# Epigrammaton Libri 7.43

Martial, Epigrammaton Libri, Poem 7.43. Latin.

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Primum est ut praestes, si quid te, Cinna, rogabo;
illud deinde sequens ut cito, Cinna, neges.
Diligo praestantem; non odi, Cinna, negantem:
sed tu nec praestas nec cito, Cinna, negas.

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