Cum per fortitudinem tenet hanc lucratam,
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Capit longitudinem misere metatam.
6 Erþ gette on erþ gersom and gold,
Erþ is þi moder, in erþ is þi mold.
Erþ uppon erþ be þi soule hold;
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Er erþe go to erþe, bild þi long bold.
[fol. 63, vo.]
Erþ bilt[22] castles, and erþe bilt toures;