Ecclesiastes 10

1 Flies `that dien, leesen the swetnesse of oynement. Litil foli at a tyme is preciousere than wisdom and glorie.

fly death to stink to bubble oil to mix precious from wisdom from glory folly little

2 The herte of a wijs man is in his riyt side; and the herte of a fool is in his left side.

heart wise to/for right his and heart fool to/for left his

3 But also a fool goynge in the weie, whanne he is vnwijs, gessith alle men foolis.

and also in/on/with way: road (like/as which/that fool *Q(K)*) to go: walk heart his to lack and to say to/for all fool he/she/it

4 If the spirit of hym, that hath power, stieth on thee, forsake thou not thi place; for heeling schal make gretteste synnes to ceesse.

if spirit: temper [the] to rule to ascend: rise upon you place your not to rest for healing to rest sin great: large

5 An yuel is, which Y siy vndur the sunne, and goith out as bi errour fro the face of the prince; a fool set in hiy dignyte,

there distress: evil to see: see underneath: under [the] sun like/as unintentionally which/that to come out: come from to/for face: before [the] domineering

6 and riche men sitte bynethe.

to give: put [the] folly in/on/with height many and rich in/on/with poverty to dwell

7 I siy seruauntis on horsis, and princes as seruauntis goynge on the erthe.

to see: see servant/slave upon horse and ruler to go: walk like/as servant/slave upon [the] land: soil

8 He that diggith a diche, schal falle in to it; and an eddre schal bite hym, that distrieth an hegge.

to search pit in/on/with him to fall: fall and to break through wall to bite him serpent

9 He that berith ouer stoonys, schal be turmentid in tho; and he that kittith trees, schal be woundid of tho.

to set out stone to hurt in/on/with them to break up/open tree: stick to endanger in/on/with them

10 If yrun is foldid ayen, and this is not as bifore, but is maad blunt, it schal be maad scharp with myche trauel; and wisdom schal sue aftir bisynesse.

if be blunt [the] iron and he/she/it not face to lighten and strength to prevail and advantage (to succeed *Q(k)*) wisdom

11 If a serpent bitith, it bitith in silence; he that bacbitith priueli, hath no thing lesse than it.

if to bite [the] serpent in/on/with not charm and nothing advantage to/for master: [master of] [the] tongue

12 The wordis of the mouth of a wijs man is grace; and the lippis of an vnwijs man schulen caste hym doun.

word lip wise favor and lips fool to swallow up him

13 The bigynnyng of hise wordis is foli; and the laste thing of his mouth is the worste errour.

beginning word lip his folly and end lip: word his madness bad: evil

14 A fool multiplieth wordis; a man noot, what was bifore hym, and who mai schewe to hym that, that schal come aftir hym?

and [the] fool to multiply word not to know [the] man what? which/that to be and which to be from after him who? to tell to/for him

15 The trauel of foolis shal turment hem, that kunnen not go in to the citee.

trouble [the] fool be weary/toil him which not to know to/for to go: journey to(wards) city

16 Lond, wo to thee, whos kyng is a child, and whose princes eten eerli.

woe! to/for you land: country/planet which/that king your youth and ruler your in/on/with morning to eat

17 Blessid is the lond, whos kyng is noble; and whose princis eten in her tyme, to susteyne the kynde, and not to waste.

blessed you land: country/planet which/that king your son: child noble and ruler your in/on/with time to eat in/on/with might and not in/on/with drunkenness

18 The hiynesse of housis schal be maad low in slouthis; and the hous schal droppe in the feblenesse of hondis.

in/on/with sluggishness to sink [the] rafter and in/on/with idleness hand to drip [the] house: home

19 In leiyyng thei disposen breed and wyn, that thei drynkynge ete largeli; and alle thingis obeien to monei.

to/for laughter to make food: bread and wine to rejoice life and [the] silver: money to answer [obj] [the] all

20 In thi thouyt bacbite thou not the kyng, and in the priuete of thi bed, curse thou not a riche man; for the briddis of heuene schulen bere thi vois, and he that hath pennys, schal telle the sentence.

also in/on/with knowledge your king not to lighten and in/on/with chamber bed your not to lighten rich for bird [the] heaven to go: take [obj] [the] voice and master: men (wing *Q(K)*) to tell word: thing