Sometimes a lawyer sometimes a divine

DMI number:

27351

Poem Aliases

Martial. Epigrams. Book 2. Epigram 64

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

First Line:

Sometimes a lawyer sometimes a divine

Last Line:

You'll make a sorry dean or sergeant dead

Poem Genre / Form:

Epigram, Imitation / translation / paraphrase, and Couplet

Themes:

The law and Trades / labour

Related People

Translated from:

Martial

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Content/Publication

Title:

Select epigrams of Martial [ECCO] [N21209]

Page No(s):

p.14

Poem Title:

Ep. LXIV.

Attribution:

William Hay [from title page]

Attributed To:

William Hay