De pentabolo offerendo

Respondere volui Irisato, quī dē parcōrum offerumentīs scripsit:

Quinque quī dīvīs obolōs relinquit
et stipem per crāticulōs in arcam
æris immittit, memor esse dēbet
quid sit agendī:

Ut bis inclīnet caput ante nūmen,
deinde bis plaudat manibus coactīs,
et suum rursus caput ante nūmen
flectat avārus.

Cūr “avārus?” forte velis rogāre:
Alter Martī est pentabolum datūrus
Quis habēns drachmam, nisi quī timēbit
perdere nummum?

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