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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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MARTIALL

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Domitiano Adulatorium, Epig. 92.

If that a diverse invitation came
At once in Jove's and in great Cæsar's name,
Though that the Stars were near, Rome more remote,
The gods in answer should have this my vote,
Go seek an other that Jove's guest would bee,
My Jupiter on Earth hath fett'red mee.