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Ex otio Negotium

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

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Adulatorium Cæsarem, Epig. 4.

Most Mighty Cæsar, King of kings, to whom
Rome owes so many tryumphs yet to come,
So many Temples growing and restored,
So many Spectacles, gods, Cities: Lord
She yet in debt to thee doth more remain,
That she by thee is once made chast again.