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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 Ligurinum Epig. 45.

Whether sacred Phœbus fled (my Ligurine)
Thyestes feast? I Know not; we fly thine:
Though that thy Table's rich and nobly spread,
Yet thy sole talke knocks all th'enjoyment dead.
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I care not for thy Barbles, Turbots, Plase,
Thy Oysters, nor thy Mushrooms, hold thy peace.
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