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The poetical and dramatic works of Sir Charles Sedley

Collected and Edited from the Old Editions: With a preface on the text, explanatory and textual notes, an appendix containing works of doubtful authenticity, and a bibliography: By V. de Sola Pinto

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TO SEXTUS

[From Martial,] Lib. 2. Ep. 55.

I Offer Love, but thou Respect wilt have;
Take, Sextus, all thy Pride and Folly crave;
But know, I can be no Man's Friend and Slave.