Social Commentaries
Book III, Epigram 30: Ad Gargilianum
Translated by R. Fletcher (1656) · From Ex Otio Negotium (1656)
Social Commentaries
No money's payd, yet gratis eat'st my cheare,
But when at Rome (Gargilian) what dost there?
Whence hast thou house-rent? or whence a coat?
How canst thou pay thy wench? whence hast a groat?
Though with much reason thou art said to live,
Yet how thou dost it none can reason give.
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Martial. “Book III, Epigram 30: Ad Gargilianum.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/60/.
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Martial. “Book III, Epigram 30: Ad Gargilianum.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/60/.
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