The Middle English Poem, Erthe Upon Erthe
Murray
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Then seythe erthe to erthe: ‘The se bythe alle owres.’
When erthe apon erthe hath byggede vp his bowres, Then schalle erthe for the erthe suffre scharpe schowres.
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- The Two Versions of the Poem ‘Erthe upon Erthe’.Sample
- MSS. of the Poem ‘Erthe upon Erthe’.
- The A Version.
- The B Version.
- The Cambridge Text.
- Origin and Growth of the Poem.
- Later Versions of the Poem.
- Literary Interest.
- Editor’s Note.
- 1. MS. Harleian 2253. c. 1307.
- 2. MS. Harleian 913. c. 1308-1330.
- 1. William Billyng’s MS. c. 1400-1430 ?.
- 2. MS. Thornton. c. 1440.
- 4. MS. Egerton 1995. c. 1430-1450.
- 5. MS. Harleian 1671. 15th century.
- 6. MS. Brighton. 15th century.
- 7. Stratford-on-Avon Inscription. 15th century.
- 8. MS. Rawlinson C. 307. c. 1460.
- 9. MS. Harleian 4486. 15th century.
- 10. MS. Lambeth 853. c. 1430-1450.
- 11. MS. Laud Misc. 23. Before 1450.
- 12. MS. Cotton Titus A. xxvi. 15th century.
- 13. MS. Rawlinson Poetical 32. After 1450.
- 14. MS. Porkington 10. 15th century.
- 15. MS. Balliol 354. Before 1504.
- 16. MS. Harleian 984. 16th century.
- 17. The Maitland MS. (Pepysian MS. 2553, p. 338.) c. 1555-1585.
- 18. John Reidpeth’s MS. Cambr. Univ. Libr. Ll. 5. 10.
- Cambridge Univ. Libr. Ii. 4. 9. 15th century.
- NOTES.
- ANALOGUES.
- APPENDIX I.
- Record Office Roll (Exr. K. R. Parl. Proc., Bdle. 1).
- B Version 20. MS. Trinity College Cambridge B. 15. 39.
- GLOSSARY.
- ADDENDA