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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 Rufinum Epig. 31.

I grant thy large spread fields yeild much to thee
And to thy Citty houses great farmes bee,
The debtors to thy chest are numerous,
And golden tables furnish out thy house:
Yet doe not scorn, such as inferiour bee;
Since other men have greater wealth then thee.
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