Poem by Thomas Urquhart

Epigrams. The Second Booke. ¹ 14. That a truly generous mind, had rather give a curtesie, then be resting one, after the presented opportunity to repay it

AS stil a greater care doth men possesse,
To keepe things well, then freely to bestowe them:
So to a noble spirit it is lesse
Laborious to giue benefites, then owe them:
In whom brave actions are more naturall,
Then to the flame to mount, or earth to fall.

1. Epigrams. The First Booke. ¹ 32. That if we strove not more for superfluities, then for what is needfull, we would not be so much troubled, is wee are
2. Epigrams. The Second Booke. ¹ 29. A truely liberall man never bestoweth his gifts, in hope of recompence
3. Epigrams. The First Booke. ¹ 27. Of Lust, and Anger
4. Epigrams. The Third Booke. ¹ 19. The Parallel of Nature, and For∣tune
5. Epigrams. The Second Booke. ¹ 13. What the subject of your conference ought to be with men of judgment, and account

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