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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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MARTIALL

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Ad Clientes, Epig. 69.

Thou early Client that didst cause mee fly
The Citty, some ambitious Courts imply,
I am no Lawyer, nor ordaind for strife,
But slow, and old, and of a quiet life.
Rest, and sweet sleep delight me: Which great Rome
Denyed: If I must watch here too, I'le come.