# Epigrammaton Libri 1.103

Martial, Epigrammaton Libri, Poem 1.103. Latin.

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'Si dederint superi decies mihi milia centum'
dicebas nondum, Scaeuola, iustus eques,
'qualiter o uiuam, quam large quamque beate!'
Riserunt faciles et tribuere dei.
Sordidior multo post hoc toga, paenula peior,
calceus est sarta terque quaterque cute:
deque decem plures semper seruantur oliuae,
explicat et cenas unica mensa duas,
et Veientani bibitur faex crassa rubelli,
asse cicer tepidum constat et asse Venus.
In ius, o fallax atque infitiator, eamus:
aut uiue aut decies, Scaeuola, redde deis.

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