Wp/enm/Erþwurm

An earthwurm

An erþwurm beþ a beaste with nō legges or arrmes, ne non eyen ne eren nouþer, that haþ a cylinder bodī. Wurmes haven no bōnys. Thei cǒmen in diuerse dymensiounes: manī wurms aren sō smalle that a man ne mei not sẹ̄n hem, whīle the botelace wurm wel mei growen up to cc foot on lengþe.

Tho it reyneþ, tho these erthwurmys cumen out of molde and wigglen on þe grownde. Yf thai fyndyn nat an oþer stede wher þai moun delven ayen, þo mey thai ben eten by fowlys or othre beestis; or elles thai shuln schrinken þe whil þat þe lond drieþ.

Earþwormys Mete Habittes and Wrth

Þe earþe wyrm beeth knowen to pertaken yn þe etyng of þe erþ, and þe levis þat lien þerinne. Þerbi wormes maken þe erþe neetsom, þat it bringe moche wastem forþ. Forþy arn erthwurmys þe erthlynges frend.