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Book X, Epigram 63: Epitaphium nobilis Matronae
Translated by R. Fletcher (1656) · From Ex Otio Negotium (1656)
Behold these little Marble stones
Which veile not to those mighty ones
Of Caesar, nor the Carian pride:
Terentus twice my life hath try'd,
And twas sincere to my last end.
Five Boyes great Juno did me sen d,
And just as many Girles as those
Whose hands my dying eyes did close.
And this rare glory happ'ned more to mee,
One prick was privy to my chastitie.
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Martial. “Book X, Epigram 63: Epitaphium nobilis Matronae.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/230/.
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Martial. “Book X, Epigram 63: Epitaphium nobilis Matronae.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/230/.
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