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Jupin, a French form of Jupiter

28. Lynx .... taupes, lynxes etc. . . . moles. The lynx being credited with the most piercing eyesight, and the mole beiug wrongly thought to be blind.

31 — 35. A very close imitation of Phsedrus : e. g. Peras inposuit Jupiter nobis duas :

Propriis repletam vitiis post tergum dédit, Alienis jante pectus suspendit gravem.

Hac re videre nostra mala non possumus ; Alii simul delinquunt, censores sumus.

De vitiis hominum.

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