Poem by Thomas Urquhart

Epigrams. The First Booke. ¹ 30. That wise men, to speak properly, are the most powerfull men in the world

THe greatest power is to wise men due:
The pow'r of all men else to theirs being nought;
For wise men onely, what they will, can doe;
Because they will not doe; but, what they ought:
Such being their cariage, that their reason still
Directs their power: and informes their will.

1. Epigrams. The Second Booke. ¹ 24. No man should glory too much in the flourishing verdure of his Youth
2. Epigrams. The First Booke. ¹ 24. That they may be alike rich, who are not alike abun∣dantly stored with worldly commodities
3. Epigrams. The Second Booke. ¹ 23. We ought not to regard the contumelies, and calumnies of Lyars, and profane men
4. Epigrams. The Third Booke. ¹ 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
5. Epigrams. The Second Booke. ¹ 10. That a contented man is rich, how litle wealth soever he have

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