The Ormulum / with the notes and glossary of R.M. White ; edited by Robert Holt.

                                
                                  Acc nohht þurrh skill, acc all þurrh niþ,
                                
                                  & all þurrh þeȝȝre sinne.
                                
                                  & unnc birrþ biddenn Godd tatt he
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                                  Forrȝife hemm hĕre sinne;
                                
                                  & unnc birrþ baþe lofenn Godd
                                
                                  Off þatt itt wass bigunnenn,
                                
                                  & þannkenn Godd tatt itt iss brohht
                                
                                  Till ende, þurrh hiss hellpe;
                                  Line 90 
                                
                                  Forr itt maȝȝ hellpenn alle þa
                                
                                  Þatt bliþelike itt herenn,
                                
                                  & lufenn itt, & follȝhenn itt
                                
                                  Wiþþ þohht, wiþþ word, wiþþ dede.
                                
                                  & whase wilenn shall þiss boc
                                  Line 95 
                                
                                  Efft oþerr siþe writenn,
                                
                                  Himm bidde icc þatt het¯¯ wríte rihht,
                                
                                  Swa summ þiss boc himm tæcheþþ,
                                
                                  All þwerrt u¯¯t affterr þatt itt iss
                                
                                  Uppo þiss firrste bisne,
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                                  Wiþþ all swillc ríme alls her iss sett,
                                
                                  Wiþþ all se fele wordess;
                                
                                  & tatt he loke wel þatt he
                                
                                  An bocstaff wríte twiȝȝess,
                                
                                  Eȝȝwhær þær itt uppo þiss boc
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                                  Iss wri˘tenn o þatt wise.
                                
                                  Loke he well þatt het¯¯ write swa,
                                
                                  Forr he ne maȝȝ nohht elless
                                
                                  Onn Ennglissh wríttenn rihht te word,
                                
                                  Þatt wite he wel to soþe.
                                  Line 110 
                                
                                  & ȝiff mann wile wi˘tenn whi
                                
                                  Icc hafe don þiss dede,

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Title: The Ormulum / with the notes and glossary of R.M. White ; edited by Robert Holt.
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Publication: Oxford :: At the Clarendon Press,; 1878.

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