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Aesop's Fables and Other Parables: Odo of Cheriton

18. DE YDRO ET COCODRILLO EXEMPLUM.
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Quoddam animal dicitur Ydrus, et inuoluit se luto, ut melius possit labi, et tandem intrat in os Cocodrilli, quando dormit, et intrat [in] uentrem et mordet cor. Et sic perimit Cocodrillum.
Ydrus significat filium Dei qui assumpsit lutum nostre carnis, ut facilius laberetur in os Diaboli, et sic intrauit et cor Diaboli mordens ipsum interfecit.


The Latin text of Odo shown here is taken from Léopold Hervieux, Les fabulistes latins depuis le siècle d'Auguste jusqu'à la. fin du Moyen-Age (1893-1899). There is a delightful English translation of Odo by John Jacobs, which is still in print. It's a lovely book!