9 Lo erþe upon erþe considere þou may,

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How erþe comeþ into erþe nakid al way,

Whi schulde erþe upon erþe go now so stoute or gay,

Whanne erþe schal passe out of erþe in so poore aray?

10 Wolde God þerfore þis erþe, while þat he is upon this erþe,

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Vpon þis wolde hertili þinke,

& how þe erþe out of þe erþe schal haue his aȝen-risynge,

And þis erþe for þis erþe schal ȝeelde streite rekenyng;