# Epigrammaton Libri 7.72

Martial, Epigrammaton Libri, Poem 7.72. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/martial/epigrammaton-libri/7.72

Gratus sic tibi, Paule, sit December
nec uani triplices breuesque mappae
nec turis ueniant leues selibrae,
sed lances ferat et scyphos auorum
aut grandis reus aut potens amicus,
seu quod te potius iuuat capitque;
sic uincas Nouiumque Publiumque
mandris et uitreo latrone clusos;
sic palmam tibi de trigone nudo
unctae det fauor arbiter coronae
nec laudet Polybi magis sinistras:
si quisquam mea dixerit malignus
atro carmina quae madent ueneno,
ut uocem mihi commodes patronam
et quantum poteris, sed usque, clames:
"Non scripsit meus ista Martialis."

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