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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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Ex otio Negotium
Ad Cerdonem Epig. 99.
Why art offended (
Cerdo
) with my book?
Thy life, and not thy person's by me strook,
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Then suffer harmless-wit, why is't not due
For me to sport? when stabbing's free to you?
Ex otio Negotium