The fables of Æsop, selected, told anew and their history traced . s et Nouvelles^who got it from the Dialogus Creaturarum of NicholausPergamenus, who derived it from the Sermones of Jacques deVitry (see Prof. Cranes edition, no. ii.), who probablyderived it from the Directoriufn Humana Vitce of Johnof Capua, a converted Jew, who translated it from theHebrew version of the Arabic Kalilah iva Dinmah, whichwas itself derived from the old Syriac version of a Pehlevitranslation of the original Indian work. 220 ^SOPS FABLES LXXVIIL—HORSE AND ASS. Babrius 7. Cf. Kirchhoff, Wendenmuth^ vii. 54 (edit.
The fables of Æsop, selected, told anew and their history traced . s et Nouvelles^who got it from the Dialogus Creaturarum of NicholausPergamenus, who derived it from the Sermones of Jacques deVitry (see Prof. Cranes edition, no. ii.), who probablyderived it from the Directoriufn Humana Vitce of Johnof Capua, a converted Jew, who translated it from theHebrew version of the Arabic Kalilah iva Dinmah, whichwas itself derived from the old Syriac version of a Pehlevitranslation of the original Indian work. 220 ^SOPS FABLES LXXVIIL—HORSE AND ASS. Babrius 7. Cf. Kirchhoff, Wendenmuth^ vii. 54 (). Some versions have only a wounded charger,who is afterwards set to work as a draught horse. LXXIX.—THE TRUMPETER PRISONER. Greek prose iEsop, 386. Probably from Babrius. , 171. Waldis, 155. LEstrange, 67. Kirchhoff,vii. 93. LXXX.—BUFFOON AND COUNTRYMAN. Greek Prose iEsop. LXXXI.—OLD WOMAN AND WINE-JAR. Greek Prose iEsop. LXXXIL—FOX AND GOAT (Re. iii.) Phaed. iv. 9 ; occurs also in Babrius as reconstructed byGittlbauer, No. iwm Roman numbers refer to the order of notes, Arabic to pages of text. A fewproverbial expressions derived from fables are given in italics, with reference tothe fables from which they are derived [see Notes). Cross references havebeen given for other titles of the fables. Androcles, xxiii., 60 Ant and Grasshopper, xxxvi., 86 Ass and Lapdog, x., 24 Ass in Lions skin, xlix., 116 Asss Brains, lxxiv., 177 Avaricious and Envious, liv., 127 Bald Man and Fly, xviii., 47Bat, Birds, and Beasts, xxiv., 62Belling the Cat, lxvii., 159Belly and Members, xxix., 72Bloiu hot and cold, see Man and SatyrBcrroived plumes, see Jay and PeacockBrass Pot and Earthenware Pot, see Two PotsBuffoon and Countryman, Ixxx., 1S9Bull and Frog, see Frog and OxBundle of Sticks, lxxii., 173 Cat-Maiden, lxxvi., 180 Cock and Pearl, i., 2 Countryman and Serpent, see Woodman and SerpentCrabs, see Two CrabsCrow and Pitcher, lv., 129 Daw and Peacocks, see
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