Social Commentaries
Ad Quintum
From A Poetical Rhapsody (1602), ed. A. H. Bullen (1890–91)
Social Commentaries
Thy lawful wife fair Laelia needs must be,
For she was forced by law to marry thee.
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Codex Note
Translated from Martial.
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