Liber II, cap. 8. De Officiis erga Homines praestandis: et quae huc pertinent Virtutes GeneralesThe two editions number this verse differently — Milton’s Bible divides the chapter at another point, so both numbers are right:
Latin {¶23} Eccles. ii. 3. — …est quisquis decipit proximum suum, et dicit, nonne ridebam? Eccles. ii. 3. de risu dico, insanus est, et de lætitia, ecquid ista facit? et vii. 2, 3, 4. melius est adire locum luctus,…
English (Sumner, 1825) {¶23} Eccles. ii. 2. — …n that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport? Eccles. ii. 2. I said of laughter, It is mad; and of mirth, What doeth it? vii. 2—4. it is better to go to the house of mour…