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Ex otio Negotium

Or, Martiall his epigrams Translated. With Sundry Poems and Fancies, By R. Fletcher

Fletcher, R.

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MARTIALL

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De Bassa, Epig. 88.

Thy Bassa's used to place a childe up by her,
And calls it her delight her pretty pinck:
Yet loves no childe, which thou mayst more admire,
What then's the cause? why, Bassa's wont to stinck.