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Parnassi Puerperium

or, Some Well-wishes to ingenuity, in the Translation of Six Hundred, of Owen's Epigrams; Martial de Spectaculis, or of Rarities to be seen in Rome; and the most Select, in Sir Tho. More...
  
  

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16. Upon a Fisher-man, who was faln in Love withall.

A fisher, intent on the dropping Net;
Cast it so well, He did a Sweet-heart get.
It was a Rich mans Daughter; so that He,
Prov'd Master of much Wealth, immediately.

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Said He, Our Trade is Gainfull! In retort,
His wife made Answer; who may you thank for't?