Poem by Thomas Urquhart

Epigrams. The First Booke. ¹ 16. How a man should oppose adversitie

GAinst misadventure being resolv'd to fight,
My mind shall be the bow, whence J'l apace
Shoot back the arrows, Fortune out of spight,
Assaults me with; and breake them in her face:
For all her soverain'ties I abjure:
Her harmes I dread not: and defye her pow'r.

1. Epigrams. The Second Booke. ¹ 24. No man should glory too much in the flourishing verdure of his Youth
2. Epigrams. The Third Booke. ¹ 8. The resolution of a proficient in vertue
3. Epigrams. The Third Booke. ¹ 12. An vprightly zealous, and truly devout man is strong enough against all temptations
4. Epigrams. The First Booke. ¹ 30. That wise men, to speak properly, are the most powerfull men in the world
5. Epigrams. The Second Booke. ¹ 22. A very ready way to goodnesse, and true VVisedome

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