16. To Gallus

To your father's young wife in his lifetime you were
Something more than a stepson, so people aver.
It could not be proved while he lived, it is true,
But now he's departed she still stays with you.
It's a case; were great Tully alive he could lend you
No aid, nor could Regulus even defend you.
When she chooses your stepmother still to remain
She was never a proper stepmother, that's plain.
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