Social Commentaries
Book X, Epigram 16: In Cajum
Translated by R. Fletcher (1656) · From Ex Otio Negotium (1656)
Social Commentaries
(Cajus) if promises be all thy gifts,
I'le overcome thee in thy bounteous shifts.
Take all th' sturian Digs in Spanish fields,
And all the Ore that golden Tagus yields,
What ere the Indian finds in the Sea weed,
And what the Phaenix in her Nest hath hid,
Take all great Tyros cloath of richest dy,
Take all men have: O how thy gifts doe fly!
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Martial. “Book X, Epigram 16: In Cajum.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/223/.
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