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A52102
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Epigrams of Martial, Englished with some other pieces, ancient and modern.; Epigrammata. English. Selections
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Martial.; Killigrew, Henry, 1613-1700.
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Wing M830; ESTC R20924
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pursue_v thou_o hate_v head_n by_o all_o the_o young_a crew_n before_o the_o cock_n proclaim_v the_o day_n be_v near_o thy_o direful_a threat_n and_o lash_n stun_v my_o ear_n the_o anvil_n ring_v not_o out_o a_o shrill_a sound_n when_o massy_a hammer_n the_o hot_a iron_n pound_n statue_n of_o brass_n with_o lesser_a din_n be_v make_v than_o thou_o do_v carry_v on_o the_o grammar_n trade_n shout_n in_o the_o race_n and_o theatre_n be_v less_o when_o faction_n for_o their_o party_n zeal_n express_v whole_a night_n i_o ask_v not_o in_o repose_n to_o keep_v to_o wake_v we_o not_o grievous_a but_o it_o be_v never_o to_o sleep_v will_v leave_v thy_o school_n thy_o bawl_a lecture_n cease_v thy_o gain_n shall_v great_a be_v to_o hold_v thy_o peace_n ep._n 71._o on_o cecilianus_n o_o time_n o_o manner_n tully_n do_v declaim_v when_o cat'line_a put_v the_o state_n into_o a_o flame_n when_o son_n and_o father_n furious_a arm_n do_v take_v and_o the_o whole_a world_n one_o scene_n of_o blood_n do_v make_v why_o now_o o_o time_n o_o manner_n do_v thou_o cry_v what_o be_v it_o severe_a one_o that_o thou_o do_v descry_v no_o war_n we_o hear_v no_o treason_n hateful_a sound_n but_o joy_n and_o peace_n circle_v the_o empire_n round_o it_o be_v not_o our_o vice_n make_v thou_o loath_a the_o time_n but_o cecilianus_n thy_o own_o secret_a crime_n ep._n 74._o on_o a_o cobbler_n a_o cobbler_n wont_v the_o putrid_a sole_n to_o retch_v of_o dirty_a shoe_n and_o with_o his_o tooth_n to_o stretch_v now_o of_o his_o patron_n be_v lordship_n be_v possess_v where_o have_v he_o but_o a_o stall_n one_o will_v detest_v drink_a he_o bright_a crystal_n with_o rich_a wine_n o'erturn_v with_o his_o lord_n paramour_n in_o dalliance_n burn_v my_o simple_a parent_n teach_v to_o i_o the_o while_n bawble_v letter_n to_o know_v a_o verse_n and_o style_n gag_v thy_o pen_n muse_n and_o thy_o book_n tear_v they_o all_o when_o such_o a_o fortune_n be_v purchase_v by_o the_o awl_n ep._n 78._o on_o priscus_n priscus_n with_o art_n in_o many_o leave_n dispute_v what_o requisite_n a_o sumptuous_a feast_n best_a suit_n many_o sublime_a and_o witty_a thing_n he_o bring_v all_o from_o a_o learned_a and_o noble_a art_n which_o spring_v what_o make_v a_o feast_n shall_v i_o in_o one_o line_n say_v absence_n of_o scurrilous_a jest_n and_o fiddler_n play_n ep._n 82._o to_o avitus_n reader_n and_o hearer_n both_o my_o book_n delight_v but_o there_o be_v a_o poet_n say_v they_o be_v not_o right_a i_o weigh_v it_o not_o no_o more_o than_o they_o make_v feast_n study_v to_o please_v the_o cook_n be_v taste_n but_o the_o guest_n ep._n 83._o on_o munna_n that_o thou_o shall_v perish_v early_o it_o be_v foretell_v and_o the_o prediction_n methinks_v well_o do_v hold_v for_o while_o thou_o make_v much_o haste_n to_o spend_v thy_o '_o state_n that_o nothing_o may_v remain_v after_o thy_o fate_n but_o in_o one_o year_n five_o thousand_o throw_v away_o do_v thou_o not_o perish_v early_o munna_n say_n ep._n 84._o to_o caesar._n among_o the_o many_o wonder_n of_o the_o stage_n with_o which_o thou_o have_v adorn_v the_o present_a age_n