Hiet uch. Heed thou. Beware.

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Woodcut, between about 1450 and 1500. The caption transcribes as

     hiet uch vor den kacczen · dy vorn lecken unde hinden kratczen

and translates as “Beware of cats. They lick in front and scratch in back.”

Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Braunschweig. https://kk.haum-bs.de/?id=xv-einbl-ab3-0056

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