Social Commentaries

Book II, Epigram 37: In Caecilianum

by Martial c. 40–c. 104

Translated by R. Fletcher (1656) · From Ex Otio Negotium (1656)

Social Commentaries

What's here and there thou dost purloyn,
A pregnat sow's papps, a hoggs chine,
A woodcock, commons for two men,
A whole Jack, half a Barble, then
A Lamprey's side, a Pullet's thigh,
A Stock-dove boyld in pottage by:
When these are hid in greasy clout,
And to thy Boy deliverd out
To be brought to thy home: we sit
An idle crowd without a bit.
Restore the feast if any shame there bee,
To morrow I have not invited thee.

MLA

Martial. “Book II, Epigram 37: In Caecilianum.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/46/.

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Martial. “Book II, Epigram 37: In Caecilianum.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/46/.

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