Social Commentaries
Book I, Epigram 98: Ad Naevolum Causidicum
Translated by R. Fletcher (1656) · From Ex Otio Negotium (1656)
Social Commentaries
Still in a crowd of noise thy voyce is heard,
And thinkst thy self a Lawyer for thy table,
On this account each man that wears a beard
May be as wise: lo all men peace! now pratle.
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Martial. “Book I, Epigram 98: Ad Naevolum Causidicum.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/30/.
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Martial. “Book I, Epigram 98: Ad Naevolum Causidicum.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/30/.
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