The Middle English Poem, Erthe Upon Erthe

by Unknown

Ffac bene dum vivis, post morte[m][8] vivere si vis.

Whan lyffe is most louyd and deth most hated,

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Than deth drawyth hys drawght and maketh man ful naked.

[1.] From Bateman’s print (William Billyng, Five Wounds of Christ, Manchester, 1814).

[2.] Bateman petrus.

[3.] B. tha.

[4.] B. yã.

[5.] B. w^ti y^e.

[6.] B. y^e; styke.