# Epigrammaton Libri 8.40

Martial, Epigrammaton Libri, Poem 8.40. Latin.

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Non horti neque palmitis beati
sed rari nemoris, Priape, custos,
ex quo natus es et potes renasci,
furaces, moneo, manus repellas
et siluam domini focis reserues:
si defecerit haec, et ipse lignum es.

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