Martial, : the twelve books of Epigrams,.

MARTIAL'S EPIGRAMS
LXXVII
IN omnibus Vacerra quod conclauibus
Consumit horas et die toto sedet,
Cenaturit Vacerra, non cacaturit.
LXXVIII
VTERE femineis conplexibus, utere, Victor,
Ignotumque sibi mentula discat opus.
Flammea texuntur sponsae, iam uirgo paratur,
Tondebit pueros iam nous nupta tuos.
Pedicare semel cupido dabit illa marito,
Dum metuit teli uulnera prima noui:
Saepius hoc fieri nutrix materque uetabunt
Et dicent: ' Vxor, non puer, ista tibi est '.
Heu quantos aestus, quantos patiere labores,
Si fuerit cunnus res peregrina tibi!
Ergo Suburanae tironem trade magistrae.
Illa uirum faciet; non bene uirgo docet.
LXXIX
PETITE VITESSE
'TWAS evening ere I got a mile from town,
Yet I am not the sluggard that you thought me.
To your account the fault is written down;
Remember, Paetus, 'twas your mules that brought me!
LXXX
THE CH.ARMIS OF BA IA4 E
BAIAE is happy Venus' golden shore,
Nature's alluring gift, her joy and pride,
And, though a thousand verses I should pour,
Yet must I leave her beauty half-belied.
Is Julius there? Nay, Fortune should deride
My greed if I should pray to meet him there;
And yet might heaven that double boon provide
Julius and Baiae-what a joy it were!
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