above_o former_a prince_n caesar_n as_o we_o owe_v much_o for_o the_o cost_n and_o gallantry_n of_o show_n nothing_o do_v yet_o advance_v thy_o glory_n more_o than_o that_o the_o noble_n now_o however_o poor_a spectator_n sit_v that_o player_n be_v before_o ep._n 89._o to_o rufus_n you_o first_o to_o gain_v i_o many_o gift_n do_v send_v but_o when_o once_o gain_v all_o gift_n you_o do_v suspend_v to_o hold_v the_o prey_n you_o must_v still_o bait_n supply_v the_o ill-bred_a boar_n from_o the_o empty_a trough_n will_v fly_v ep._n 93._o on_o a_o slave_n and_o his_o lord_n thou_o thy_o lord_n evil_n nor_o own_o good_a do_v know_v who_o so_o bewail_v thy_o state_n because_o it_o be_v low_a on_o thy_o tear_a mattress_n thou_o sound_v sleeps_z do_v take_v while_o caius_n upon_o down_o whole_a night_n do_v wake_v caius_n to_o many_o lord_n perform_v ever_o day_n duty_n which_o to_o thy_o one_o thou_o do_v not_o pay_v caius_n discharge_v thy_o debt_n in_o court_n appear_v say_v phoebus_n thou_o no_o such_o harsh_a word_n do_v hear_v thou_o feel_v the_o lash_n him_n less_o the_o gout_n do_v spare_v and_o to_o change_n griess_n a_o thousand_o stripe_n will_v beaâ—_n foul_a vice_n caius_n brand_n and_o hourly_o tempt_v from_o which_o thy_o low_a condition_n be_v exempt_a better_o it_o be_v thyself_o a_o slave_n to_o see_v than_o many_o rich_a lewd_a caius_n to_z be_v ep._n 95._o on_o a_o physician_n my_o doctor_n for_o a_o wormwood_n draught_n o_o strange_a demand_n of_o i_o frontiniac_a in_o exchange_n glaucus_n i_o never_o take_v for_o such_o a_o ass_n who_o truck_v away_o his_o golden_a arm_n for_o brass_n do_v any_o sweet_a for_o bitter_n ask_v before_o well_o take_v it_o so_o thou_o will_v mix_v with_o it_o mad._n hellebore_n ep._n 97._o on_o a_o quack_n a_o quack_n attempt_v late_o to_o steal_v away_o his_o patient_n cup_n and_o take_v in_o the_o play_n why_o against_o my_o order_n do_v thou_o drink_v do_v say_v ep._n 102._o on_o bassus_n for_o drachma_n three_o thou_o offerd'_v to_o expend_v thou_o require_v gown_a i_o early_o thou_o attend_v make_v up_o thy_o train_n and_o trot_v before_o thy_o chair_n when_o thou_o old_a lady_n court_v to_o be_v their_o heir_n my_o gown_n be_v threadbare_a mean_a i_o not_o deny_v yet_o such_o i_o can_v for_o three_o drachma_n buy_v ep._n 104._o to_o phoebus_n my_o bond_n make_v to_o thou_o for_o a_o hundred_o pound_n thou_o will_v give_v i_o up_o for_o thanks_o my_o debt_n compound_v kind_a thou_o will_v be_v to_o lend_v i_o fifty_o more_o to_o show_v thy_o bounty_n to_o i_o on_o this_o score_n and_o elsewhere_o place_v the_o other_o gift_n of_o thou_o what_o i_o can_v never_o pay_v be_v already_o i_o lib_fw-la x._o ep._n 1._o the_o book_n to_o the_o reader_n if_o i_o too_o large_a reader_n appear_v to_o thou_o but_o little_o read_v and_o i_o shall_v little_o be_v oft_o in_o each_o page_n i_o end_v then_o for_o thy_o ease_n make_v i_o as_o long_o or_o short_a as_o thou_o do_v please_v ep._n 2._o to_o the_o reader_n this_o my_o ten_o book_n go_v forth_o i_o do_v remand_v have_v too_o hasty_o escape_v my_o hand_n some_o thing_n thou_o will_v find_v reader_n that_o be_v before_o but_o more_o correct_v with_o much_o that_o be_v add_v more_o favour_v both_o pain_n reader_n my_o wealth_n thou_o be_v and_o rome_n can_v nought_o like_v thou_o so_o rich_a impart_v by_o praise_n say_v she_o thou_o shall_v be_v keep_v alive_a and_o after_o death_n thy_o noble_a part_n survive_v wild_a shrub_n messalan_n marble_n pierce_v and_o cleave_v and_o rustic_n mock_v the_o half-image_n they_o