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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 Cilice Fure, Epig. 72.

Cilix a knave of noted theft,
Resolv'd to rob a Garden by:
But there was nought (Fabullus) left
But a huge Marble-dyetie.
Yet least his empty hand should miss its prey,
Cilix presumed to steal the god away.