8 Erth vppo{n} erth, deyle duly thy goode To þe por{e} pepul þ{a}t favtt pe þi fovde, 44 Ffor þe loue of þi Lord{e}, þ{a}t rent was on þe roode, And{e} for þi loue on þe crose sched his[11] hart blode,-- Go rede!-- W{i}ttovte a{n}ny place to reste on his hede. 48 9 Erth vppo{n} erth, take tent to my steyuyne; Whyl þ{o}u leuyst, fulfyle þe w{er}kys of mercy vij. Loke þ{o}u lete, for oode ne for ewyne, Ffor þo by{n}e þe werk{is} þat helpyne vs to heyuy{n}e, 52 In haste. Tho ded{is} who so dose þar, hy{m}e neu{er} be agaste. 10 Erth vppo{n} erth, be þ{o}u neu{er} so gaye, Thow moue[12] wend{e} of þ{i}s world{e} an vnreydy waye; 56 Turne þe betyme, whyle þ{a}t þ{o}u maye, Leste it lede þe into hele, to logege þ{er} for[13] ay, In pyne; Ffor þ{er} is noþ{er} to gett bred{e}, ale, ne wyne. 60 11 Erth vppo{n} erth, God{e} ȝeyf þe grace, [fol. 81, v^o.] Whyle þ{o}u leuuyst vppo{n} erth, to purway þe a place In heywy{n} to dweyll{e}, whyl þ{a}t þ{o}u hast space; That myrthe for to myse it w{er} a karful case. 64 Ffor whye? That myrth is w{i}t{h}owtty{n} end{e}, I tel þe securlye. 12 I co{n}cele erth vppo{n} erth þ{a}t wykyd{e}ly has wroȝte, Whyl erth is on erth, to torn all{e} his þovȝte, 68 And{e} pray to Gode vppo{n} erth, þ{a}t al mad{e} of nov[ȝte][14], That erth owte of erth to blys may be bovȝte[15] W{i}tt myȝthe[16], Thorow helpe Jh{e}su Cryst þ{a}t was our{e} lad{is} byrthe. 72 Do for þiself. [Footnote 1: Cf. Halliwell, Early Eng. Misc. in Prose and Verse, printed for the Warton Club, _1855, p. 39_, Fiedler, Mod. Lang. Review, _III. iii. 225_.] [Footnote 2, 4: MS. _þoũȝte_.] [Footnote 3: MS. _bo_.] [Footnote 5: MS. _oñ_, _on~_, throughout.] [Footnote 6: MS. _in ĩ gold{e}_.] [Footnote 7: These two lines are transposed in the MS.] [Footnote 8: MS. _soe_, Halliwell _soe_, Fiedler _goe_.] [Footnote 9: MS. _señ_.] [Footnote 10: H. _setal_.] [Footnote 11: H. F. _schedhis_.] [Footnote 12: MS. _mõu_.] [Footnote 13: MS. _þ^{r}for_, H. F. _therefor_.] [Footnote 14: MS. only _nov_ now legible.] [Footnote 15: MS. _bovȝte_, Halliwell _bouȝt_, Fiedler _brouȝt_.] [Footnote 16: MS. Halliwell _myȝthe_, probably erroneous for _myrthe_.] 15. MS. BALLIOL 354. Before 1504. [fol. 207, v^o.] (Richard Hill’s Commonplace-Book.)