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

                                
                                  All swa þe Laferrd Jesu Crist,
                                  Line 285 
                                
                                  All þurrh his aȝhenn mahhte,
                                
                                  Wiþþ Faderr & wiþþ Haliȝ Gast
                                
                                  An Godd & all an kinde,
                                
                                  All swa rihht he lihhtlike inoh
                                
                                  & wel wiþþ alle mihhte
                                  Line 290 
                                
                                  O mannkinn þurrh himm sellfenn þa
                                
                                  Seffne godnessess shæwenn,
                                
                                  Swa þatt he mannkinn wel inoh
                                
                                  Off helle mihhte lesenn,
                                
                                  & gifenn mannkinn lufe & lusst,
                                  Line 295 
                                
                                  & mahht & witt & wille,
                                
                                  To stanndenn inn to cwemenn Godd,
                                
                                  To wi˘nenn heffness blisse.
                                
                                  & forr þatt haliȝ Goddspellboc
                                
                                  All þiss godnesse uss shæweþþ,
                                  Line 300 
                                
                                  Þiss sefennfald godleȝȝc þatt Crist
                                
                                  Uss dide þurrh hiss are,
                                
                                  Forrþi birrþ all Crisstene follc
                                
                                  Goddspelless lare follȝhenn.
                                
                                  & tærfore hafe icc turrnedd itt
                                  Line 305 
                                
                                  Inntill Ennglisshe spæche,
                                
                                  Forr þatt I wollde bliþeliȝ
                                
                                  Þatt all Ennglisshe lede
                                
                                  Wiþþ ære shollde lisstenn itt,
                                
                                  Wiþþ herrte shollde itt trowwenn,
                                  Line 310 
                                
                                  Wiþþ tunge shollde spellenn itt,
                                
                                  Wiþþ dede shollde itt follȝhenn,
                                
                                  To winnenn unnderr Crisstenndom
                                
                                  Att Crist soþ sawle berrhless.

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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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