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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 Polycarmum, Epig. 56

Thou ten times in a year art sick or more.
This is not thine (my friend) but tis our sore.
No sooner well but for thy gifts dost call.
Blush: Prethee once be sick for good and all.