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I gathered mee also siluer and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the prouinces: I gate mee men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sonnes of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.

1611 marginal noteHebr. musicall instrument, and instruments.

1611 marginal note1.King.9.28. and 10.4.

Then I saw that wisedome excelleth folly, as farre as light excelleth darkenesse.

1611 marginal noteHebr. That there is an excellencie in Wisedome more then in folly,&c.

Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the foole, so it happeneth euen to me, and why was I then more wise? then I said in my heart, That this also is vanitie.

1611 marginal noteHebr. happeneth to me, euen to me.

For there is no remembrance of the wise, more then of the foole for euer; seeing that which now is, in the dayes to come shall be forgotten; and how dieth the wise man? as the foole.

For that which befalleth the sonnes of men, befalleth beastes, euen one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea they haue all one breath, so that a man hath no preheminence aboue a beast; for all is vanitie.

1611 marginal notePsal.49.21. Chap. 2.16.

¶ So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done vnder the sunne; & behold the teares of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter: and on the side of their oppressours there was power, but they had no comforter.

1611 marginal noteHeb. hand.

1611 marginal noteChap.5.7. &c.

As he came forth of his mothers wombe, naked shall he returne to goe as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.

1611 marginal noteIob.1.21. 1.tim.6.7. psal. 49.17.

And this also is a sore euill, that in all points as he came, so shall hee goe: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the winde?

1611 marginal noteChap.1.2.

For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the dayes of his vaine life, which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shal be after him vnder the sunne?

1611 marginal noteHeb. the number of the dayes of the life of his vanitie.

1611 marginal notePsal. 144.4.

For as the crackling of thornes vnder a pot, so is the laughter of the foole: this also is vanitie.

1611 marginal noteHeb. sound