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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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Ex otio Negotium
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.
Ex otio Negotium