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Ex otio Negotium

Or, Martiall his epigrams Translated. With Sundry Poems and Fancies, By R. Fletcher
  

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In Cajum, Epig. 16.

(Cajus) if promises be all thy gifts,
I'le overcome thee in thy bounteous shifts.
Take all th'Asturian Digs in Spanish fields,
And all the Ore that golden Tagus yields,
What ere the Indian finds in the Sea weed,
And what the Phœnix in her Nest hath hid,
Take all great Tyros cloath of richest dy,
Take all men have: O how thy gifts doe fly!