# Epigrammaton Libri 2.16

Martial, Epigrammaton Libri, Poem 2.16. Latin.

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Zoilus aegrotat: faciunt hanc stragula febrem.
Si fuerit sanus, coccina quid facient?
quid torus a Nilo, quid Sidone tinctus olenti?
ostendit stultas quid nisi morbus opes?
Quid tibi cum medicis? dimitte Machaonas omnis.
Vis fieri sanus? stragula sume mea.

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