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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 Flaccum, Epig. 58

My Flaccus, if thou needs wouldest crave
What wench I would, and would not have?
I loath the too too easy field
A like with her that nere will yield.
A moderation I embrace,
And most approve the middle place,
I fancy none that wring my gutts,
Nor her that in enjoying gluts.
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