Social Commentaries
Book I, Epigram 43: De Porcia
Translated by R. Fletcher (1656) · From Ex Otio Negotium (1656)
Social Commentaries
When Porcia heard her husband Brutus fate,
And grief pursued substracted armes to take,
Know ye not yet death cannot be denyed?
Quoth she, this proof enough my father tried
This sayd, she drank the burning Coals in ire,
Go now vexatious Crowd your sword retyre.
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Martial. “Book I, Epigram 43: De Porcia.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/16/.
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Martial. “Book I, Epigram 43: De Porcia.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/16/.
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