1 a Salomon maketh this discours with him self, as thogh he wolde trye whether there were contentation in ease and pleasures.
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3 b Albeit I gaue my self to pleasures, yet I thoght to kepe wisdome & the feare of God in mine heart, and gouerne mine affaires by the same.
7 c Meaning, of the seruants or sclaues, which he had boght: so the children borne in their seruitude, were the masters.
8 e Which were the most beautiful of them that were taken in warre, as {Judges. 5, 30}. Some vnderstand by these wordes, noe women but instruments of musike.
10 g This was the frute of all my labout, a certeine pleasure mixt with care, which he calleth vanitie in the next verse.
12 h I bethoght with my self whether it were better to followe wisdome, or mine owne affections and pleasures, which he calleth madnes.
12 / Or, compare with the King.
14 i He foreseth things, which the foole can not for lacke of wisdome.
14 k For bothe dye & are forgotten, as {verse 16}, or they bothe alike haue prosperitie or aduersitie.
16 m He wondereth that men forget a wise man, being dead, assone as thei do a foole.
21 o Among other griefs this was not the least to leaue that which he had gotten by great trauail, to one that had taken no peine therefore, and whome he knewe not whether he were a wise man or a foole.