Thomas Urquhart (Томас Эркарт)

Epigrams. The Second Booke. № 18. That we ought not to be sorie at the losse of worldly goods

THose things, which are to us by fortune lent,
We Should sequestrat, and to such a place,
Page  27 From whence she may, without our discontent,
Fetch them away againe before our face;
For if we grudge thereat by any meanes:
We doe but vexe our selves, and lose our paines.

1. Epigrams. The Second Booke. № 23. We ought not to regard the contumelies, and calumnies of Lyars, and profane men
2. Epigrams. The Third Booke. № 5. A certaine ancient philosopher did hereby insi∣nuate, how necessary a thing the administrati∣on of iustice was: and to be alwaies vigilant in the judicious di∣stribution of punishment, and recompence
3. Epigrams. The First Booke. № 17. The expression of a contented mind in povertie
4. Epigrams. The First Booke. № 24. That they may be alike rich, who are not alike abun∣dantly stored with worldly commodities
5. Epigrams. The Second Booke. № 34. The misery of such, as are doubtfull, and suspi∣cious of their VVives chastitie

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