leave_v book_n fear_v not_o age_n nor_o at_o time_n mercy_n lie_v these_o monument_n alone_o do_v never_o die_v ep._n 4._o to_o mamurra_n who_o tale_n of_o colchos_n scylla_n tereus_n read_v what_o do_v they_o but_o their_o mind_n with_o monster_n feed_v for_o what_o be_v atys_n hylas_n rape_n to_o thou_o endymion_n sleep_n from_o cynthia_n charm_n never_o free_a the_o boy_n that_o in_o himself_o take_v such_o delight_n icarus_n lofty_a unadvised_a flight_n what_o be_v there_o in_o these_o wretched_a lie_n to_o please_v read_v that_o may_v show_v thou_o what_o be_v thy_o mind_n disease_n no_o gorgon_n centauri_n harpy_n stuff_v my_o pen_n my_o page_n relish_v of_o the_o act_n of_o men._n mamurra_n if_o thyself_o thou_o fear_v to_o know_v on_o callimachus_n dream_n thy_o time_n bestow_v ep._n 5._o on_o a_o rail_a poet._n who_o wound_n of_o either_o sex_n the_o noble_a name_n those_o he_o shall_v honour_v with_o his_o verse_n defame_v may_v he_o a_o vagrant_a on_o the_o bridge_n room_n descent_n of_o hill_n and_o know_v no_o other_o home_n in_o the_o low_a rank_n of_o beggar_n may_v he_o crave_v scrap_n fit_a for_o dog_n and_o those_o but_o hardly_o have_v and_o such_o his_o mis'ry_n more_o yet_o to_o increase_v long_o be_v his_o winter_n rain_n that_o seldom_o cease_v stretch_v on_o cold_a earth_n and_o fireless_a may_v he_o lie_v proclaim_v those_o happy_a who_o do_v early_o die_v and_o when_o his_o own_o last_o hour_n approach_v near_o dog_n for_o his_o bone_n that_o quarrel_n may_v he_o fear_v and_o with_o a_o feeble_a arm_n his_o patch_a coat_n wave_n his_o carcase_n from_o the_o bird_n of_o prey_n to_o save_v nor_o let_v his_o suffering_n with_o his_o breath_n expire_v but_o let_v he_o prove_v the_o infernal_a judge_n ire_n roll_v with_o false_a sisyphus_n the_o mount'nous_a stone_n his_o thirst_n in_o wave_n with_o tantalus_n bemoan_v tire_v all_o the_o fable_n which_o the_o poet_n feign_v the_o fury_n lash_n and_o their_o snake_n sustain_v conscience_n and_o
fountain_n be_v see_v to_o flow_v in_o every_o place_n fishpond_n the_o strange_a trout_n and_o mullet_n feed_v the_o homebred_a pike_n which_o call_v do_v come_v will_z 〈…〉_z spe_fw-mi 〈…〉_z fat_a carp_n here_o know_v their_o name_n and_o to_o you_o man_fw-mi 〈…〉_z and_o all_o a_o pastime_n be_v no_o pain_n to_o take_v but_o to_o the_o owner_n when_o do_v rome_n give_v leave_n but_o a_o few_o day_n these_o pleasure_n to_o receive_v fruition_n lose_a while_o they_o to_o business_n cleave_v these_o sweet_n o_o hind_n and_o gardener_n happy_a crew_n 〈…〉_z be_v for_o your_o lord_n prepare_v but_o be_v enjoy_v by_o you_o 〈…〉_z ep._n 31._o on_o calliodorus_n thy_o servant_n thou_o for_o a_o great_a sum_n do_v sell_v that_o but_o once_o callidore_n thou_o may_v fare_v well_o nor_o far'd'_v thou_o well_o a_o mullet_n of_o four_o pound_n be_v the_o head_n dish_n which_o the_o whole_a table_n crown_n '_o 〈…〉_z may_v we_o not_o wretch_n exclaim_v against_o this_o thy_o treat_n say_v it_o be_v a_o man_n not_o fish_n that_o thou_o do_v eat_v ep._n 33._o to_o munatius_n gallus_n munatius_n gallus_n more_o sincere_a by_o far_o 〈…〉_z a_o socrates_n or_o ancient_a sabine_n be_v 〈…〉_z may_v thy_o wife_n be_v chaste_a love_n inflame_v thy_o heart_n 〈…〉_z and_o from_o her_o noble_a stock_n may_v never_o depart_v 〈…〉_z when_o black_a rhime_n defame_v the_o age_n or_o man_n 〈…〉_z and_o malice_n will_v ascribe_v they_o to_o my_o pen_n 〈…〉_z ou_fw-fr i_o acquit_v and_o stout_o do_v contend_v 〈…〉_z at_o way_n none_o write_v who_o wit_n and_o fame_n befriend_v