John Trapp on Ecclesiastes 2:7

Verſ. 7. I got mee ſervants, &c] Too many by one, ſc. Jeroboam, who rent ten tribes from his ſonne. I[illegible: 1 letter] is well obſerved by an Interpreter, that Solomon, among all his delights, got him not a Fool or Jeſter, which ſome Princes cannot bee without, no not when they ſhould bee moſt ſerious. It is recorded of Henry the third King of France, that in a Solemn proceſſion at Paris, hee could not bee without his Jeſter,Epic. hiſt. Gallicae. who walking between the King and the Cardinal, made mirth to them both. There was ſweet devotion the while.

Melanch. in Heſiod. I had great poſſeſſions of great and ſmall cattel] [non-Latin text not transcribed] pecudes, & poſtea ſynechdochic[illegible: 1 letter]s opes ſignificant: ſic pecunia a pecude. So cheſita ſignifies in Hebrew both mony and a lamb.