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,