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

Uanitie of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanitie of vanities, all is vanitie.

1611 marginal noteChap.12.9 psal.144.4. psal.36.6. and 62.9.

What profite hath a man of all his labour which hee taketh vnder the Sunne?

1611 marginal noteCha.2.22. and 3.9.

All things are full of labour, man cannot vtter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the eare filled with hearing.

Is there any thing, whereof it may be sayd, See, this is new? it hath beene already of olde time, which was before vs.

There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there bee any remembrance of things that are to come, with those that shall come after.

And I gaue my heart to seeke and search out by wisedome, concerning all things that are done vnder heauen: this sore trauell hath God giuen to the sonnes of man, to be exercised therewith.

1611 marginal noteOr, to afflict them.

I haue seene all the workes that are done vnder the Sunne, and behold, all is vanitie, and vexation of spirit.

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.

And I gaue my heart to know wisedome, and to know madnesse and folly: I perceiued that this also is vexation of spirit.

1611 marginal noteCha.2.12. and 7.23.