Social Commentaries
Book IX, Epigram 33: Qualem velit amicam
Translated by R. Fletcher (1656) · From Ex Otio Negotium (1656)
Social Commentaries
I love a Lasse that's apt, and plain doth goe,
And with my Boy hath had a bout or to.
And her that two-pence makes her mine all ore,
And being one can tugg withhalf a Score,
Shee that asks pay, and in bigg straines doth ball,
Let her bee drudg to thickskinn'd Burdigal.
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Martial. “Book IX, Epigram 33: Qualem velit amicam.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/208/.
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Martial. “Book IX, Epigram 33: Qualem velit amicam.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/208/.
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