Social Commentaries
Book I, Epigram 20: In Aeliam
Translated by R. Fletcher (1656) · From Ex Otio Negotium (1656)
Social Commentaries
Aelia just four teeth had, if I told right,
One Cough ejected two, another two:
Now she may Cough securely day and night
There's nothing left for the third Cough to doe.
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Martial. “Book I, Epigram 20: In Aeliam.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/8/.
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Martial. “Book I, Epigram 20: In Aeliam.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/8/.
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