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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,