# Epigrammaton Libri 9.92

Martial, Epigrammaton Libri, Poem 9.92. Latin.

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Quae mala sunt domini, quae servi commoda, nescis,
Condyle, qui servum te gemis esse diu.
dat tibi securos vilis tegeticula somnos,
pervigil in pluma Gaius ecce iacet.
Gaius a prima tremebundus luce salutat
tot dominos, at tu, Condyle, nec dominum.
'Quod debes, Gai, redde' inquit Phoebus et illinc
Cinnamus: hoc dicit, Condyle, nemo tibi.
tortorem metuis? podagra cheragraque secatur
Gaius et mallet verbera mille pati.
quod nec mane vomis nec cunnum, Condyle, lingis,
non mavis quam ter Gaius esse tuus?

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