Die gans; Ich bin ein gans, secht mich recht an, mein tügendt weijss nit jder man; wer mich veracht, vnd kendt mein nicht, der nem auss diesem büch bericht
Illustration on title page of a goose standing on grass. Signed: Hanns von Saher. 1562. Hans von Saher was a schoolmaster and city official active in the early to mid-16th century in Bayreuth, Oberfranken, Germany. Manuscript poem written in octosyllabic rhyming couplets, in which a number of irregularities occur. In the poem a goose is presented as the speaker, setting forth its service and general usefulness to man. These accomplishments include the saving of early Rome from surprise attack, providing delicious food, furnishing a writing instrument, supplying feathers for beds, and others. Hans von Saher's monogram in ink on the final leaf.
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