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Then I looked on all the workes that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to doe: and behold, all was vanitie, and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit vnder the Sunne.

1611 marginal noteChap.1.3.

The foole foldeth his hands together, and eateth his owne flesh.

1611 marginal noteProu.6.10 and 24.33.

Better is an handfull with quietnesse, then both the hands full with trauell and vexation of spirit.

1611 marginal noteProu. 15.16. and 16.18.

Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sinne, neither say thou before the Angel, that it was an errour: wherefore should God be angrie at thy voyce, and destroy the worke of thine hands?

And I finde more bitter then death, the woman whose heart is snares & nets, and her handes as bands: who so pleaseth God, shall escape from her, but the sinner shall be taken by her.

1611 marginal noteHe that is good before God.

1611 marginal noteProu.22.14.

¶ By much slouthfulnesse the building decayeth; and through idlenesse of the hands the house droppeth through.