Selected epigrams of Martial. Englished by Thomas May Esquire

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Selected epigrams of Martial. Englished by Thomas May Esquire
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Martial.
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London :: Printed [by Humphrey Lownes] for Thomas Walkley at Brittaines Burse,
1629.
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"Selected epigrams of Martial. Englished by Thomas May Esquire." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A07090.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 2, 2024.

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The History of Leander, personated upon the water, let into the Amphitheater. in which he prayseth the emperour as more mercifull than Neptune; for this personated Leander was here saved; the true one was drowned in the Hellespont.

THat this night-sea thy life, Leander, saves Cease youth to wōder, they were Caesars av••••

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When bold Leander swam to his faire Love, And gainst the swelling waves now weari'd strove, Thus the approaching illowes he bespake This life but going spare, returning take.
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