A    ^noteA Good name is more worth then ^note a precyous oyntment, and the daye of death is better th&ebar; the daye of byrth. It is better to go &ibar;to an house of mourninge, then into a b&abar;cketinge house. For there is the ende of all men, ∧ he þt; is liu&ibar;g, taketh it to hert: grauytie is better then to laugh: for when the countena&ubar;ce is heuy, the herte is refourmed. The hert of the wyse is in the mournyng house, but the hert of the folysh is in the house of myrth. ^noteIt is better to geue care to the chastenynge of a wyse man then to heare the songe of fooles. For the laughinge of foles is lyke the crackynge of thornes vnder a pot. And that is but a vayne thynge.

The wyse man hateth wronge delynge: ∧ abhorreth the harte þt; couetith rewardes. Better it is to c&obar;sydre, the ende of a thinge then the begynnynge. The paci&ebar;t of sprete is better th&ebar; the hye mynded. Be not hastely angrie in thy mynde, for wrath resteth in the bosome of fooles. B   Saye not þu;: What is the cause, þt; the dayes of the olde tyme were better, th&ebar; they þt; be nowe? for þt; were no wyse questi&obar;. Wysdome &wt; enherita&ubar;ce is good yet better is it &wt; them þt; without care may beholde the sonne. For wysdome defendeth as well as moneye, ∧ the excell&ebar;t knowledge ∧ wysdome geueth lyfe vnto him þt; hath it in possession. Considre the worke of God how þt; no man can make the thing straight which he maketh croked. Use wel the tyme of prosperite, ∧ rem&ebar;bre the tyme of mysfortune: for God maketh the one by the other, so þt; a man c&abar; fynde nothing els. C   All th&ibar;ges haue I considred in the tyme of my vanite: þt; the iust m&abar; perisheth for his righteousnes sake, ∧ the vngodly lyueth in hys wyckednesse. Therfore ^note be þu; nether to ryghteous ner ouer wyse, þt; thou perishe not: be nether to vnryghteous also ner to folysh, lest thou dye before thy tyme. It is good for the to take holde of this, ∧ not to let that go out of thy hand. For he that feareth God, commeth forth with them all.

Wysdome geueth more corage vnto the wyse, th&ebar; ten myghtie m&ebar; of the citye: ^note for there is not one iust vp&obar; earth, þt; doth good, and synneth not. Take not hede vnto euery worde that is spok&ebar;, lest thou heare thy serua&ubar;t curse þe;: for thine awne hert knoweth that þu; thy selfe also hast oft tymes spoken euell by other m&ebar;. All these thinges haue I proued &ibar; wysdome: for I thought to be wyse ^note but she w&ebar;t farther fro me then she was before, yee ∧ so depe that I might not reach vnto her. D   I applyed my mynde also vnto knowledge, ∧ to seke ∧ searche oute science, wysdome ∧ vnderst&abar;ding: to knowe the foolyshnesse of the vngodly, ∧ the errour of dotinge fooles. And I founde, þt; ^note a woman is bytterer th&ebar; death: for she hath cast abrode, her herte as a nett that men fishe with, and her handes are cheynes. Who so pleaseth God, shall escape from her: but the synner will be taken with her.

Beholde (sayeth the preacher) thys haue I diligently searched oute ∧ proued. One thinge must be c&obar;sidred with another, that a man may come by knowledge: whych as yet I seke, ∧ fynde it not. Am&obar;g a thousande m&ebar; I haue fo&ubar;de one, but not one wom&abar; amonge all. Lo, this onely haue I founde, þt; ^note God made man iust and ryght, but they sought many inuencions.

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