Cum ius et iusticivm coram te migrabunt,
Pauci per trinoccivm [Fur. Wr. trinoctivm] mortem deplorabunt.
Erþ is a palfrei to king and to quene,
Erþ is a [Ms. ar] lang wei, þouw we lutil wene,
Þat weriþ grouer [Ms. gouer,] and grey [Ms. goy (= groy), lies fou and grey?] and schrud so schene —
Whan erþ makiþ is liuerei, he grauiþ vs in grene.
Whan erþ haþ erþ [Wohl besser haþ erþ hinter streinþ, die Umstellung scheint des Reimes halber notwendig] wiþ streinþ þus geten,
Alast he haþ is leinþ miseislich imeten.
Dic uestam dextrarium regique regine,
Iter longum marium, quod est sine fine,
Indumentum uarium dans cedit sentine [Wr. sentinæ, Fur. scutine, Ms. sētine] ;
Quando [Wr. Quando, Fur. omne, Ms. Qn] dat corrodium, nos tradit ruine.
Cum per fortitudinem tenet hanc lucratam,
Capit longitudinem misere metatam.
Erþ gette on erþ gersom and 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!
Erþ bilt [bild (erstes Mal), im Ms. mit roter Tinte am Rande bildiþ] castles, and erþe bilt toures; [folio 63b]
Whan erþ is on erþe, blak beþ þe boures.
Humus querit plurima super humum bona,
Humus est mater tua, in qua [quam] sumas dona. [dorna]
Anime sis famula super humum prona,
Domum dei perpetra mundo cum corona.
Ops turres edificat ac castra de petra;
Quando [Ms. qn, Fur. quin oder quando, Wr. quando,] fatum capiat, penora sunt tetra.
Þenk man in lond [lies ilome?] on þi last ende,
Whar of þou com and whoder schaltou wend;
Make þe wel at on [lies isome?] wiþ him þat is so hend,
And dred þe of þe dome, lest sin þe schend.
For he is king of miȝt [Ms. blis] and mon of moche meþ, [Ms. mede]
Þat deliþ þe dai fram niȝt and leniþ [leuiþ] lif and deþ. [Ms. dede.]
