Social Commentaries
Book VI, Epigram 72: De Cilice Fure
Translated by R. Fletcher (1656) · From Ex Otio Negotium (1656)
Social Commentaries
Cilix a knave of noted theft,
Resolv'd to rob a Garden by:
But there was nought (Fabullus) left
But a huge Marble-dyetie.
Yet least his empty hand should miss its prey,
Cilix presumed to steal the god away.
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Martial. “Book VI, Epigram 72: De Cilice Fure.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/149/.
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Martial. “Book VI, Epigram 72: De Cilice Fure.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/149/.
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