Social Commentaries
Book XII, Epigram 92: De Marone
Translated by R. Fletcher (1656) · From Ex Otio Negotium (1656)
Social Commentaries
Maro a Vow did make but somthing lowd
For an old Friend, by a feirce A gue bow'd;
That if this sickness spared him from the Grave,
Great Jove a grateful Sacrifice should have.
The Doctors promised certain health: O now
Maro makes Vowes to scape the former Vow.
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Martial. “Book XII, Epigram 92: De Marone.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/295/.
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