ever_o in_o my_o book_n have_v have_v the_o care_n ho'_v vice_n i_o tax_v the_o person_n still_o to_o spare_v ep._n 35._o on_o sulpicia_n all_o virgin_n chaste_a sulpicia_n read_v 〈…〉_z ho_o but_o in_o one_o love_n wish_v to_o speed_v 〈…〉_z will_v husband_n chaste_a sulpicia_n read_v 〈…〉_z ho_o hold_v one_o wife_n the_o happi'st_a meed_n medea_n rage_n she_o do_v not_o write_v 〈…〉_z estes_fw-fr horrid_a feast_n recite_v 〈…〉_z scylla_n or_o of_o biblis_n tell_v 〈…〉_z hat_n transformation_n they_o befall_v such_o tale_n she_o seek_v not_o to_o retrieve_v nor_o do_v she_o ever_o they_o believe_v her_o verse_n of_o pious_a love_n do_v treat_v fraught_v with_o quick_a wit_n and_o choice_a conceit_n who_o right_o of_o her_o poem_n deem_v nothing_o more_o sportive_a to_o they_o seem_v or_o which_o more_o holy_a they_o esteem_v such_o be_v the_o joy_n divine_a and_o sweet_a when_o numa_n do_v egeria_n meet_v and_o he_o the_o goddess_n do_v inspire_v to_o institute_v the_o vestal_a fire_n her_o school_n have_v she_o be_v train_v in_o sapph_n more_o chaste_a and_o learned_a have_v be_v phaon_n who_o womankind_n do_v fly_v can_v not_o sulpicia_n love_n deny_v her_o grace_n know_v he_o must_v be_v take_v and_o love_v she_o though_o he_o love_v in_o vain_a for_o be_v she_o from_o calenus_n free_a calenus_n the_o belove_a he_o apollo_n wife_n nor_o jove_n she_o will_v be_v ep._n 39_o on_o lesbian_n old_a lesbian_n swear_v and_o to_o be_v bear_v will_v fain_o be_v think_v in_o brutus_n day_n or_o numa_n reign_n but_o lie_v in_o both_o her_o aera_fw-la we_o must_v fetch_v from_o elder_a time_n unto_o prometheus_n stretch_v who_o see_v her_o foul_a cadav'rous_a face_n will_v say_v lo_o the_o first_o mortal_n that_o be_v make_v of_o day_n ep._n 43._o on_o philo._n thy_o seven_o wife_n philo_n be_v bury_v in_o thy_o field_n no_o land_n than_o thou_o a_o rich_a crop_n do_v yield_v ep._n 44._o to_o q._n ovid_n quinctus_fw-la ovid_n now_o resolve_v to_o see_v the_o northern_a britain_n and_o the_o ocean_n sea_n charm_v nomentum_fw-la can_v he_o withhold_v his_o house_n and_o sweet_a repose_n although_o he_o be_v old_a all_o do_v thy_o faith_n deserve_o commend_v which_o in_o contempt_n of_o life_n thou_o show_v thy_o friend_n while_o on_o his_o exile_a step_n thou_o do_v attend_v but_o though_o the_o joy_n of_o life_n thou_o thus_o delay_n thy_o thread_n of_o life_n the_o parcae_n will_v not_o stay_v but_o rig'rous_o impute_v to_o thou_o each_o day_n return_v at_o length_n and_o at_o thy_o home_n remain_v nor_o among_o thy_o friend_n to_o count_v thyself_o disdain_n ep._n 45._o on_o his_o malignant_a reader_n if_o in_o my_o book_n ought_v sweet_a and_o gentle_a sound_n ought_o celebrate_v famous_a act_n be_v find_v witless_a thou_o deem_v a_o dry_a bone_n valu'_v more_o than_o such_o choice_a morsel_n of_o the_o noble_a boar._n if_o ranc'rous_a spleen_n be_v thy_o beloved_a disease_n my_o candid_a vein_n shall_v never_o thy_o malice_n please_v ep._n 47._o to_o julius_n martialis_n what_o our_o life_n render_v most_o at_o ease_n my_o dear_a marshal_n they_o be_v these_o a'state_n that_o be_v leave_v not_o get_v with_o toil_n a_o constant_a fire_n a_o fruitful_a soil_n a_o quiet_a life_n from_o law-suit_n free_a but_o seldom_o that_o the_o gown_n do_v see_v ingenuous_a strength_n a_o body_n sound_n prudent_a plainness_n friend_n equal_a find_v a_o artless_a board_n with_o easy_a fare_n a_o night_n not_o drink_v yet_o void_a of_o care_n a_o bed_n not_o sour_a and_o yet_o that_o be_v chaste_a sound_v sleep_n that_o make_v night_n