Poem by Thomas Urquhart

Epigrams. The First Booke. ¹ 26. How to support the contumelie of defamatorie speeches

IF men deservedly speake ill of you,
Be angry not at them: but at the cause,
Which you to them did furnish so to doe:
But if they still continue 'gainst the Lawes.

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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