Social Commentaries
Book VII, Epigram 80: Ad Lausam
Translated by R. Fletcher (1656) · From Ex Otio Negotium (1656)
Social Commentaries
(Lausus) just thirty Epigrams in all,
My volume thou most truly bad mayst call:
But if beside so many good there be,
The Book is good enough then credit me.
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Martial. “Book VII, Epigram 80: Ad Lausam.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/173/.
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Martial. “Book VII, Epigram 80: Ad Lausam.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/173/.
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