Alain de Lille (also Alanus de Insulis)
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De planctu naturae[]
Latin original[]
Illic unicornis virginali soporatus in gremio, ab hostibus somnum mortis incurrebat.
English translation (Douglas M. Moffat, 1908)[]
The unicorn, lulled to sleep in a virgin's bosom, met in sleep the dream of death by enemies.
Quaestiones naturales (BnF MS lat. 18081)[]
Latin original[]
Questio quare virginis amplexu rinocon capitur? Responsio: Rynoc'on est animal furiosissimum et valde impetuosum quia calidissime est nature...