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14 (9:13) There was a litle citie and a few men within it: so there came a great kyng and besieged it, and made great bulwarkes against it. 15 (9:14) And in the citie there was founde a poore man, but he was wyse, whiche with his wysdome deliuered the citie, yet was there no body that had any respect to such a simple man. 16 (9:15) Then sayd I, wysdome is better then strength: Neuerthelesse, a simple mans wysdome is despised, and his wordes are not hearde. 17 (9:16) A wyse mans counsayle that is folowed in scilence, is farre aboue the crying of a captaine among fooles. 18 (9:17) For wysdome is better then harnesse: but one sinner alone destroyeth muche goodnesse. Ecclesiastes 9:14-18, Bishops' Bible of 1568. Public domain.
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