The Ormulum / with the notes and glossary of R.M. White ; edited by Robert Holt.
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Page [1], vol. 2
SECUNDUM JOHANNEM XVIII.
Miserunt Judei ab Jersolimis Sacerdotes & Levitas ad Johannem.
Forrþi þatt Sannt Johaness word
Sprang wide & side o lande,
Forr þatt he wass u¯¯tnumenn mann
I laress & i dedess,
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& forr þatt he bigann himm sellf,
Þær þær he wass i wesste,
To fullhtnenn baldeliȝ þe follc
Þatt nass næfrær bigunnenn;
Hiss word sprang inntill Ȝerrsalæm
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& inntill all þatt ende,
& all þatt follc toc niþ wiþþ himm
Þatt læredd wass o boke,
Off þatt he toc swa baldeliȝ
To spellenn & to fullhtnenn,
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Page 2, vol. 2
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Alls iff he wære Drihhtin Crist
Þatt tanne cumenn wære.
& teȝȝ þa tokenn sanderrmenn
Off preostess & off dæcness
& senndenn u¯¯t off Ȝerrsalæm
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Till himm inntill þe wesste,
Forr þatt teȝȝ sholldenn fraȝȝnenn himm,
& asskenn whatt he wære.
& swa þeȝȝ didenn, & he þeȝȝm
Ȝaff sware onnȝæn, & seȝȝde;
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Namm I nohht Godess Sune, Crist,
Þatt cumenn amm to manne.
& teȝȝ onnȝæn till himm; arrt tu
Helyas efft o life?
& he till hemm; naȝȝ, namm I nohht
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Helyas efft o life.
& ȝe¯¯ teȝȝ seȝȝdenn þuss till himm;
Seȝȝ uss, arrt tu profete?
& he þa seȝȝde þuss till hemm;
Naȝȝ, namm I nohht profete.
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. . . . .
& tatt teȝȝ seȝȝdenn to Johan;
Seȝȝ uss, arrt tu profete,
Þatt seȝȝdenn þeȝȝ, alls iff þeȝȝ þuss
Wiþþ openn spæche seȝȝdenn;
Seȝȝ us ȝiff þatt iss þatt tu arrt
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Helysew þe profete,
Þatt upp off dæþe risenn arrt
To wirrkenn miccle tacness?
Page 3, vol. 2
Hemm þuhhte þatt he mihhte ben
Helysew þe profete.
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[Col. 257—260 wanting.] . . . . .
[col 261] . . . . .word off þatt mann þennkeþþ·
Þe Goddspellwrihhte Sannt Johan
Onn hiss Goddspelless lare
Uss kiþeþþ off þa sanderrmenn,
Whatt kinness menn þeȝȝ wærenn.
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He seȝȝþ uss þatt teȝȝ wærenn off
Farisewisshe leode,
Forr þatt he wille don uss wel
To seon & tunnderrstanndenn,
Þatt nohht ne comm þatt laþe flocc
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Till Sannt Johan forr gode,
Acc forrþi þatt teȝȝ haffdenn niþ
Wiþþ himm & wiþþ hiss lare,
& wolldenn unnderrtakenn himm
Off summwhatt, ȝiff þeȝȝ mihhtenn;
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Acc himm wass lihht to lokenn himm
Fra þeȝȝre laþe wiless.
& teȝȝ þa seȝȝdenn till Johan;
Whi fullhtnesst tu þiss leode,
Ȝiff þatt iss þatt tu narrt nohht Crist,
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Ne Helyas, ne profete?
& Sannt Johan þa seȝȝde þuss;
Icc fullhtne i waterr ane.
Þeȝȝ wisstenn wel þatt Jesu Crist,
To manne cumenn shollde,
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Page 4, vol. 2
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& tatt he shollde fullhtnenn menn
Þurrh hise Leorningcnihhtess,
& forrþi wenndenn þeȝȝ full wel
Off Sannt Johan Bapptisste,
Þatt he wisslike wære Crist,
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Forr þatt he stod to fullhtnenn.
