How erthe comes into þe erthe nakyd all way.
Why sulde erthe vpon erthe go stovte or gay,
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Sethen erthe oute of erthe sall passe in por aray?
7 I concell erthe opon erthe þat wykkydly has wrouthe,
The whyle þat erthe is vpon erthe to turn vp his thouthe,
And praye to God vpon erthe þat all the erthe wrouhte,
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Þat erthe oute of erthe to blys may be browthe.
[1.] Printed, by kind permission, from H. G. Fiedler’s text (Mod. Lang. Review, III. iii. 219).