# Epigrammaton Libri 4.86

Martial, Epigrammaton Libri, Poem 4.86. Latin.

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Si uis auribus Atticis probari,
exhortor moneoque te, libelle,
ut docto placeas Apollinari:
nil exactius eruditiusque est,
sed nec candidius benigniusque.
Si te pectore, si tenebit ore,
nec rhonchos metues maligniorum,
nec scombris tunicas dabis molestas:
si damnauerit, ad salariorum
curras scrinia protinus licebit,
inuersa pueris arande charta.

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