2. The Virtuous Prince

Boys , matrons, gentle maids, for you
This modest little book is fit;
My earlier pages search anew,
Ye that rejoice in wanton wit,
But this for Caesar's eye was writ,
And dare not face a sovereign's frown;
He shall not blush reciting it
Before the maid of Cecrops' Town.
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Martial
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