Social Commentaries

Book III, Epigram 90: De Galla

by Martial c. 40–c. 104

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

Social Commentaries

My Galla will, and will not buss,
My fancy never could;
By willing and not willing thus,
Suppose what Galla would.

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Martial. “Book III, Epigram 90: De Galla.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/76/.

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Martial. “Book III, Epigram 90: De Galla.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/76/.

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