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Eorþe is amidde þe grete se as a lite bal al round
And pur helle amidde eorþe wo so soȝte þe ground
And ȝute as gret as eorþe þincþ & as lite as he is
Þare nis bote þe seueþe deol þat men wonieþ on iwis
For here in þe norþ half wo so lie nele
For it is so fer þe sonne ne woneþ nomon for chile
And pur helle amidde eorþe wo so soȝte þe ground
And ȝute as gret as eorþe þincþ & as lite as he is
Þare nis bote þe seueþe deol þat men wonieþ on iwis
For here in þe norþ half wo so lie nele
For it is so fer þe sonne ne woneþ nomon for chile
Ne in þe souþ half noþemo for þe grete hete
Of þe sonne þat is aboue þe lemes beoþ so kete
And [moni] oþer studes ek þei me miȝte wonie þer inne
Hi ne bereþ no corn ne frut mannes mete to wynne
So þat þei eorþe were ideled wo so it miȝte do bi art
Þer nis to wonie inne men bote vnneþe þe seueþe part
Of þis foure elemens ech quik þing imaked is
Of eorþe of water & of eir and of fur iwis
Of þe sonne þat is aboue þe lemes beoþ so kete
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Hi ne bereþ no corn ne frut mannes mete to wynne
So þat þei eorþe were ideled wo so it miȝte do bi art
Þer nis to wonie inne men bote vnneþe þe seueþe part
Of þis foure elemens ech quik þing imaked is
Of eorþe of water & of eir and of fur iwis
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