# Epigrammaton Libri 10.2

Martial, Epigrammaton Libri, Poem 10.2. Latin.

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Festinata prior, decimi mihi cura libelli
Elapsum manibus nunc revocavit opus.
Nota leges quaedam, sed lima rasa recenti;
Pars nova maior erit: lector, utrique fave,
Lector, opes nostrae: quem cum mihi Roma dedisset.
'Nil tibi quod demus maius habemus' ait.
'Pigra per hunc fugies ingratae flumina Lethes
Et meliore tui parte superstes eris.
Marmora Messallae findit caprificus, et audax
Dimidios Crispi mulio ridet equos:
At chartis nec furta nocent et saecula prosunt,
Solaque non norunt haec monumenta mori.'

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