Social Commentaries
Book IV, Epigram 88: De Bassa
Translated by R. Fletcher (1656) · From Ex Otio Negotium (1656)
Social Commentaries
Thy Bassa's used to place a childe up by her,
And calls it her delight her pretty pinck:
Yet loves no childe, which thou mayst more admire,
What then's the cause? why, Bassa's wont to stinck.
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Martial. “Book IV, Epigram 88: De Bassa.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/98/.
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