29. To Sextilianus -

On Saturn's feast you used to send
Me plate, but now my luck is dead,
You give it to your lady friends
Instead.

My natal day no toga brought,
That customary gift you dock
Because the price of it has bought
Her frock.

How cheap is she, that lady gay,
For not a penny you have lost;
You win her favour and I pay
The cost.
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Martial
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