& ec þeȝȝ wisstenn full wel off
Helyas þe profete,
& ec full wel off Helyseow,
Þatt eȝȝþerr inn hiss time
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Þurrh Drihhtin ȝede upp o þe flumm
Alls itt onn eorþe wære,
& all comm oferr driȝȝefo¯¯t
All alls itt waterr nære.
& ec þeȝȝ wisstenn witerrliȝ
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Þurrh þeȝȝre bokess lare
Þatt fulluhht wass, ȝa þurrh þe flumm,
Ȝa þurrh hemm baþe tacnedd;
& forrþi wenndenn þeȝȝ full wel,
Þatt owwþerr off þa tweȝȝenn
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Off dæþe wære risenn upp
To spellenn & to fullhtnenn.
& Sannt Johan hemm dide wel
To seon & tunnderrstanndenn,
Þatt he nass næfr an off þa þreo,
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[col 262] Forr nollde he nawihht leȝhenn.
Þatt Sannt Johan hemm seȝȝde þuss,
Icc fullhtne i waterr ane,
Page 5, vol. 2
Þatt wass alls iff he seȝȝde þuss
Wiþþ all full openn spæche,
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I fullhtne menn biforenn to
Nohht bu¯¯tt i waterr ane,
Forr min fulluhht ne maȝȝ hemm nohht
Clennsenn off þeȝȝre sinness,
Acc wel itt maȝȝ hemm brinngenn onn
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To rihhtenn þeȝȝre dede,
To ȝarrkenn hemm onnȝæness Crist
Þatt nu shall cumenn newenn,
To fullhtnenn hemm þurrh Haliȝ Gast
To clennsenn hemm off sinness.
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& tatt tatt Cristess þeww Johan
Þær seȝȝde to þatt genge,
To þa Judisskenn sanderrmenn,
Þatt tær wass hemm bitwenenn
An swillc, whamm þeȝȝ ne cnewenn nohht,
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Þatt shollde himm newenn awwnenn,
To fullhtnenn follc þurrh Haliȝ Gast
To clennsenn hemm off sinness,
Þatt seȝȝde he wiss off Jesu Crist
Þatt stod tær hemm bitwenenn;
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Forr he comm offte till Johan
œr þann he fullhtnedd wære,
& Sannt Johan cnew himm full wel,
& tatt iss wel to trowwenn;
Forr wel biforr þatt Sannt Johan
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Wass borenn off hiss moderr,
Cnew he full wel þe Laferrd Crist
I Sannte Marȝess wambe.
Page 6, vol. 2
[col 263] & tatt tatt Cristess þeww Johan
Þær seȝȝde to þe leode,
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Þatt he ne wass nohht god inoh
Cristess shoþwang tunnbindenn;
Þatt wass alls iff he seȝȝde þuss
Wiþþ opennlike spæche,
Namm I nohht wurrþi þatt I beo
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Haldenn forr Crist onn eorþe,
Ne nohht ne draȝhe icc upponn me
To beon bridgume nemmnedd
Off Cristess brid, off Cristess hird,
Off all þatt hallȝhe genge
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Þatt rihht shall lefenn uppo Crist
& hise laȝhess haldenn.
Ne draȝhe I þatt nohht upponn me
Þatt icc þeȝȝm muȝhe lesenn
Off hellepine, & ȝifenn hemm
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To winnenn heoffness blisse;
Forr þatt ne maȝȝ nan shaffte don
Wiþþutenn Goddcunndnesse.
O þálde laȝheboc wass sett,
All þurrh Drihhtiness wille,
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Þatt, ȝiff þatt tu ne kepptesst nohht
To tăkenn ne to weddenn
Þatt wifmann þatt te rihht bilammp
To tăkenn & to weddenn,
Þa shollde an oþerr cumenn forþ
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Off all þatt illke maȝȝþe,
Page 7, vol. 2
& shollde unnbindenn þin shoþwang,
Swa summ þe boc himm tahhte,
& shollde tăkenn þa till himm
Þatt wifmann all wiþþ lefe.
