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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
In Gaurum. Epig. 51.
Gaurus
approves my wit but slenderly,
Cause I write verse that please for brevity,
But he in twenty volumes drives a trade
Of
Priam
's warrs. O hee's a mighty blade!
We give an Elegant young pregnant birth,
He makes a dirty Gyant all of earth.
Ex otio Negotium