# Epigrammaton Libri 1.104

Martial, Epigrammaton Libri, Poem 1.104. Latin.

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Picto quod iuga delicata collo
pardus sustinet inprobaeque tigres
indulgent patientiam flagello,
mordent aurea quod lupata cerui,
quod frenis Libyci domantur ursi
et, quantum Calydon tulisse fertur,
paret purpureis aper capistris,
turpes esseda quod trahunt uisontes
et molles dare iussa quod choreas
nigro belua non negat magistro:
quis spectacula non putet deorum?
Haec transit tamen, ut minora, quisquis
uenatus humiles uidet leonum,
quos uelox leporum timor fatigat.
Dimittunt, repetunt, amantque captos,
et securior est in ore praeda,
laxos cui dare peruiosque rictus
gaudent et timidos tenere dentes,
mollem frangere dum pudet rapinam,
cum modo uenerint iuuencis.stratis
Haec clementia non paratur arte,
sed norunt cui seruiant leones.

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