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

                                
                                  Swa þatt itt maȝȝ wel hellpenn þe
                                
                                  To winnenn Godess are.
                                
                                  Forr turrtle ledeþþ chariȝ lif,
                                
                                  Þatt witt tu wel to soþe,
                                  Line 1275 
                                
                                  Forr fra þatt hire make iss dæd
                                
                                  Ne kepeþþ ȝho nan oþerr,
                                
                                  Acc serrȝheþþ aȝȝ forrþi þatt ȝho
                                
                                  Ne maȝȝ himm nowwhar findenn.
                                
                                  & ȝiff þatt tu forrlangedd arrt
                                  Line 1280 
                                
                                  To cumenn upp till Criste,
                                
                                   [col 36] & nohht ne chesesst oþerr Godd
                                
                                  To follȝhenn ne to þeowwtenn,
                                
                                  Wiþþutenn Crist tatt wass & iss
                                
                                  Þin Drihhtin & tin hæfedd,
                                  Line 1285 
                                
                                  Þa lakesst tu gastlike Godd
                                
                                  Wiþþ turrtle i þine þæwess.
                                
                                  & ȝiff þu cwennkesst i þe sellf
                                
                                  All þwerrt u¯¯t modiȝnesse,
                                
                                  & læresst oþre all swa to don
                                  Line 1290 
                                
                                  Þurrh lare & ec þurrh bisne,
                                
                                  Wiþþ bule lakesst tu þin Godd
                                
                                  Gastlike i þine þæwess,
                                
                                  Swa þatt itt maȝȝ wel hellpenn þe
                                
                                  To winnenn Godess are.
                                  Line 1295 
                                
                                  Forr bule lateþþ modiliȝ,
                                
                                  & bereþþ upp hiss hæfedd,
                                
                                  & drifeþþ oþre nowwt himm fra
                                
                                  & hallt himm all forr laferrd.

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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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