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An exposition of Solomons book called Ecclesiastes or the preacher. Seen and allowedAn exposition of Salomons booke called Ecclesiastes or the preacher. Seene and allowed
An exposition of Solomons book called Ecclesiastes or the preacher. Seen and allowed.An exposition of Salomons booke called Ecclesiastes or the preacher. Seene and allowed.
London: printed by John Daye, 1573London: printed by Iohn Daye, 1573
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Chapter 10 › ¶ The fool multiplieth words.Chapter 10 › ¶ The foole multiplieth woordes.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
¶ The fool multiplieth words.
¶ The foole multiplieth woordes.
1A Wise man dispatcheth briefly and in few words what he thinketh, for truth is content with plain and simple utterance, but fools have abundance of words, and can by no words be made hold their peace, but for one word will give a thousand. Thus Christ used always in few words to answer the lawyers and Pharisees when they slanderously said, his doctrine was of the devil, and not of God.
1A Wise mā dispatcheth briefly and in fewe woordes what he thinketh, for truth is content with plaine and simple vtteraunce, but fooles haue aboundance of wordes, and can by no wordes be made holde their peace, but for one worde will geue a thousand. Thus Christ vsed allwayes in fewe wordes to aunswere the lawyers and Pharisies when they slaunderously sayd, his doctrine was of the deuell, and not of God.
- 1Fools be full of words.Fooles be full of wordes.