Social Commentaries
Book VI, Epigram 30: In Paetum
Translated by R. Fletcher (1656) · From Ex Otio Negotium (1656)
Social Commentaries
If thou hadst sent mee presentlie
Six sesterties, when first to mee
Thou saydst (my Paetus) take, I give,
Ide ow'd there ten score as I live.
But now to doe't with this delay
When seaven or nine months slipd away,
Wouldst have me tell thee what I think?
Paetus th' hast clearly lost thy chinck.
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Martial. “Book VI, Epigram 30: In Paetum.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/134/.
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Martial. “Book VI, Epigram 30: In Paetum.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/134/.
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