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The Middle English Poem, Erthe Upon Erthe

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2. Part 2

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7. Part 7

22 And God ros ovght of the est[11] this erth for to spede, And went into hell as was gret nede, 80 And toke erth from sorowe þ{us}[12] erth for to spede, The ryght wey to heuen...

4. Part 4

_Erthe upon Erthe_ is perhaps more especially concerned with the first of the two conceptions mentioned above, man's mortality, but, as has already been shown, a close connexion...

5. Part 5

4 Erthe goythe a-pon erthe as molde a-pon molde; Erthe gothe a-pon erthe alle gleterynge in golde, 16 Lyke as erthe vnto erthe neuyr [go][3] scholde, And yet shalle erthe vnto e...

6. Part 6

24 Therfor thou erthe be ware of erthe [fol. 34, v^o.] And thou the wele auyse, Lest thou erthe p{er}ische for erthe By-fore the hihe iustyse. 100

3. Part 3

God walkyd in erth as longe as he wolde, He had not in this erth but hong{er} & colde, And in this erth also his body was solde, Her{e} in this erth, whan þ{a}t he was xxx^ti [g...

9. Part 9

Dai, day(e), _sb._ day 4.78, 8.24, 15.20, 21.62, 32.22. Dare, _vb. subj._ need 34.58; ME. thar for tharf, OE. þearf; _from confusion with_ dare, OE. dearr. Dart, _sb._ 28.50. De...

8. Part 8

[MS. Addit. 25478, fol. 1, r^o] 1 Q{u}ant t{er}re auera en[9] terre large terre gayne, & t{er}re s{er}ra en terre a la mort liuere, Puis ert tere en tere de v{er}myne mange, Dou...

1. Part 1

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10. Part 10

Take, _vb._ 33.37, 39; _imp._ 24.5, 25.49; _3 p. pr._ takys 32.2; _2 p. p._ tokist 23.125; _3 p. p._ toc, toke 1.1, 34.81; _pp._ taken 12.31. Tent, _sb._ heed, attention 25.49....