1250. Into _Hebrew_, by Rabbi Joel. 1263-78. Into _Latin_, by Johannes of Capua, s. t. “Directorium humanæ vitæ” (print. 1480). a: Into _German_ under Eberhard, Duke of Würtemberg (d. 1325), printed before 1483. b: 1493. Into _Spanish_, s. t. “Exemplario contra los Engaños.” b: 1548. Into _Italian_, by Ange Firenzuola, s. t. “Discorsi degli Animali.” b: 1552. Into _Italian_, by Doni, s. t. “La Filosofia Morale.” b: 1556. Into _French_, by Gabr. Cottier, s. t. “Le Plaisant Discours des Animaux.” b: 1570. Into _English_, by North. b: 1579. Into _French_, by Pierre de La Rivey, s. t. “Deux Livres de Filosofie Fabuleuse.” 1080. Into _Greek_, by Simeon Seth, s. t. “Ichnelates et Stephanites,” ed. Starkius, 1697. 1583. Into _Italian_, by G. Nuti, s. t. “Del Governo de’ Regni.” 1666. Into _Latin_, by Petrus Possinus. You see now before your eyes the bridge on which our fables came to us from East to West. The same bridge which brought us Perrette brought us hundreds of fables, all originally sprung up in India, many of them carefully collected by Buddhist priests, and preserved in their sacred canon, afterwards handed on to the Brahminic writers of a later age, carried by Barzûyeh from India to the court of Persia, then to the courts of the Khalifs at Bagdad and Cordova, and of the emperors at Constantinople. Some of them, no doubt, perished on their journey, others were mixed up together, others were changed till we should hardly know them again. Still, if you once know the eventful journey of Perrette, you know the journey of all the other fables that belong to this Indian cycle. Few of them have gone through so many changes, few of them have found so many friends, whether in the courts of kings or in the huts of beggars. Few of them have been to places where Perrette has not also been. This is why I selected her and her passage through the world as the best illustration of a subject which otherwise would require a whole course of lectures to do it justice. But though our fable represents one large class or cluster of fables, it does not represent all. There were several collections, besides the Pancatantra, which found their way from India to Europe. The most important among them is the “Book of the Seven Wise Masters, or the Book of Sindbad,” the history of which has lately been written, with great learning and ingenuity, by Signor Comparetti.[38]