To florische þe erþe, to peynte þe erþe with wantowne aray,
Ȝit schal þou erþe for al þi erþe, make þou it neuere so queynte & gay,
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Out of þis erþe in-to þe erþe, þere to clinge as a clot of clay.
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6 O wrecchid man whi art þou proud, þat art of þe erþe makid?
Hider brouȝttist þou no schroud, but poore come þou and nakid.
Whanne þi soule is went out, & þi bodi in erþe rakid,
Þan þi bodi þat was rank & undeuout, of alle men is bihatid.
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