# Epigrammata 1.42

Martial, Epigrammata, Poem 1.42. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/martial/epigrammata/1.42

Coniugis audisset fatum cum Porcia Bruti
Et subtracta sibi quaereret arma dolor,
'Nondum scitis' ait 'mortem non posse negari?
Credideram, fatis hoc docuisse patrem.'
Dixit et ardentis avido bibit ore favillas.
I nunc et ferrum, turba molesta, nega.

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Martial, Epigrammata, ed. Wilhelm Heraeus, Jacobus Borovskij. Text: the Perseus Digital Library, canonical-latinLit, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-latinLit/blob/master/data/phi1294/phi002/phi1294.phi002.perseus-lat2.xml.