Þan seiþ erþe to erþe: ‘Now is þis al houris’.
Whanne erþe upon erþe haþ biggid up hise boure,
Þanne schal erþe upon erþe suffir scharpe schouris.
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4 Erþe gooth vpon erþe as molde upon molde,
So gooth erþe upon erþe al gliteringe in golde,
Like as erþe vnto erþe neuere go schulde,
And ȝit schal erþe vnto erthe raþer þan he wolde.
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5 O þou wrecchid erþe þat on erþe traueilist nyȝt and day,