12 I concele erth vppon erth þat wykydely has wroȝte,

68

Whyl erth is on erth, to torn alle his þovȝte,

Ande pray to Gode vppon erth, þat al made of nov[ȝte][14],

That erth owte of erth to blys may be bovȝte[15]

Witt myȝthe[16],

72

Thorow helpe Jhesu Cryst þat was oure ladis byrthe.

Do for þiself.

[1.] Cf. Halliwell, Early Eng. Misc. in Prose and Verse, printed for the Warton Club, 1855, p. 39, Fiedler, Mod. Lang. Review, III. iii. 225.