John Trapp on Ecclesiastes 10:7

Verſ. 7. I have ſeen ſervants upon horſes] i. e. Servile ſouls, Muſcovites are noted to bee ſlaves by nature, deſtitute of all gifts to rule or govern. Quint. lib. 9. c. 2 Subita a diabolo dignitate perflati vias publicas manus terunt. Hieronym. baſe-ſpirited abjects, ſlaves to their luſts, homines ad ſervitutum paratos, as Tyberius ſaid of his Romans, natural ſlaves born to bee ſo (as the Cappadocians) brute beaſts made and taken to bee deſtroied, 2 Pet. 2.12. Hi perfricant frontem & digniores ſe dicunt quam Catonem, qui praetores fierent, as Vatinius did. Theſe ſet a good face upon it, many times; and leap into the ſaddle of authority, ride on ſtrong and ſhining palfries, ride without reigns in the proſecution of their ambitious ends, till, unhorſt with Haman, they that were erſt a terrour, become a ſcorn. See the Note on Prov. 30.22.

And Princes walking as ſervants upon the Earth] In Perſia at this day, the difference between the Gentleman and the ſlave is, that the ſlave never rides, the Gentleman never goes on foot; they buy, ſell, confer, fight, do all on horſe-back. When Doeg Sauls heards-man the Edomite, and Tobiah the ſervant the Ammonite were got on cock-horſe, there was no hoe with them, but they would needs ride to the Devil: When Juſtinian the ſecond was Emperour, Stephen the Perſian, being made Lord High Chamberlain, grew to that height of inſolency, that hee preſumed to chaſtiſe with rods the Emperours own Mother, as if ſhee had been ſome baſe ſlave. In the year of Grace, 1522.Func. Chron. the Boars of Germany roſe up againſt their Rulers, and would lay all levil, that ſervants might ride check by joul (as they ſay) with Princes. Sed miſerabilis & lamentabilis tandem hujus ſtultitiae exitus fuit, ſaith Lavater. Lavat. in hanc loc. But theſe fools paid dear for their proud attempt; and after a miſerable ſlaughter of many thouſands of them, were ſent home by the weeping croſs, ad beatos raſtros, benedictum aratrum, ſanctamque ſtivam, (as Bucholcerus phraſeth it) to handle again (inſtead of guns and ſwords) their bleſſed rakes, plow-ſtaves, and horſe-whips. Their General Muncer was tortured to death;Bucholc. Ind. Chron. being ſo mated and amazed, that hee was not able to repeat his Creed, &c.