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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. 26.

Candidus has alone fine farmes, gold, coyne,
Myrrh, and drinks Cæcuba and Massick wine.
Has the sole wisdom, and the only wit,
Enjoyes the world alone and all in it.
But has he all alone? that I deny:
His wife with ours is in community,