A   These are the wordes of the Preather, þe; sonne of Dauid, kynge of Ierusal&ebar;. ^noteAll is but moste vayne vanite (sayeth þe; Preacher) ∧ al is moste vayne (I say) ∧ but plaine vanite. For what els hath a m&abar;, of all þe; labour þt; he taketh vnder þe; Sunne? One generacyon passeth awaye, another c&obar;meth, but þe; earth abydeth styll. The Sunne aryseth, þe; sunne goeth downe, ∧ returneth to hys place, þt; he maye there rise vp againe. The w&ibar;de goeth toward þe; South, ∧ turneth vnto the northe, fetchith his c&obar;passe, whirleth aboute, ∧ goth forth, ∧ his circuite returneth agayne to him selfe. ^note B   All floudes r&ubar;ne into the see, ∧ yet þe; see yt selfe is not fylled: for loke vnto what place þe; waters r&ubar;ne, thence they come to flowe agayne. All th&ibar;ges are so harde to be knowen, þt; no m&abar; can expresse th&ebar;. ^noteThe eye is not satisfyed &wt; syght, the eare is not fylled &wt; hearinge. ^noteThe thing þt; hath bene, c&obar;meth to passe agayne: ∧ þe; thinge þt; hath bene done, shall be done agayne, there is no new th&ibar;g vnder þe; sunne. Is there eny th&ibar;g wherof it maye be sayde: lo, this is new? For it was longe agoo in þe; times þt; haue bene before vs. The thing þt; is past, is out of rem&ebar;braunce: C   Euen so the thinges þt; are for to come, shal no more be thought vpon am&obar;ge them þt; come after. I my selfe þe; Preacher, was kyng of Israel at Ierusal&ebar;, ∧ dyd applie my mynde to seke out ∧ search for þe; knowledge of all thinges that are done vnder heau&ebar;. Soch trauayle and labour hath God geu&ebar; vnto &rhand; þe; children of men, to excercyse them selues therin.

D   Thus I haue consydred all the thinges þt; come to passe vnder the Sunne, and lo, they are all but vanite, ∧ vexaci&obar; of minde. The croked c&abar;not be made strayght, nor þe; th&ibar;ge þt; is vnperfecte, c&abar;not be ac&obar;pted &wt; thinges þt; are perfecte. I c&obar;moned &wt; mine awne herte, say&ibar;ge: lo, I am come to a great estate, ∧ haue gott&ebar; more wysdome, th&ebar; all they þt; haue bene before me in Ierusal&ebar;. Yee my herte had greate experi&ebar;ce of wisdome ∧ knowledge, for there vnto I applied my mynde: þt; I myght knowe what were wisdome ∧ vnderst&abar;ding, what were errour ∧ folishnes: ∧ I perceaued, þt; this also was but a vexacy&obar; of m&ibar;de: for where moch wisdome is, there is also greate trauaile ∧ disquietnes: ∧ &club; þe; more knowledge a man hath, þe; more is hys care.

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