king

¶ The wordes of the Preacher, the son of Dauid, King in Ierusalem.

¶ I the Preacher was king ouer Israel in Ierusalem.

¶ And I turned my selfe to behold wisedome, and madnesse and folly: for what can the man doe, that commeth after the king? euen that which hath bene already done.

1611 marginal noteOr, in those things which haue bene already done.

1611 marginal noteChap. 1.17. and 7.23.

¶ Better is a poore and a wise child, then an old and foolish king who will no more be admonished.

1611 marginal noteHeb. who knoweth not to be admonished.

¶ Moreouer the profit of the earth is for all: the king himselfe is serued by the field.

Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say vnto him, What doest thou?

There was a little citie, and few men within it; and there came a great King against it, and besieged it, & built great bulwarks against it:

¶ Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eate in the morning.

1611 marginal noteIsa.3.3,4.

Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the sonne of nobles, and thy princes eate in due season, for strength, and not for drunkennesse.

¶ Curse not the king, no not in thy thought, and curse not the rich in thy bed-chamber: for a bird of the aire shall carry the voyce, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.

1611 marginal noteOr, conscience.

1611 marginal noteExod.22.28.