# Epigrammaton Libri 3.17

Martial, Epigrammaton Libri, Poem 3.17. Latin.

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Circumlata diu mensis scribilita secundis
urebat nimio saeua calore manus;
sed magis ardebat Sabidi gula: protinus ergo
sufflauit buccis terque quaterque suis.
Illa quidem tepuit digitosque admittere uisa est,
sed nemo potuit tangere: merda fuit.

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