4 Erthe gothe apon erthe as molde apon molde. So goeth erthe apon erthe all{e} gleteryng{e} in golde, Lyke as erthe into erthe neu{er} go scholde, And ȝet schall{e} erthe into erthe rather then be wolde. ll. 29-32. How erthe louys erth wondyr me thynke, How erthe for erth wyll swete and swynke. When erth is in {e}rthe broght w{i}t{h}-in the brynke What as herth than of erthe but a fowle sty{n}ke. 5 Why erthe loueth{e} erthe wonder me thynke, Or why that erthe for erthe swete wyll{e} or swynke, Ffor whan erthe apon erthe is browte w{i}t{h}yn þe brynke, Then schall{e} erthe of the erthe haue a fowle stynke. ll. 36-37. Erthe vpon erth mynd eu{er} more þou make How erthe xal to erth when deth wyll hy{m} take. 6 Loo erthe apon erthe consyder{e} thow may How erthe co{m}myth to erthe naked all way. ll. 19-22. Erth vpon erthe gos in the weye, Prykys and prankys on a palfreye; When erth has gotyn erth alle that he maye, He schal haue but seven fote at his last daye. (_MS. Harl._ 913) A Version. v. 5, ll. 1, 2, 5, 6. Erþ is a palfrei to king a{nd} to quene, Erþ is ar la{n}g wei, þouw we lutil wene. Whan erþ haþ erþ wiþ st{r}einþ þus geten, Alast he haþ is leinþ miseislich i-meten. ll. 41-46, 23-26. Ffor erth gos in erth walkand in vede, And erthe rydys on erth on a fayr stede, When he was goty{n} in erth erth to his mede, Than is erth layde in erthe wormys to fede. Whylke are the wormys the flesch brede? God wote the wormys for to ryght rede. Than xal not be lyky{n}g vnto hy{m} Bu[t] an olde sely cloth to wynde erthe in, When erthe is in erth for wormys wyn, The rof of his hows xal ly on his chyn. v. 2. Erþ geþ on erþ wrikkend in weden, Erþ toward erþ wormes to feden; Erþ b{er}riþ to erþ al is lif deden; When erþ is i{n} erþe, heo muntid þi meden. When erþ is i{n} erþe, þe rof is on þe chynne; Þan schullen an hu{n}dred wormes wroten on þe skin. ll. 63-64. Erthe bygyth hallys & erth bygith towres, When erth is layd in erth, blayke is his bo{ur}s; v. 6, ll. 5-6. Erþ bilt castles, a{nd} erþe bilt toures; Whan erþ is on erþe, blak beþ þe boures. l. 38. Be war{e}, erth, for erthe, for sake of thi sowle. v. 6, l. 3. Erþ uppon erþ be þi soule hold. The additional verses in MS. Cambr. bear some slight resemblance to other additional lines found in MSS. of the B type, and this is interesting as showing that the writer worked on the same lines in expanding his text, and was perhaps acquainted with some of the longer B texts. On the other hand characteristic differences in the treatment of the theme would seem to support the view that these verses are really individual additions and not derived from any of the other texts. The lines in question are given below:-- _MS. Cambr._ ll. 71-82.