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Ex otio Negotium

Or, Martiall his epigrams Translated. With Sundry Poems and Fancies, By R. Fletcher
  

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In Lentinum Epig. 43.

Lentinus Counterfeits his youth
With Periwigs I trow,
But art thou changd so soon in truth,
From a Swan to a Crow?
Thou canst not all the world deceive,
Proserpine knows thee gray:
And shee'le make bold without your leave,
To take your Cap away.