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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 Cæsarem Domitianum, Epig. 54.

Though thou givest great boons oft, and wilt give more
O King of Kings, and thy self's Conquerour!
The people love thee not cause they partake
Thy Blessings: But thy Blessings for thy sake.
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