Poem by Thomas Urquhart

Epigrams. The Second Booke. ¹ 28. That riches is a sicknesse to those, that doe not possesse the good thereof, so much as they are possest thereby

Some peoples senses wealth doth so bereave,
That they to nothingelse their minds can frame:
So have they wealth, as men are said to have
The Ague, when 'tis th'ague, that hath them;
For it afflicts them with the maladies
Of covetous desire, and avarice.

1. Epigrams. The Second Booke. ¹ 1. No crosse adventure should hinder vs from being good; though we be frustrate of the reward thereof
2. Epigrams. The Second Booke. ¹ 22. A very ready way to goodnesse, and true VVisedome
3. Epigrams. The First Booke. ¹ 40. The duty of a husband to his wife
4. Epigrams. The Third Booke. ¹ 7. To one, who seemed to be grievously discontented with his poverty
5. Epigrams. The Third Booke. ¹ 21. To one, who did confide too much in the sound temperament, and goodly constitution of his bodily complexion

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