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Scriverius presents the epigram on the rhinoceros by Martial without further annotations.
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De Spectaculis, XXIV
De rhinocerote & uro
Sollicitant pavidi dum rhinocerota magistri,
seque diu magnae colligit ira ferae,
desperabantur promissi praelia Martis:
sed tamen is rediit cognitus ante furor
Namque gravem gemino cornu sic extulit urum,
iactat ut impositas taurus in astra pilas.
