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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 Decianum, Epig. 5.

Let me not live (my Decian) if the day
And the whole night I would not with thee stay,
But there are two miles that divide our home,
Which are made foure to me when I back come.
Th'art oft abroad: when not, th'art oft denied,
Or with thy causes, or thy self imploy'd.
But yet to see thee two miles I will go;
But not to see thee, foure don't please me so.
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