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So gooth erthe vp-on erthe al gleteryng in goolde,
Like as erthe vn-to erthe neuere goo[2] shulde;
Yit shal erthe vnto erþe[3] rathere than he wolde.
5 O thou wrecchid erthe, that on the erthe [fol. 112, ro] traueylist nyȝt and day,
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To florisshe the erthe, to peynte the erthe wyth wantone a-ray;
Ȝit shal thow erthe, for alle thyn erthe, make thow it neuer so queynt & gay,
Out of the erthe in-to the erthe, ther to clynge as clot of clay.
6 O wrecchide man whi art thow prude, that art of erthe makid?