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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THat if it may please thee to assist
Our Agitators and heir list,
And Hemp them with a gentle twist▪ Quaesumus te, &c.

That it may please thee to suppose
Our actions are as good as those
That gull the people through the nose, Quaesumus te, &c.

That it my please thee here to enter
And fix the rumbling of our center,
For we live all at peradventure, Quaesumus te, &c.

That it may please thee to unite
The flesh and bones unto the sprite,
Else faith and literature good night. Quaesumus te, &c.

That it may please thee ô that wee
May each man know his Pedigree,
And save that plague of Heraldrie, Quaesumus te, &c.

That it may please thee in each Shire,
Citties of refuge Lord to reare
That failing Brethren may know where, Quaesumus te, &c.

That it may please thee to abhor us,
Or any such dear favour for us
That thus have wrought thy peoples sorrows, Quaesumus te, &c.

That it may please thee to embrace
Our dayes of thanks and fasting face,
For robing of thy holy place. Quaesumus te, &c.

That it may please thee to adjourn
The day of judgment▪ least we burn,
For lo it is not for our turn, Quaesumus te, &c.

That it may please thee to admit
A close Commitee there to sit,
No devil to a humane wit, Quaesumus te, &c.

That it may please thee to dispence
A litle for convenience,
Or let us play upon the sense, Quaesumus te, &c.

That it may please thee to embalm
The Saints in Robin wis••om's Psalm,
And make them musical and calm. Quaesumus te, &c.

That it may please thee since tis doubt
Satan cannot throw Satan out,
Unite us and the Highland ••out. quaesumus te, &c.