# Epigrammata 2.71

Martial, Epigrammata, Poem 2.71. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/martial/epigrammata/2.71

Candidius nihil est te, Caeciliane. Notavi:
Si quando ex nostris disticha pauca lego,
Protinus aut Marsi recitas aut scripta Catulli.
Hoc mihi das, tamquam deteriora legas,
Ut conlata magis placeant mea? Credimus istud:
Malo tamen recites, Caeciliane, tua.

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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.