Social Commentaries

Book III, Epigram 72: Ad Lauferam

by Martial c. 40–c. 104

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

Social Commentaries

Thou darest be nought, yet wilt not bathe wtih mee,
I know no guilt to ground thy jealousie.
Either thy ragged brests hang ugly down,
Or being naked, fearst to shew thy own,
Else thy torn groin, gapes with a monstrous slit,
Or fome prodigious thing hangs over it;
If none of these? thou art a beauteous tool,
If true? thou hast a worse fault, th'art a fool.

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Martial. “Book III, Epigram 72: Ad Lauferam.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/72/.

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Martial. “Book III, Epigram 72: Ad Lauferam.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/72/.

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