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

                                
                                  Þurrh Rome burrȝhess Kaserrking,
                                  Line 275 
                                
                                  Þatt tær wass oferrlaferrd.
                                
                                  & o þatt illke Herodess daȝȝ
                                
                                  Comm Jesu Crist to manne,
                                
                                  Hallf ȝer affterr þatt Sannt Johan
                                
                                  Wass borenn off hiss moderr.
                                  Line 280 
                                
                                  & swa wass filledd opennliȝ
                                
                                  Þatt word tatt ær wass cwiddedd,
                                
                                  Þatt Godess follc, Judisskenn follc,
                                
                                  Þatt Godess laȝhess heldenn,
                                
                                  Aȝȝ sholldenn habbenn allderrmenn
                                  Line 285 
                                
                                  & kingess off hemm sellfenn,
                                
                                  Aȝȝ—till þatt Godess Sune Crist
                                
                                  Himm shollde onn eorþe shæwenn;
                                
                                  & ec þiss Goddspellwrihte seȝȝþ,
                                
                                  Þatt Zakariȝess macche
                                  Line 290 
                                
                                  Elysabæþ wass an wifmann
                                
                                  Off Aaroness dohhtress.
                                
                                  & Aaron wass þe firrste preost
                                
                                  Off Issraæle þeode,
                                
                                  & Aaron, þatt seȝȝþ soþ boc,
                                  Line 295 
                                
                                  Wass Moysæsess broþerr.
                                
                                  & Moysæs wass hæfedd mann
                                
                                  Off Issraæle þeode,
                                
                                  & Aaron wass hæfedd preost
                                
                                  Amang Judisskenn þeode.
                                  Line 300 
                                
                                  & tiss wif wass off þeȝȝre kinn,
                                
                                  Swa summ þe Goddspell kiþeþþ·
                                
                                  & tohh þatt tiss Elysabæþ,
                                
                                  Þatt we nu mælenn ummbe,

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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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