# Epigrammaton Libri 11.16

Martial, Epigrammaton Libri, Poem 11.16. Latin.

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Qui gravis es nimium, potes hinc jam, lector, abire
quo libet: urbanae scripsimus ista togae;
jam mea Lampsacio lascivit pagina versu
et Tartesiaca concrepat aera manu.
O quotiens rigida pulsabis pallia vena,
sis gravior Curio Fabricioque licet!
Tu quoque nequitias nostri lususque libelli
uda, puella, leges, sis Patavina licet.
Erubuit posuitque meum Lucretia librum,
sed coram Bruto; Brute,recede: leget.

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