[11.] w no longer legible.

[4.]
MS. Egerton 1995. c. 1430-1450.

[fol. 55, ro.]

(William Gregory’s Commonplace-Book.)

Memento homo quod cinis es et in cinerem reuerteris.

Whenne lyfe ys moste louyde, and dethe ys moste hatyde,

Dethe drawythe hys draughte, and makythe man nakyde.

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1 Erthe owte of þe erthe ys wounderly wroughte,

Erthe vppon erthe hathe sette hys thoughte