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EPIGRAM: ON A LITIGIOUS MAN, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: What! Twenty years at law, my friend
Last Line: By getting beat in five?
Alternate Author Name(s): Martial
Subject(s): Law & Lawyers


WHAT! twenty years at law, my friend!
Why didn't you contrive
To save your skin and make an end,
By getting beat in five?





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