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Poem by Thomas Urquhart
Epigrams. The Second Booke. № 43. That inconveniences ought to be regarded to before hand
TO wait for crosses, that may happen, is
The meane▪ whereby to beare them easily;
They not being much unlike the Cockatrice,
Which, if fore-seene by us, dyes instantly:
While unexpected misadventures kill
Joy in the breed, and tyrannize the will.
Thomas Urquhart
Thomas Urquhart's other poems:- Epigrams. The Third Booke. № 6. That overweening impedeth oftentimes the per∣fectioning of the very same qualitie, wee are proudest of
- Epigrams. The Second Booke. № 24. No man should glory too much in the flourishing verdure of his Youth
- Epigrams. The Second Booke. № 22. A very ready way to goodnesse, and true VVisedome
- Epigrams. The First Booke. № 30. That wise men, to speak properly, are the most powerfull men in the world
- Epigrams. The First Booke. № 42. The speech of a noble spirit to his adversary, whom af∣ter he had defeated, he acknowledgeth to be nothing in∣feriour to himselfe in worth, wit, or valour, thereby insinuating that a wise man cannot properly bee subdued: though he be orthrown in body, and worldly commodities
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