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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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Ad Priapum, Epig. 40.

No Guardian of a Garden, or vine bud,
But (my Priapus) of a mighty wood,
From whence th'art born, and again born mayst bee,
I charge thee keep all thievish hands from me.
Preserve thy Masters grove for firing too,
For if that faile, we shall finde wood in you.
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