Lijk as erþe vnto erþe neuere go scholde,
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And ȝit schal erþe vnto erþe raþir þan he wolde.
5 O þou [fol. 170, vo] wrecchid erþe þat in þe erþe trauellist niȝt & day,
To florische þe erþe, to peinte þe erþe wiþ wantowne aray,
Ȝit schalt þou erþe for al þi erþe, make þou it neuere so queinte or gay,
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Out of þis erþe in-to þe erþe, þere to klinge as a clot of clay.
6 O wrecchid man whi art þou proud þat art of erþe makid?
Hidir brouȝtist þou no schroud, but pore come þou and nakid.