99. To the Cobbler Parvenu -

Nay , why resent the jest I made?
Your anger pray subdue;
I only pointed at your trade,
Good cobbler, not at you.

Let not the harmless line I wrote
Your enmity provoke;
You slit a gladiator's throat —
May I not crack a joke?
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Martial
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