Poem by Thomas Urquhart

Epigrams. The Second Booke. ¹ 33. That there is no true riches, but of necessary things

THe use of mony, is to have the meanes,
Whereby all needfull things may be possess'd,
Which are, but few, and small, & got with ease:
What we have more then that, 'snot wealth, but chains,
Or Fetters of the mind: and at the best,
But heapes of labour, feare, and carefulnesse.

1. Epigrams. The Second Booke. ¹ 25. That vertue is of greater worth, then knowledge. to a speculative Philosopher
2. Epigrams. The Third Booke. ¹ 12. An vprightly zealous, and truly devout man is strong enough against all temptations
3. Epigrams. The Third Booke. ¹ 35. To a Gentleman, who was extreamly offen∣ded at the defamatory speeches of a base detractor
4. Epigrams. The Second Booke. ¹ 36. The different fruits of idlenesse, and vertue in young men
5. Epigrams. The Third Booke. ¹ 25. That too much bewailing, and griefe is to be avoided at Funerals, to one lamenting the decease of a friend

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