# Epigrammaton Libri 1.22

Martial, Epigrammaton Libri, Poem 1.22. Latin.

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Quid nunc saeua fugis placidi, lepus, ora leonis?
frangere tam paruas non didicere feras.
Seruantur magnis isti ceruicibus ungues
nec gaudet tenui sanguine tanta sitis.
Praeda canum lepus est, uastos non implet hiatus:
non timeat Dacus Caesaris arma puer.

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