a riddle unto you] That is, a dark speech, in which, something lyeth hidden, under the litterall sense, that is to be found out by the wit of the hearers, which is a pleasant and innocent excrcise of the wit, fit for feasts, to keep the guests from worse imployments. See Ezekiel 17:2. seven dayes] The usuall time appointed for marriage feasts, Genesis 29:27. then I will give you] To wit, as a prize, or reward of your wit and industry. thirty sheets] Or, shirts; that is, Fine linen cloaths, which in those east countries they used for sundry purposes, by day or night. Of this we read, Matthew 27:59. Mark 14:51. So here the same is used in the Greek.