There was no end of all the people, even of all them over whom he was: yet they that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a striving after wind.
Þe noumbre of puple, of alle þat weren bifore hym, is greet with outen mesure, and þei þat schulen come aftirward, schulen not be glad in hym; but also this is vanyte and turment of þe spirit.