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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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In Lesbiam, Epig. 39.

Lesbia why dost thou swear
That thou wast born that year
When Brutus was made Consull? tis a lye.
Thy Mother brought thee forth her womb
When Numa reigned first in Rome,
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And so again thou dost the truth deny.
For thy long dated ages seem to say
Thou wast produced from Prometheus clay.
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