7 I consell erthe vpon erthe þat wikyd hade wroȝt,
4
Whyle erthe ys apon erthe to turne al his þoȝt,
Ande pray to God þat al þe world wroȝt[2]
Þat erthe out of erthe to blesse may be broȝt.
[1.] The previous leaf of the MS., which evidently contained the beginning of the poem, has been torn out.
[2.] MS. woȝt.
[17.]
The Maitland MS. (Pepysian MS. 2553, p. 338.) c. 1555-1585.
1 [1]Eyrd vpone eird wondirfallie is wrocht,
Eird hes gottin vpone eird ane dignite for nocht,