Hic liber est meus,
Testis et est Deus;
Si quis me quærit,
Hic nomen erit.
The two following admonitions are full of salutary advice to book-borrowers:—
Neither blemish this book, or the leaves double down,
Nor lend it to each idle friend in the town;
Return it when read; or, if lost, please supply
Another as good to the mind and the eye.
With right and with reason you need but be friends,