12 I concele erth vppon erth þat wykydely has wroȝte,
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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],
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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.