# Epigrammaton Libri 8.23

Martial, Epigrammaton Libri, Poem 8.23. Latin.

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Esse tibi uideor saeuus nimiumque gulosus,
qui propter cenam, Rustice, caedo cocum.
Si leuis ista tibi flagrorum causa uidetur,
ex qua uis causa uapulet ergo cocus?

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