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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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In Candidum, Epig. 24.

If thy crosse fortune send thee some sad fate,
I must persist thy pale and squallid mate.
If from thy Country thou must banish'd be.
Through seas and rocks I still must follow thee.
If riches come, will they be free to many?
Wilt thou give part? tis much; wilt thou give any?
Tis crosses makes thee mine: when they are gone,
Candidus will be happy then alone.