# Epigrammaton Libri 4.8

Martial, Epigrammaton Libri, Poem 4.8. Latin.

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Prima salutantes atque altera conterit hora,
exercet raucos tertia causidicos,
in quintam uarios extendit Roma labores,
sexta quies lassis, septima finis erit,
sufficit in nonam nitidis octaua palaestris,
imperat extructos frangere nona toros:
hora libellorum decuma est, Eupheme, meorum,
temperat ambrosias cum tua cura dapes
et bonus aetherio laxatur nectare Caesar
ingentique tenet pocula parca manu.
Tunc admitte iocos: gressu timet ire licenti
ad matutinum nostra Thalia Iouem.

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