Part 8 (1/2)

[Footnote 5: B. _w^{t}i y^e_.]

[Footnote 6: B. _y^e_; _styke_.]

[Footnote 7: B. _momento_.]

[Footnote 8: B. _morte_.]

2.

MS. THORNTON. c. 1440. [fol. 279.]

Memento h.o.m.o Quod Sinis Es Et in cenerem Reuerteris.

1 [1]Erthe owte of erthe es wondirly wroghte, Erthe hase getyn one erthe a dignyte of noghte, Erthe appon{e} erthe hase sett alle his thoghte How at erthe appon{e} erthe may be heghe broghte. 4

2 Erthe appon{e} erthe wolde be a kynge, Bot howe {a}t erthe to erthe sail thynkis he no thynge.

When erthe bredis erthe & his rentis[2] home brynge, Thane schalle[3] erthe of erthe hafe full harde partynge. 8

3 Erthe appon{e} erthe wynnys castells and towrrys.

Thane saise[4] erthe vnto erthe: 'This es alle owrris'.

When erthe appo{ne} erthe hase bigged vp his bourris, Than schalle erthe for erthe suffire scharpe scowrrys[5]. 12

4 Erthe gose appon{e} erthe as golde appone golde, He that gose appon{e} erthe gleterande as golde, Lyke als erthe neu{er} more[6] goo to erthe scholde, And ?itt schal erthe vnto erthe ?a rathere an he wolde. 16

5 Now why {a}t erthe luffis erthe wondire me thynke, Or why {a}t erthe for erthe scholde o{er} swete or swynke, For when {a}t erthe appon{e} erthe es broghte w{i}t{h}in brynke, Thane schalle erthe of erthe hafe a foulle stynke. 20

Mors Soluit Omnia.

[Footnote 1: Cf. G. G. Perry, Religious Poems in Prose and Verse (E.E.T.S. _No. xxvi. 1867, p. 95, 1889, p. 96_); C. Horstmann, Yorks.h.i.+re Writers, _1. 373_.]

[Footnote 2: repeated in MS. _rentys_.]

[Footnote 3: Perry _sall_, MS., Horstmann _schalle_.]

[Footnote 4: perh. _sase_, MS. indistinct, Perry _thus sase_.]

[Footnote 5: perh. _stourrys_ as in Perry, but all other texts have _schowrys_.]

[Footnote 6: MS. _more_, Perry _mare_.]

3.

MS. SELDEN Supra 53. c. 1450. [fol. 159, v^o.]

1 [1]Erthe apon erthe ys wonderly wroth[2], Erthe apon erthe hath worschyp of nogth, Erthe apon erthe hath set[3] al hys thowth How erthe apon erth myth be hy browth. 4

2 Erthe apon erth wolde be a kyng{e}; How erth schal to e erth thy[n]k[4] he no thyng{e}.

Whan erth bydyth erth hys rent h[om]e[4] bryng{e}, an schal erth fro e erth [haue][5] a delful partyng{e}[6]. 8