Social Commentaries
Book VIII, Epigram 12: Ad Priscum
Translated by R. Fletcher (1656) · From Ex Otio Negotium (1656)
Social Commentaries
Dost ask why I'de not marry a rich wife?
I'le not be subject in that double strife.
Let matrons to their heads inferior be
Else man and wife have no equalitie.
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Martial. “Book VIII, Epigram 12: Ad Priscum.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/183/.
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Martial. “Book VIII, Epigram 12: Ad Priscum.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/183/.
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