Simius.