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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 Thelesinum, Epig. 25.

When money without pledg I ask of thee,
I have it not thou soon replyst to mee.
Yet thou the same man if my field or land
Will but pass for me, hast it out of hand.
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When to thy friend thou wilt not credit give,
Thou cann'st my little hils and trees believe.
Lo, thou art to be banish'd: Come field prethee,
Wouldst have me now? No, let my field go with thee.
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