Ablig.
Ego nolo Caesar esse,
Ambulare per Britannos,
Scythicas pati pruinas.[62]
Florus.[63]
Ut sapiant fatuae Fabiorum prandia betae,
O quam saepe petet vina piperque coquus.[64]
Martial’s Epigrams, 13, 13.
Pist. Do you say the Fabii or the fabri?
Ablig. On that point inquire of the bandy-legged schoolmaster and you will get for your Fabii and fabri a sound blow on the cheek or the back.