Social Commentaries
Book XII, Epigram 95: Ad Priscum
Translated by R. Fletcher (1656) · From Ex Otio Negotium (1656)
Social Commentaries
Priscus thou oft dost ask what I would bee
If I were rich and rais'd to Potencie.
Can any man his future soule declare?
Suppose thou wert a Lyon: How wouldst stare?
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Martial. “Book XII, Epigram 95: Ad Priscum.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/296/.
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Martial. “Book XII, Epigram 95: Ad Priscum.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/296/.
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