# Epigrammaton Libri 11.7

Martial, Epigrammaton Libri, Poem 11.7. Latin.

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Jam certe stupido non dices, Paula, marito,
ad moechum quotiens longius ire voles,
"Caesar in Albanum jussit me mane venire,
Caesar Circeios." Jam stropha talis abit.
Penelopae licet esse tibi sub principe Nerva:
sed prohibet scabies ingeniumque vetus.
Infelix, quid ages? Aegram simulabis amicam?
Haerebit dominae vir comes ipse suae,
ibit et ad fratrem tecum matremque patremque.
Quas igitur fraudes ingeniosa pares?
Diceret hystericam se forsitan altera moecha
in Sinuessano velle sedere lacu.
Quanto tu melius, quotiens placet ire fututum,
quae verum mavis dicere, Paula, viro!

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