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I communed with mine owne heart, saying, Loe, I am come to great estate, and haue gotten more wisedome then all they that haue beene before me in Ierusalem: yea my heart had great experience of wisedome & knowledge.

1611 marginal noteHeb. had seene much.

1611 marginal note1.King.4.30. and 10.7, 23.

So I was great, and increased more then all that were before mee in Ierusalem; also my wisedome remained with me.

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 who can eate? or who else can hasten hereunto more then I?

Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead, more then the liuing which are yet aliue.

1611 marginal noteIob 3.17. &c.

¶ 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.

¶ Kepe thy foote when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to heare, then to giue the sacrifice of fooles: for they consider not that they doe euill.

1611 marginal note1.Sam.15 22. psal.50.8. prou.15.8. & 21.27.

Moreouer hee hath not seene the Sunne, nor knowen any thing: this hath more rest then the other.

For what hath the wise more then the foole? what hath the poore, that knoweth to walke before the liuing?