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Vna terra pauperes ac dites sunt proni.
2 Erþ geþ on erþ wrikkend in weden,
Erþ toward erþ wormes to feden;
Erþ berriþ[6] to erþ al is lif deden;
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When erþ is in erþe, heo muntid[7] þi meden.
When erþ is in erþe, þe rof is on þe chynne[8];
Þan schullen an hundred wormes wroten on þe skin.
Vesta pergit uestibus super uestem vare,