Of the same sort are Grotius' epigrams on Ostend and on the sailing carriages, and Barclay's on Margaret of Valois.[42] There is another sort somewhat lower in style but weighty and profitable in idea: for example, that truly distinguished one of Martial: In that you follow the strict rules of Cato And yet are willing to remain alive And will not run bare-breasted on the sword You do exactly as I'd have you do: I scorn the fame purchased with easy blood And praise the man who can be praised alive.[43] And this: In private she mourns not the late-lamented; If someone's by her tears leap forth on call. Sorrow, my dear, is not so easily rented. They are true tears that without witness fall.[44] And that genuinely golden epigram: That I now call you by your name Who used to call you sir and master, You needn't think it impudence. I bought myself with all I had. He ought to sir a sir and master Who's not himself, and wants to have Whatever sirs and masters want. Who can get by without a slave Can get by, too, without a master.[45] However, of all kinds of epigram that kind is generally thought to be most properly epigrammatic which is distinguished by a witty and ingenious turn that deeply penetrates the soul. Martial excels in this kind, as in this one: You serve the best wines always, my dear sir, And yet they say your wines are not so good. They say you are four times a widower. They say ... A drink? I don't believe I would.[46] and in this: Though you send presents to old men and widows Why should I call you, sir, munificent? There's nothing lower, dirtier than you only Who can denominate enticements gifts. These are the sly hooks for the greedy fish, These are the clever baits for the wild beasts. I will instruct you what it is to give If you are ignorant: give, sir, to me. [47] Some are lower in style but witty and pleasant, and have a glowing simplicity, as can be illustrated by another of Martial's: "An epic epigram," I heard you say. Others have written them, and so I may. "But this one is too long." Others are too. You want them short? I'll write two lines for you: _As for long epigrams let us agree They may be skipped by you, written by me._[48]