# Epigrammata 2.32

Martial, Epigrammata, Poem 2.32. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/martial/epigrammata/2.32

Lis mihi cum Balbo est, tu Balbum offendere non vis,
Pontice: cum Licino est, hic quoque magnus homo est.
Vexat saepe meum Patrobas confinis agellum,
Contra libertum Caesaris ire times.
Abnegat et retinet nostrum Laronia servum,
Respondes 'Orba est, dives, anus, vidua.'
Non bene, crede mihi, servo servitur amico:
Sit liber, dominus qui volet esse meus.

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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.