De Herinaceis et Viperis

Title: De Herinaceis Viperas hospites eiicientibus: Hedgehogs and Vipers

Source: Aesop's Fables, 1687 (illustrated by Francis Barlow).

Parallels: This fable does not appear in Perry, but you can find the story in early modern editions of Aesop, such as Abstemius.

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