Social Commentaries
Book VI, Epigram 12: De Fabulla
Translated by R. Fletcher (1656) · From Ex Otio Negotium (1656)
Social Commentaries
Fabulla sweares
Those new bought hairs
Paulus now by her worne,
Are all her own,
Most truly shown;
Prethee is she for sworn?
If thou deny,
So cannot I.
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Martial. “Book VI, Epigram 12: De Fabulla.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/127/.
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Martial. “Book VI, Epigram 12: De Fabulla.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/127/.
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