Surely Sir John you must have been in liquor

DMI number:

27491

Poem Aliases

Martial. Epigrams. Book 7. Epigram 27

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

First Line:

Surely Sir John you must have been in liquor

Last Line:

And it is ember week to fast is best

Poem Genre / Form:

Epigram and Imitation / translation / paraphrase

Themes:

Food and drink

Related People

Translated from:

Martial

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Content/Publication

Title:

Select epigrams of Martial [ECCO] [N21209]

Page No(s):

p.42

Poem Title:

Ep. XXVII.

Attribution:

William Hay [from title page]

Attributed To:

William Hay