Social Commentaries
Book XI, Epigram 77: Ad Paetum
Translated by R. Fletcher (1656) · From Ex Otio Negotium (1656)
Social Commentaries
Paetus thou took'st ten sesterties from mee
Cause Bucco loos'd two hundred due to thee,
May others crimes I pray nere hurt me! when
Two hundred thou canst loose, why not my ten?
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Martial. “Book XI, Epigram 77: Ad Paetum.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/256/.
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Martial. “Book XI, Epigram 77: Ad Paetum.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/256/.
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