Ex otio negotium. Or, Martiall his epigrams translated. With sundry poems and fancies, / by R. Fletcher.
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Ex otio negotium. Or, Martiall his epigrams translated. With sundry poems and fancies, / by R. Fletcher.
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Martial.
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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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"Ex otio negotium. Or, Martiall his epigrams translated. With sundry poems and fancies, / by R. Fletcher." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A89611.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 5, 2024.
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In Pontilianum, Epig. 40.
When thou dost lye, I seemingly believe,When thou repeatst bad verse, my praise I give,When thou dost sing (Pontilian) I sing out,And when thou dost carouse, I drink about,When thou dost fart, I grunt too in conceipt,And when thou playst at Chesse, I am still beat.