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Here beginneth the Song of Songs[a].

Kiss he me with the kiss of his mouth. For thy loves be better than wine (For thy love is better than wine)[b],

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 1:1 One manuscript adds, “that were made of Solomon (that were made by Solomon), to be sung in the temple of the Lord, into everlasting worshipping, and (so) needeth none other prologue.
  2. Song of Solomon 1:2 The “Early Version” of the “Wycliffe Bible”, and one copy of the “Later Version” labeled “X”, present this book as an allegorical dialogue between Christ and the Church. For example, this verse is introduced as: “The Church, of the coming of Christ speaketh, saying (“The Church speaketh of the coming of Christ, saying”),