# de Spectaculis 22

Martial, de Spectaculis, Poem 22. Latin.

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Sollicitant pauidi dum rhinocerota magistri
seque diu magnae colligit ira ferae,
desperabantur promissi proelia Martis;
sed tandem rediit cognitus ante furor.
Namque grauem cornu gemino sic extulit ursum,
iactat ut inpositas taurus in astra pilas:

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