[13.] MS. þrfor, H. F. therefor.

[14.] MS. only nov now legible.

[15.] MS. bovȝte, Halliwell bouȝt, Fiedler brouȝt.

[16.] MS. Halliwell myȝthe, probably erroneous for myrthe.

[15.]
MS. Balliol 354. Before 1504.

[fol. 207, vo.]

(Richard Hill’s Commonplace-Book.)

1 Erth owt of erth is worldly wrowght,

Erth hath goten oppon erth a dygnite of nowght,

Erth vpon erth hath[1] set all his thowght,