Erthe Toc of Erthe, Erthe wyth Woh
Erthe Toc of Erthe, Erthe wyth Woh
Original Text
British Library MS Harley 2253, fol. 57v. Carleton Brown, ed., English Lyrics of the XIIIth Century (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1932): no. 73, pp. 132, 224. Carleton Brown and Rossell Hope Robbins, The Index of Middle English Verse (New York, 1943): no. 3939. Z 2012 B86 General Reference Robarts Library.
Notes
1] This is the oldest version, according to The Middle English Poem, Earth upon Earth, Printed from Twenty-four Manuscripts, ed. Hilda M. R. Murray, EETS OS 141 (London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1911): xxxii, 1 (facsimile of MS page in frontispiece). The first three lines appear to describe making a living as a farmer, carrying a body in a funeral procession, and burying a body. woh: woe. Back to Line
2] droh: drew, brought. Back to Line
3] throh: trough, grave. Back to Line
4] Tho: then. heuede: had. ynoh: enough. Back to Line
RPO poem Editors
Ian Lancashire
RPO Edition
2002
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