seem_v to_o haste_n nought_o else_o but_o what_o thou_o be_v to_o wish_v to_o be_v the_o last_o hour_n not_o to_o fear_v or_o haste_v to_o see_v ep._n 49._o on_o cotta_n when_o rich_a opimian_n wine_n thyself_o do_v quaff_v turn_v th'amethystin_a glass_n often_o off_o thou_o vile_a sabinum_n offer_v unto_o i_o and_o say_v will_v drink_v in_o gold_n to_o show_v thou_o be_v free_a who_o care_v thy_o sordid_a nature_n to_o unfold_v for_o leaden_a wine_n though_o in_o a_o cup_n of_o gold_n ep._n 51._o to_o faustinus_n now_o that_o the_o vernal_a constellation_n chase_v the_o winter_n rage_n and_o earth_n renew_v her_o face_n now_o the_o field_n smile_v and_o tree_n fresh_a verdure_n take_v and_o philomela_n her_o charm_a '_o plaint_n do_v make_v what_o day_n what_o joy_n do_v rome_n from_o thou_o withhold_v what_o ease_n from_o city_n toil_n not_o to_o be_v tell_v o_o wood_n o_o fount_n o_o anxur_n pleasant_a strand_n where_o roll_a wave_n wash_v over_o the_o glitter_a sand_n where_o even_o from_o bed_n you_o divers_a water_n see_v here_o boat_n on_o river_n glide_v there_o on_o the_o sea_n but_o some_o will_v urge_v you_o do_v not_o here_o behold_v the_o capitol_n the_o temple_n rich_a with_o gold_n embellish_v which_o in_o gorgeousness_n draw_v nigh_o the_o heaven_n they_n represent_v and_o with_o they_o vie_v rome_n august_n bath_n nor_o theatre_n be_v here_o her_o grandeur_n do_v not_o in_o the_o least_o appear_v before_o you_o both_o advantage_n i_o lay_v and_o now_o i_o fancy_n i_o do_v hear_v you_o say_v as_o man_n when_o with_o ill_a wife_n they_o can_v agree_v rome_n divorce_n take_v what_o be_v thou_o render_v what_o be_v i_o to_o i_o ep._n 53._o a_o epitaph_n on_o scorpus_fw-la i_o be_o that_o scorpus_fw-la glory_n of_o the_o race_n rome_n admire_v joy_n but_o joy_n for_o a_o short_a space_n among_o the_o dead_a fate_n early_o i_o enroll_v numb'r_v my_o conquest_n they_o do_v think_v i_o old_a ep._n 56._o on_o gallus_n gallus_n thou_o will_v have_v i_o thou_o attend_v always_o to_o pass_v the_o aventine_n three_o four_o time_n a_o day_n cascellius_n remedy_n to_o the_o tooth_n apply_v heginus_fw-la to_o all_o evil_n of_o the_o eye_n fannius_n defluction_n of_o all_o sort_n can_v stay_v eros_n the_o scar_n of_o brand_a clear_a away_o hermes_n inveterate_a rupture_n will_v insure_v have_v thou_o the_o skill_n a_o break_a state_n to_o cure_v ep._n 57_o to_o sextus_n you_o will_v wont_v to_o send_v a_o pound_n of_o plate_n each_o year_n but_o half_o a_o pound_n do_v now_o from_o you_o appear_v and_o that_o of_o spice_n i_o buy_v not_o spice_n so_o dear_a ep._n 58._o to_o frontinianus_fw-la when_o i_o with_o thou_o near_o baia_n be_v retire_v where_o all_o be_v easy_a all_o to_o be_v admire_v and_o nothing_o do_v the_o sweet_a recess_n annoy_n o_o how_o the_o muse_n we_o do_v both_o enjoy_v imperious_a rome_n do_v my_o whole_a life_n consume_v to_o say_v a_o day_n be_v i_o i_o can_v presume_v in_o the_o city_n as_o in_o a_o rough_a sea_n i_o be_o toss_v in_o fruitless_a duty_n all_o my_o time_n be_v lose_v my_o barren_a field_n near_o rome_n shall_v give_v i_o bread_n themselves_o in_o great_a need_n be_v to_o be_v feed_v but_o not_o alone_o those_o love_n who_o never_o spare_v both_o day_n and_o night_n the_o great_a one_o gate_n to_o wear_v a_o toil_n unworthy_a of_o a_o poet_n care_n by_o sacred_a muse_n and_o the_o god_n above_o when_o least_o officious_a i_o do_v true_o love_n ep._n 59_o on_o his_o lazy_a and_o nice_a reader_n if_o one_o sole_a epigram_n take_v up_o a_o page_n you_o turn_v it_o