Irenaeus Fable 67. Piscatores.

I've embarked on a new Latin fable project here at the Latin Via Fables blog: digitizing the 300 fables in the Mithologica sacro-profana, seu florilegium fabularum by P. Irenaeus, published in 1666, which has recently become available at GoogleBooks. For a complete index of the fables in the book, with links to the fables I've digitized so far, check out the Aesopus wiki page at Aesopus.PBwiki.com.

Today's fable is De Piscatoribus, the story of the unexpected good luck that befall some fishermen. In Perry's indexing system, this is Perry 21.

To make reading the fable easier, I've provided a segmented version of the story below.

Piscatores, iactis in mari retibus, diu multumque fatigati, nil ceperant, et iam taedio, labore, ac desperatione victi, abire decreverant, fortunam incusantes, cum insperato piscis immanis ab alio actus, in ipsam piscatorum tristium scapham insilit. Quem hi, supra modum laetantes, comprehendunt, et Fortunae Deae acceptum referunt, quod ars diu tentata negaverat.

Piscatores,
iactis in mari retibus,
diu multumque fatigati,
nil ceperant,
et iam taedio, labore, ac desperatione victi,
abire decreverant,
fortunam incusantes,
cum insperato
piscis immanis
ab alio actus,
in ipsam piscatorum tristium scapham
insilit.
Quem
hi, supra modum laetantes,
comprehendunt,
et Fortunae Deae acceptum
referunt,
quod ars diu tentata negaverat.

Here's an illustration for the fable (image source):

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