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the_o sum_n of_o his_o discourse_n stand_v upon_o these_o two_o point_n 1._o that_o the_o chief_a good_a of_o the_o son_n of_o man_n be_v not_o to_o be_v find_v in_o all_o the_o creature_n under_o the_o sun_n nor_o in_o man_n labour_n and_o way_n about_o they_o for_o they_o be_v all_o vanity_n and_o vexation_n of_o spirit_n 2._o that_o it_o be_v to_o be_v find_v in_o the_o fear_n of_o god_n and_o keep_v his_o commandment_n chap._n 12._o v._n 13._o these_o two_o verse_n contain_v first_o the_o title_n of_o the_o book_n wherein_o the_o book_n be_v set_v forth_o 1._o by_o the_o author_n 2._o and_o he_o by_o 1._o his_o condition_n coheleth_n 2._o his_o lineage_n the_o son_n of_o david_n 3._o by_o his_o office_n a_o king_n 4._o the_o place_n of_o his_o government_n in_o jerusalem_n v._o 1._o second_o the_o argument_n or_o sum_n of_o his_o discourse_n or_o at_o least_o of_o the_o former_a part_n of_o it_o v._o 2._o wherein_o be_v set_v forth_o 1._o the_o condition_n of_o all_o thing_n by_o the_o adjunct_n of_o vanity_n all_o be_v vanity_n and_o this_o vanity_n be_v amplify_v by_o many_o ornament_n of_o rhetoric_n 1._o a_o hyperbole_n vanity_n itself_o for_o vain_a 2._o polyptoton_n vanity_n of_o vanity_n 3._o epizeuxis_n the_o like_a sound_n continue_v in_o the_o same_o sentence_n vanity_n of_o vanity_n 4._o anadiplosis_fw-la the_o same_o sound_n repeat_v in_o the_o end_n of_o one_o sentence_n and_o the_o beginning_n of_o the_o other_o vanity_n of_o vanity_n vanity_n etc._n etc._n 5._o epanalepsis_fw-la the_o same_o sound_n repeat_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o sentence_n and_o in_o the_o end_n vanity_n etc._n etc._n all_o be_v vanity_n 6._o anaphora_fw-la the_o same_o sound_n repeat_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o sentence_n