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Book V, Epigram 77: Ad Cinnam
Translated by R. Fletcher (1656) · From Ex Otio Negotium (1656)
Social Commentaries
Oft drinking poyson prepared Mithridate,
No venom could his brains intoxicate:
So Cinna by bad meales so fixd doth grow,
Hunger cannot prevail to starve him now.
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Martial. “Book V, Epigram 77: Ad Cinnam.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/123/.
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Martial. “Book V, Epigram 77: Ad Cinnam.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/123/.
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