10 mustela at homo

the weasel and the man

mutella ab homine prensa cum instantem necem effugere vellet

when the weasel caught by the human wanted to escape immediate death

“parce quaesto” inquit “mihi”

“spare to me i beg” she said

quae tibi molestis muribus purgo domum

i who clean the house for you from troublesome mice

respondit ille, “faceres si cause mea,

that human responded “ if you did it for my sake

gratum esset at dedissem veniam supplici

it would be acceptable and i would have given pardon to a supplicant

nunc quia laboras ut fruaris reliquis

now because you labor so that you enjoy scraps

quas sunt rosuri simul et ipsos devores.

which the mice were going to eat and simultaneously you devour the mice themselves

noli imputare vanum beneficum mihi

dont claim this empty action as benefit to me

atque ita locutus improbam leto dedit

and so when the man spoke, he gave the shameless weasel to death

hoc in se dictum debent illi agnoscere

those men the ought to know this story in themsleves

skipping the moral