Whanne þan erþe biddiþ erþe hise rentis hoom bring,
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Þanne schal erþe out of erþe haue a piteuous partinge.
3 Erþe vpon erþe wynneþ castels and tours,
Þanne seiþ erþe to erþe: ‘þis is all ouris.’
Whanne erþe vpon[2] erþe [haþ biggid][3] up his bouris,
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Þan schal erþe for erþe for[4] suffre scharpe schouris.
4 Erþe gooþ upon erþe as molde upon moolde,
So gooþ erþe upon erþe al glitiringe in golde,