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

                                
                                  & Sannt Johan Bapptisste comm
                                
                                  Biforenn Cristess come,
                                
                                  Þa Crist comm hiderr dun, hiss follc
                                
                                  To lesenn u¯¯t off helle;
                                  Line 880 
                                
                                  & Helyas shall cumenn efft
                                
                                  Biforenn Cristess come,
                                
                                  Þa Crist shall cumenn efft, hiss follc
                                
                                  To ledenn inntill heoffne.
                                
                                  Þuss comm Johan biforenn Crist
                                  Line 885 
                                
                                  All o þatt illke wise,
                                
                                  Þatt Helyas shall cumenn efft
                                
                                  Biforenn Cristess come.
                                
                                  & eȝȝþerr wass wiþþ oþerr lic
                                
                                  Ȝe¯¯t onn an oþerr wise,
                                  Line 890 
                                
                                  Forr baþe leddenn usell lif
                                
                                  I mĕtess & i claþess,
                                
                                  & baþe fluȝhenn fra þe follc
                                
                                  U¯¯tt inntill wilde wesste,
                                
                                  & leddenn þær full haliȝ lif,
                                  Line 895 
                                
                                  Forr swa to winnenn blisse,
                                
                                  & baþe hemm fell to þolenn wa
                                
                                  Þurrh ifell wifess irre
                                
                                   [Coll. 13—28 wanting.] . . . . .
                                
                                   [col 29] & till uss sellfenn baþe,
                                
                                  & Godd off heffne aȝȝ wollde himm sellf
                                  Line 900 
                                
                                  Þa belless herenn ringenn,
                                
                                  Whannse þe preost wass shridd tærwiþþ
                                
                                  To gan till Godess allterr,

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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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