Bishops' [1568], The. holie. Bible. conteynyng the olde Testament and the newe (Imprinted... by Richarde Iugge [etc.], LONDON) [word count] [B08000].
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The .iiij. Chapter.
1 The innocent are oppressed. 4 Mens labours are full of abuse and vanitie. 9 Mans
societie is necessarie. 13 A young man poore and wise, is to be preferred before an olde
kyng that is a foole.
A
1 So I turned me, and
note considered all the violent
wrong that is
done vnder the sunne:
and beholde the teares
of such as were oppressed,
and there was no
man to comfort them, or that woulde
deliuer and defende them from the violence
of their oppressours.
2 Wherfore I note iudged those that are
dead, to be more happy then those that
be alyue?
3 noteYea him that is yet vnborne, to be
better at ease then they both: because he
seeth not the miserable workes that are
done vnder the sunne.
4 noteAgayne, I sawe that all trauayle
and diligence of labour that euery man
taketh in hande, was done of enuie
agaynst his neighbour: This is also a
vayne thyng, and a vexation of mynde.
5 noteThe foole foldeth his handes together,
and eateth vp his owne fleshe.
6 One handfull [saith he] is better with
rest, then both the handes full with
labour and trauayle of mynde.
B
7 Moreouer I turned me, and beholde
yet another vanitie vnder the sunne.
8 There is one man, no mo but himselfe
alone, hauing neither childe nor brother,
yet is there no ende of his carefull trauayle,
his eyes can not be satisfied with
riches: [yet saith he not] for whom do I
take such trauayle? For whose pleasure
do I thus consume away my life? This
is also a vayne and miserable thyng.
9 noteTherfore two are better then one, for
they may well enioy the profite of their
labour: For yf one of them fall, his companion
helpeth him vp agayne.
10 But wo is him that is alone: for yf he
fal, he hath not another to helpe him vp.
11 Agayne, when two sleepe together
they are warme: but howe can a body
be warme alone?
12 One may be ouercome, but two may
make resistaunce: A three folde gable is
not lightly broken.
13 A poore chylde beyng wise, is better
then an olde kyng that doteth, note and can
not beware in tyme to come.
C
14 noteSome one commeth out of prison,
and is made a kyng: and another which
is borne in the kyngdome, commeth vnto
pouertie.
15 And I perceaued that all men lyuyng
vnder the sunne, note go with the seconde
childe that shall stande vp in the steade
of the other.
16 As for the people that haue ben before
him, and that come after him, they are
innumerable, and they that come after
him shall not note reioyce in him: This is
also a vayne thyng, and vexation of
mynde.
17 When thou commest into the house of
God, kepe thy foote and drawe nye,
that God which is at hande may heare
that thou geue not the note offerynges of
fooles: for they knowe naught but to
do euyll.
Bishops' [1568], The. holie. Bible. conteynyng the olde Testament and the newe (Imprinted... by Richarde Iugge [etc.], LONDON) [word count] [B08000].
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