Social Commentaries
Book VII, Epigram 76: In Tuccam
Translated by R. Fletcher (1656) · From Ex Otio Negotium (1656)
Social Commentaries
Tucca most earnestly doth look,
I should present him with my Book:
But that I will not: For I smell
My Book he will not read, but sell.
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Martial. “Book VII, Epigram 76: In Tuccam.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/172/.
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Martial. “Book VII, Epigram 76: In Tuccam.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/172/.
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