Poem by Thomas Urquhart

Epigrams. The First Booke. ¹ 41. Concerning those, who marry for beauty, and wealth without regard of vertue

HOw can such wedded people lead their lives,
With a respect unfainedly entire,
Where husbands are not married to their wives:
But money to the covetous desire:
Where men in little estimation hold
Womens discretion, wit, and chastitie:
But meerely aime at handsomnesse, and gold,
To serve their avarice, and Leacherie:
Which fashion lately is become so common,
That first, w'espouse the money: then, the woman.

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 First Booke. ¹ 17. The expression of a contented mind in povertie
5. Epigrams. The First Booke. ¹ 24. That they may be alike rich, who are not alike abun∣dantly stored with worldly commodities

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