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How þat erth vpon erth myght be hye browght.

2 Erth vpon erth wold be a kyng,

But how þat erth shall to erth, he thynkith no thyng;

When erth biddith erth his rentes[2] home bryng,

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Then shall erth for erth haue a hard partyng.

3 Erth vpon erth wynneth castlles[2] & towres,

Then seyth erth vnto erth: ‘Þis is all owres’;

But when erth vpon erth hath bildyd his bowres,