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Ex otio Negotium

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

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Ad Quinctum, Epig. 9.

Nine ounces blear-ey'd Hylas would have payd
Now dusk he tenders half thy debt delayd:
Take his next offer: gain's occasion's short,
If he prove blinde, thou wilt have nothing for't.