# Epigrammaton Libri 5.23

Martial, Epigrammaton Libri, Poem 5.23. Latin.

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Herbarum fueras indutus, Basse, colores,
iura theatralis dum siluere loci.
Quae postquam placidi censoris cura renasci
iussit et Oceanum certior audit eques,
non nisi uel cocco madida uel murice tincta
uest nites et te sic dare uerba putas.
Quadringentorum nullae sunt, Basse, lacernae,
aut meus ante omnis Cordus haberet equum.

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