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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 Hedylam Epig. 47.

When thou sayst I hasten to't,
Doe it if thou meanst to do't;
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Hedyla, delayd desire
Soon languishes and doth expire.
Command me to expect, then I
Withheld shall run more speedily,
But Hedyla if thou dost hast,
Tell me that I not come too fast.
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