Social Commentaries
Book IV, Epigram 72: Ad Quinctum
Translated by R. Fletcher (1656) · From Ex Otio Negotium (1656)
Social Commentaries
Quinctus requires I should give him my books:
I have them not, at Tryphon's he may speed:
Shall I buy toys (quoth he) with sober looks?
And verse? l'me not so mad: nor I indeed.
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Martial. “Book IV, Epigram 72: Ad Quinctum.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/94/.
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Martial. “Book IV, Epigram 72: Ad Quinctum.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/94/.
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