1264

Humorous Writings.

MAGNANIMITY.

The falcon never seizes any but large birds and will sooner die than eat [tainted] meat of bad savour.

II.

FABLES.

Taken from The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci edited by Jean Paul Richter, 1880.

Notebooks of Leonoardo da Vinci
XX: Humorous Writings.
. . .
1244,
1245,
1246,
1247,
1248,
1249,
1250,
1251,
1252,
1253,
1254,
1255,
1256,
1257,
1258,
1259,
1260,
1261,
1262,
1263,
1264
Fables on animals.
1265,
1266,
1267,
1268,
1269,
1270
Fables on lifeless objects.
1271,
1272,
1273,
1274
@ Fables on plants.
1275,
1276,
1277,
1278,
1279,
1280,
1281,
1282,
1283,
1284
. . .