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[1]Also another yuel is, which Y siy vndur the sunne; and certis it is oft vsid anentis men.
[2]A man is, to whom God yaf richessis, and catel, and onour; and no thing failith to his soule of alle thingis which he desirith; and God yyueth not power to hym, that he ete therof, but a straunge man shal deuoure it. This is vanyte, and a greet wretchidnesse.
[3]If a man gendrith an hundrid fre sones, and lyueth many yeris, and hath many daies of age, and his soule vsith not the goodis of his catel, and wantith biriyng; Y pronounce of this man, that a deed borun child is betere than he.
[4]For he cometh in veyn, and goith to derknessis; and his name schal be don a wei bi foryetyng.
[5]He siy not the sunne, nether knew dyuersyte of good and of yuel;
[6]also thouy he lyueth twei thousynde yeeris, and vsith not goodis; whether alle thingis hasten not to o place?
[7]Al the trauel of a man is in his mouth, but the soule of hym schal not be fillid with goodis.
[8]What hath a wijs man more than a fool? and what hath a pore man, no but that he go thidur, where is lijf?
[9]It is betere to se that, that thou coueitist, than to desire that, that thou knowist not; but also this is vanyte, and presumpcioun of spirit.
[10]The name of hym that schal come, is clepid now, and it is knowun, that he is a man, and he mai not stryue in doom ayens a strongere than hym silf.
[11]Wordis ben ful manye, and han myche vanyte in dispuytinge.
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