Dyalogus Creaturarum:

RENAISSANCE WOODCUTS & FABLES

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De Onocentaurus qui facit palacium* Dyalogus.lxciij

About the Donkey-Centaur who built a Palace:
Dialogue 93

Donkey-Centaur - part donkey, part human - had a most beautiful palace built for him: and, trusting entirely in his own judgment, he refused to listen to the advice of the architect, saying "I am wise and ingenious - don't come trying to teach me what to do, it's going to be done the way I want".

Of course, when the palace was finished, it just collapsed and fell to the ground in ruins, because it was neither well-founded nor well-made. The donkey-centaur was covered in confusion, and, having lost everything, lamented

	Eight Stories: About Laurus, the Sea-Eagle About the Pheasant and the Peacock About the Owl who wanted to rule over the Birds About the Countryman and the Bees About the Lion who built a Priory About the Donkey-Centaur who built a Palace About the Monkey who wrote Books About the Wolf and the Donkey
Introduction	Original editions	Johan Snell's printing