Social Commentaries
Book I, Epigram 74: Ad Caecilianum
Translated by R. Fletcher (1656) · From Ex Otio Negotium (1656)
Social Commentaries
Scarce on in all the Citty would embrace
Thy proffer'd wife (Caecilian) free to have:
But now she guarded, and lock'd up: apace
Thy custom comes. O th'art a witty knave!
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Martial. “Book I, Epigram 74: Ad Caecilianum.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/24/.
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Martial. “Book I, Epigram 74: Ad Caecilianum.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/24/.
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