BOOK IV.

Prologue 409 510 Fable I. The Ass and the Priests of Cybele 410 509 [III.XIX in Smart] II. The Weasel and the Mice 411 510 [I] III. The Fox and the Grapes 411 511 [II] IV. The Horse and the Wild Boar 411 511 [III] V. Esop interpreting a Will 412 512 [IV] VI. The Battle of the Mice and the Weasels 413 514 [V] VII. The Poet’s Defence against the Censurers of his Fables 414 514 [VI] VIII. The Viper and the File 415 515 [VII] IX. The Fox and the Goat 415 516 [VIII] X. Of the Vices of Men 416 516 [IX] XI. A Thief pillaging the Altar of Jupiter 416 517 [X] XII. Hercules and Plutus 417 517 [XI] XIII. The Lion reigning 417 --- XIV. Prometheus 418 --- XV. The She-Goats and their Beards 418 518 [XII] XVI. The Pilot and the Mariners 419 518 [XIII] XVII. The Embassy of the Dogs to Jupiter 419 --- XVIII. The Man and the Snake 420 519 [XIV] XIX. The Fox and the Dragon 421 519 [XV] XX. Phædrus 422 520 [XVI] XXI. The Shipwreck of Simonides 422 520 [XVII] XXII. The Mountain in Labour 423 522 [XVIII] XXIII. The Ant and the Fly 424 522 [XIX] XXIV. Simonides preserved by the Gods 425 523 [XX] Epilogue 426 524