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OF EPIGRAMS.
THAT THE FELLOWSHIP OF VERTUOUS, OR VICIOUS PEOPLE,
CONTRIBUTES MUCH TO THE BETTERING, OR DEPRAVING
OF THE MIND.
That he mull needs be bail, there is fome likenefle,
Who to lewd company is much affecled ;
For it is the beginning of a hckneffe
T' affociat with him, that is infected :
Would you be good then, haunt the converfation
Of them, whole adlions merit eftimation.
RICHES WITHOUT FURTHER, CAN MAKE NO MAN HAPPY.
As he, whofe body is not well in health,
To fearch for eafe, from bed to bed will rife,
So to a mind, that is dii'eafed, wealth
Is not the end, but change of mileries ;
And that, which made his poverty to vexe him,
Will make his riches likewife to perplexe him.
WHAT MAN IT IS, THAT IS TRULY WEALTHIE.
Who meafures poverty by Nature's rules,
And frames his mind to what he hath, is rich ;
For we can never doe, but vexe our foules,
So long's we ftraine them to a higher pitch :
And hee, whofe heart is difcontented, is
But a poore wretch, though all the world were his.
HOW A VALIANT MAN OUGHT TO BEHAVE HIMSELFE TOWARDS
THOSE, THAT BASELY OFFER TO OFFEND HIM.
He is beyond the reach of common men,
Who can defpile an injury ; for, as
The billowes of the fea infult in vaine
Againft a rocke, a flout breail finds no caufe
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