XCIV Here it is told of the fox and the mule
Edward Storer translation
The fox going through a wood, happened upon a mule, and it had never seen a mule before.
Notes in this chapter
Note 1 · lit.: “a very new beast.” ↑Note 2 · The novella appears elsewhere, as in the Proverbi of Cinto de’ Fabrizi. ↑Note 3 · The fox was greatly afraid, and fled and fleeing happened upon a wolf. The fox said she had discovered a very strange beast1, and did not knNote 4 · The fox went off saying: not everyone who can read is wise2.