Ex otio negotium. Or, Martiall his epigrams translated. With sundry poems and fancies, / by R. Fletcher.

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Title: Ex otio negotium. Or, Martiall his epigrams translated. With sundry poems and fancies, / by R. Fletcher.
Author: Martial.
Publication: London, :: Printed by T. Mabb, for William Shears, and are to be sold at the Bible in Bedford street in Covent-garden,; 1656.
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De M. Antonio, Epig. 23.

Happy Antonius in a pleasant age
Hath seen fifteen Olympiads on Earth's stage:
Looks back on his pass'd dayes and safer years
With joy, nor at his near grave shrinks or fears.
No day's ingrate or sad to think upon,
Nor doth he blush to mention any gone,
A good man doubles his life's date: For hee
Lives twice, that can his age with comfort see.