There is a vanity which is done upon the earth, that there are righteous men unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there are wicked men to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.
Þerfor Y preysid gladnesse, þat no good was to a man vndur þe sunne, no but to ete, and drynke, and to be ioiful; and þat he schulde bere awei with hym silf oneli this of his trauel, in þe daies of his lijf, whiche God yaf to hym vndur þe sunne.