# Epigrammaton Libri 1.43

Martial, Epigrammaton Libri, Poem 1.43. Latin.

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Bis tibi triceni fuimus, Mancine, uocati
et positum est nobis nil here praeter aprum;
non quae de tardis seruantur uitibus uuae
dulcibus aut certant quae melimela fauis;
non pira quae longa pendent religata genesta
aut imitata breuis Punica grana rosas;
rustica lactantis nec misit Sassina metas
nec de Picenis uenit oliua cadis:
nudus aper, sed et hic minimus qualisque necari
a non armato pumilione potest.
Et nihil inde datum est; tantum spectauimus omnes:
ponere aprum nobis sic et harena solet.
Ponatur tibi nullus aper post talia facta,
sed tu ponaris cui Charidemus apro.

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