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Aesop's Fables and Other Parables: Odo of Cheriton

79. [DE MURE ET FILIIS SUIS].
Perry

Qvidam Mus domesticus habuit filios proteruos. Cum exiebat ad pascua, exterius cucurrerunt alter ledens alterum. Cum vero Mus erat reuersus, omnes fugam inierunt. Vno uero tempore, Mure exeunte ad pascua, venit Murilegus querens exitum filiorum a fouea, et vnum cepit, post alium, et omnes deuorauit.
Sic plerique homines sunt, nolentes obedi(e)re matri Ecclesie, siue parentibus, siue magistris; sed proterue insultant. Contra eos venit ergo Murilegus, id est Dyabolus, temptans eos, et omnes deuoret (sic) et in jehennam proici(e)t.


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!