# Epigrammaton Libri 4.71

Martial, Epigrammaton Libri, Poem 4.71. Latin.

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Quaero diu totam, Safroni Rufe, per urbem,
si qua puella neget: nulla puella negat.
Tamquam fas non sit, tamquam sit turpe negare,
tamquam non liceat, nulla puella negat.
Casta igitur nulla est? Sunt castae mille. Quid ergo
casta facit? Non dat, non tamen illa negat.

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