Aesop's Fables and Other Parables: Odo of Cheriton
18. DE YDRO ET COCODRILLO EXEMPLUM.
Perry
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!
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