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1 There is yet a plague vnder the sunne, and it is a generall thyng among men: 2 (6:1) when God geueth a man riches, goodes, and honour, so that he wanteth nothyng of all that his heart can desire, and yet God geueth him not leaue to enioy the same, but another man spendeth them: This is a vayne thyng and a miserable plague. 3 (6:2) If a man beget a hundred children, and lyue many yeres, so that his dayes are many in number, and yet can not enioy his good, neither be buryed: as for him I say, that vntymely birth is better then he. 4 (6:3) For he commeth to naught, & spendeth his tyme in darknesse, and his name is forgotten. 5 (6:4) Moreouer he seeth not the sunne, and knoweth not of it: and yet hath he more rest then the other. Ecclesiastes 6:1-5, Bishops' Bible of 1568. Public domain.
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