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

                                
                                  Wass þuss off Aaroness kinn,
                                  Line 305 
                                
                                  Þohh seȝȝþ þe Goddspellwrihhte
                                
                                  Þatt ȝho wass Sannte Marȝe sibb,
                                
                                  Þe Laferd Cristess moderr,
                                
                                  Þatt wass off Davið kingess kinn,
                                
                                  & Daviþ king þohhwheþþre
                                  Line 310 
                                
                                  Nass nohht off Aaroness kin
                                
                                  Noff Aaroness birde,
                                
                                  & forr þatt all iss þwerrt u¯¯t soþ,
                                
                                  & all þwerrt u¯¯t to trowwenn,
                                
                                  Þatt stanndeþþ o þe Goddspellboc
                                  Line 315 
                                
                                  Þatt þwerrt u¯¯t nohht ne leȝheþþ,
                                
                                  Uss birrþ heroffe witenn wel
                                
                                  & seon & unnderrstanndenn,
                                
                                  Þatt Daviþ kingess kinness menn
                                
                                  Off weress oþþr off wifess
                                  Line 320 
                                
                                  Wiþþ Aaroness kinness menn
                                
                                  Off siþre wærenn sammnedd,
                                
                                  To streonenn streon, to wurrþenn sibb
                                
                                  Wiþþ kingess & wiþþ preostess.
                                
                                  Tacc nu þiss streon þatt tuss wass sibb
                                  Line 325 
                                
                                  Wiþþ preostess & wiþþ kingess,
                                
                                  & le¯¯t itt streonenn streon inoh
                                
                                  All i þatt illke birde,
                                
                                  All all swa summ itt streonedd be
                                
                                  Off kingess & off preostess,
                                  Line 330 
                                
                                  & le¯¯t itt siþþenn streonenn forþ
                                
                                  Elysabæþ to manne,
                                
                                  & le¯¯t itt siþþenn streonenn forþ
                                
                                  Þe lafdiȝ Sannte Marȝe;

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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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