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So I turned me to refrain my mind, from such travel as I had taken under the sun. For so much as a man should weary him self with wisdom, with understanding, and industry, & yet be fain to leave his labours to an other, that never sweat for them. This also is a vain thing and great misery. For what getteth a man of all the labour & travel of his mind, that he taketh under the sun, but heaviness, sorrow, and disquietness all the days of his life. In so much that his hart can not rest in the night. This is also a vain thing.

So I turned me to refrayne my mynde, from such trauell as I had takē vnder the sunne. For so much as a man should weary hym selfe with wisedome, with vnderstandyng, and industrie, & yet be fayne to leaue his labours to an other, that neuer swet for them. This also is a vayne thyng and great miserie. For what getteth a man of all the labour & trauell of his mynde, that hee taketh vnder the sunne, but heauines, sorow, and disquietnesse all the dayes of his lyfe. In so much that his hart can not rest in the night. This is also a vayne thyng.

I Ceased (saith he) to take any more care for these worldly affairs.¹ This is the saying of a wise man which calleth back his mind from cares, to rest and quiet. I will be content with things present, ⟨image 48⟩and I will do and suffer forthwith that God willeth me, neither will I care for to morrow. This is the conclusion which afterward he amplifieth copiously, saying:

I Ceassed (sayth hee) to take any more care for these worldly affaires.¹