# Epigrammaton Libri 8.31

Martial, Epigrammaton Libri, Poem 8.31. Latin.

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Nescio quid de te non belle, Dento, fateris,
coniuge qui ducta iura paterna petis.
Sed iam supplicibus dominum lassare libellis
desine et in patriam serus ab urbe redi:
nam dum tu longe deserta uxore diuque
tres quaeris natos, quattuor inuenies.

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