# Epigrammaton Libri 4.16

Martial, Epigrammaton Libri, Poem 4.16. Latin.

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Priuignum non esse tuae te, Galle, nouercae
rumor erat, coniunx dum fuit illa patris.
Non tamen hoc poterat uiuo genitore probari:
iam nusquam pater est, Galle, nouerca domi est.
Magnus ab infernis reuocetur Tullius umbris
et te defendat Regulus ipse licet,
non potes absolui: nam quae non desinit esse
post patrem, numquam, Galle, nouerca fuit.

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