Dic uesta{m}[19] dext{r}arium regiq{ue} regine, It{er} lo{n}gu{m} marium, q{uod} e{st} sine fine, 56 I{n}dum{en}tu{m} uarium dans cedit se{n}tine[20], Q{ua}ndo[21] dat corrodium, noa t{r}adit ruine. Cu{m} p{er} fortitudinem tenet hanc luc{r}atam, Capit lo{n}gitudinem mis{er}e metatam. 60 6 Erþ gette on erþ gersom a{nd} gold, Erþ is þi moder, in erþ is þi mold. Erþ uppon erþ be þi soule hold; Er erþe go to erþe, bild þi long bold. 64 Erþ bilt[22] castles, a{nd} erþe bilt toures; [fol. 63, v^o.] Whan erþ is on erþe, blak beþ þe boures. Hum{us} q{ue}rit pl{ur}ima sup{er} humu{m} bona, Hum{us} e{st} mat{er} tua, i{n} q{u}a sumas dona[23]. 68 A{n}i{m}e sis famula s{upe}r humu{m} prona; Domu{m} d{e}i p{er}petra m{un}do cu{m} corona. Ops t{ur}res edificat ac castra de petra; Q{ua}n{do}[24] fatu{m} capiat, penora {sun}t tetra. 72 7 Þenk man i{n} lond[25] on þi last ende, Whar of þou co{m} a{nd} whoder schaltou wend. Make þe wel at on wiþ hi{m} þ{a}t is so hend, A{nd} dred þe of þe dome lest sin þe schend. 76 For he is[26] king of blis, a{nd} mon of moch{e} mede, Þ{a}t deliþ þe dai f{r}am niȝt, a{nd} leniþ lif a{nd} dede. De fine nouissimo mauors mediteris, Huc q{u}o uen{er}is uico, dic q{u}o g{r}adieris. 80 Miti p{r}ude{n}tissimo co{n}cordare deris, Hesides iudic[i]o[27], ne noxa da{m}pneris. Q{uia} rex e{st} gl{or}ie, dans m{en}sura restat; Mutat nocte{m} de die, vita{m} morte{m} prestat. 84 Am{en}. [Footnote 1: Cf. Reliquiae Antiquae, _II. 216_; Furnivall, Early Eng. Poems and Lives of Saints, _p. 150_; Heuser, Kildare-Gedichte, _p. 180_.] [Footnote 2: read _upon_.] [Footnote 3: in margin _festi{n}e_.] [Footnote 4: MS. _cepiam_, so Reliq. Ant.; Furn., Heuser, _copiam_.] [Footnote 5: MS. _simil’_, Furn. _simile_.] [Footnote 6: MS. _b’riþ_, Furn., Reliq. Ant. _beriþ_, Heuser _berriþ_, cf. l. 28.] [Footnote 7: _muntiþ_, in margin _metit{ur}_.] [Footnote 8: MS. originally _schynne_, _s_ erased.] [Footnote 9: _vult_, cf. Furn.] [Footnote 10: MS. _põita_, Furn., Heuser _posita_.] [Footnote 11: in margin _t{r}ahu{nt}_.] [Footnote 12: in margin _luc{r}ataris_, Heuser _lucrabaris_.] [Footnote 13: MS. _humo ꝗ_, Reliq. Ant., Furn. _humoque_, Heuser _humo quod_.] [[q with line through stem; exact form unclear]] [Footnote 14: ? _getith_, in margin _luc{ratur}_.] [Footnote 15: MS. _uĩqȝ_, Reliq. Ant., Furn. _vincit_, Heuser _vimque_.] [Footnote 16: MS. _p^{a}rtratur_, Furn. _portratur_.] [Footnote 17: MS. _ar_, Heuser _a_.] [Footnote 18: Heuser _grey_ (lies _fou and grey_?).]