They were but erth vpon erth, non of them thre,
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And so from erth vnto erth þei loste þer dignite.
8 Alisander was but erth, þat all the world wan,
& Ector vpon erth was hold a worthy man,
& Julius Cesar þat þe empire first be-gan;
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& now, as erth within erth, þei lye pale & wan.
9 Arthur was but erth, for all his renown;
No more was kyng Charlis, ne Godfrey of Bolown;