"Because my cook ruined the mutton
I thrashed him. You protested: 'Glutton!
Tyrant! The punishment should fit
The crime--you can't assault a man
For a spoilt dinner.' Yes, I can.
What worse crime can a cook commit?"
Martial, The Epigrams, (85 AD).
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