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Imperatori Domitiano Caesari Augusto Germanico Dacico Valerius Martialis S.
Omnes quidem libelli mei, domine, quibus tu fa-
mam, id est vitam, dedisti, tibi supplicant; et, puto,
propter hoc legentur. Hic tamen, qui operis nostri octa-
vus inscribitur, occasione pietatis frequentius fruitur.
5Minus itaque ingenio laborandum fuit, in cuius locum
materia successerat: quam quidem subinde aliqua ioco-
rum mixtura variare temptavimus, ne caelesti verecun-
diae tuae laudes suas, quae facilius te fatigare possint,
quam nos satiare, omnis versus ingereret. Quamvis
10autem epigrammata a severissimis quoque et summae
fortunae viris ita scripta sint, ut mimicam verborum
licentiam adfectasse videantur, ego tamen illis non per-
misi tam lascive loqui quam solent. Cum pars libri et
maior et melior ad maiestatem sacri nominis tui alli-
15gata sit, meminerit non nisi religiosa purificatione
lustratos accedere ad templa debere. Quod ut custo-
diturum me lecturi sciant, in ipso libelli huius limine
profiteri brevissimo placuit epigrammate.
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