Duo socii iter faciunt, mendax unus et veridicus alter.
Mendax veridico dicit, "Firmabo tecum: plus lucrabor per falsitatem quam tu per veritatem.”
Veridicus mendaci respondet, "Et ego firmabo: veritas omnia vincit."
Sic firmatio statuta est.
Simiae viatores inveniunt et ad regem adducunt.
Simiarum rex interrogat, “Quid de nobis censes?”
Mendax declarat, “Vos estis pulcherrima inter omnia animalia! Numquam vidi tam pulchram congregationem.”
Rex, eum honorans, aurum et argentum dat.
Alterum interrogat, “Quid de nobis censes?”
Veridicus declarat, “Numquam vidi tam turpem congregationem.”
Simiae iratae eum verberant egregie, et vix evadit.
Veritas non semper omnia vincit.
Quandoque nocet omnia vera dicere.
Inspired by: Mille Fabulae et Una.
Notes: This story is Fable 118. Simiae et Viatores Duo, from the medieval fabulist Odo of Cheriton. I have changed some vocabulary to make it easier to read, but you will still see some medieval Latin there, such as the words veridicus (truth-teller) and firmatio (in the sense of a bet or wager). For an English version (not a translation), see: The Kingdom of the Monkeys.
Notes: This story is Fable 118. Simiae et Viatores Duo, from the medieval fabulist Odo of Cheriton. I have changed some vocabulary to make it easier to read, but you will still see some medieval Latin there, such as the words veridicus (truth-teller) and firmatio (in the sense of a bet or wager). For an English version (not a translation), see: The Kingdom of the Monkeys.
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