# Epigrammaton Libri 1.14

Martial, Epigrammaton Libri, Poem 1.14. Latin.

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Delicias, Caesar, lususque iocosque leonum
uidimus — hoc etiam praestat harena tibi —
cum prensus blando totiens a dente rediret
et per aperta uagus curreret ora lepus.
Vnde potest auidus captae leo parcere praedae?
Sed tamen esse tuus dicitur: ergo potest.

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