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

                                
                                  & tu shallt findenn swillke nu
                                
                                  Bitwenenn uss well fæwe;
                                
                                  Forr swa we don unnhaȝherrliȝ
                                  Line 425 
                                
                                  Whattse we don to góde,
                                
                                  & swa we don itt wiþþ unnskill
                                
                                  Þatt itt maȝȝ anngrenn oþre.
                                
                                  Acc swa ne didenn nohht ta twa
                                
                                  Þatt we nu mælenn ummbe;
                                  Line 430 
                                
                                  Forr fand mann nan þing upponn hemm
                                
                                  Þatt mihhte ohht anngrenn oþre;
                                
                                   [col 7] Þurrh whatt tu mihht nu sen þatt teȝȝ
                                
                                  Rihhtwise & gode wærenn.
                                
                                  & swa þeȝȝ leddenn heore lif
                                  Line 435 
                                
                                  Till þatt teȝȝ wærenn alde,
                                
                                  Þatt naffdenn þeȝȝ nan child till þa;
                                
                                  & tatt wass Godess wille.
                                
                                  Forr Godd itt haffde lokedd swa
                                
                                  Þatt Sannt Johan Bapptisste
                                  Line 440 
                                
                                  Þatt time shollde streonedd ben
                                
                                  Þatt wære onnȝæness kinde,
                                
                                  Þatt hise frend mihhtenn off himm
                                
                                  All þess te mare blissenn,
                                
                                  & tatt te follc all þess te bett
                                  Line 445 
                                
                                  Hiss lare shollde follȝhenn,
                                
                                  Þurrh þatt tatt teȝȝ himm sholldenn sen
                                
                                  Ben borenn her to manne
                                
                                  Þurrh Godess wille, & þurrh hiss mahht,
                                
                                  & nohht þurrh moderr kinde.

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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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