# Epigrammaton Libri 11.27

Martial, Epigrammaton Libri, Poem 11.27. Latin.

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Ferreus es, si stare potest tibi mentula, Flacce,
cum te sex cyathos orat amica gari,
vel duo frusta rogat cybii tenuemve lacertum
nec dignam toto se botryone putat;
cui portat gaudens ancilla paropside rubra
allecem, sed quam protinus illa voret;
aut cum perfricuit frontem posuitque pudorem,
sucida palliolo vellera quinque petit.
At mea me libram foliati poscat amica,
aut virides gemmas sardonychasve pares,
nec nisi prima velit de Tusco Serica vico
aut centum aureolos sic velut aera roget.
Nunc tu velle putas haec me donare puellae?
Nolo, sed his ut sit digna puella volo.

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