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& forrþi seȝȝde Sannt Johan,
Swa summ ȝe littlær herrdenn,
Þatt he ne wass nohht god inoh
Cristess shoþwang tunnbindenn,
Forrþi þatt he ne mihhte nohht,
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Swa summ icc hafe shæwedd,
Bridgume beon off Cristess brid,
To lesenn hire off helle.
& tiss mann unnderrstanndenn maȝȝ
Ȝe¯¯t onn an oþerr wise,
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Þatt Johan nass nohht god inoh
Cristess shoþwang tunnbindenn,
Forrþi þatt he ne mihhte nohht
All þwerrt u¯¯t unnderrstanndenn,
Hu Godess word & Godess witt
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& Godess aȝhenn kinde
[col 264] Toc inn an clene maȝȝdennmann
Dæþshildiȝnessess kinde,
Swa þatt he warrþ soþ mann, acc all
Þwerrt u¯¯t wiþþutenn sinne.
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& tiss dæþshildiȝ mann þatt Crist
Toc i þe laffdiȝ Marȝe
Wass uss full wel, ȝa þurrh þe sho,
Ȝa þurrh þe þwang bitacnedd;
Page 8, vol. 2
& tatt forrþi þatt eȝȝþerr iss
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Þe fell off dæde deoress.
& tatt tatt Cristess þeww Johan
Þær seȝȝde to þe leode,
Þatt ure Laferrd Jesu Crist
Þe leode shollde fullhtnenn
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Þurrh Haliȝ Gast & ec þurrh fir,
To clennsenn hemm off sinness,
Þatt seȝȝde he forr to don uss wel
To seon & tunnderrstanndenn,
Þatt tatt iss all þurrh Haliȝ Gast
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Þatt fulluhht clennseþþ sinness.
& Haliȝ Gast iss haliȝ fir,
Þatt bærneþþ i þatt herrte
Þatt iss þurrh ȝife off Haliȝ Gast
Wiþþ soþfast lufe filledd.
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Þiss fir maȝȝ ec bitacnenn uss
Þatt piness annxumnesse
Þatt hallȝhe weress þolenn her
All gilltelæs onn eorþe,
Þatt clennseþþ hemm all þwerrt u¯¯t wel
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Off alle þeȝȝre sinness,
Forrþi þatt teȝȝ forr lufe off Godd
Gladdlike þolenn pine.
& ȝe¯¯ we muȝhenn, þurrh þatt fir
Þatt Sannt Johan Bapptisste
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Spacc offe to þa sanderrmenn,
All full wel unnderrstanndenn
Þatt fir þatt iss inn oþerr lif
To clennsenn menness sawless.
Page 9, vol. 2
Forr hére uss clennseþþ Haliȝ Gast
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Þurrh fulluhht & þurrh trowwþe,
[col 265] & tær þatt fir, ȝiff þatt we rihht
Her endenn unnderr shriffte;
& baþe comm uss Jesu Crist
To clennsenn here & tære,
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Forr þatt he wollde ȝifenn uss
To brukenn eche blisse.
& tatt tatt Cristess þeww Johan
Þær seȝȝde to þe leode,
Þatt ure Laferrd Jesu Crist
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Þatt time þatt he come
Himm shollde brinngenn inn hiss hannd
Hiss winndell forr to winndwenn,
& forr to clennsenn himm hiss corn,
& fra þe chaff to shædenn,
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& sammnenn all þe clene corn
& don itt inn hiss berrne,
& werrpenn all þe chaff anan,
Inntill þe fír to bærnenn,
Inntill þatt fír þatt bærnenn shall
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A butenn ende unncwennkedd;
Þatt seȝȝde he forr to don uss wel
To seon & tunnderrstanndenn,
Þatt Jesu Crist o Domess daȝȝ
Shall shædenn & todælenn
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Þurrh heofennlike skill & shæd
All follc o tweȝȝenn daless,
Page 10, vol. 2
& brinngenn all þatt hallȝhe flocc
Þatt wel himm hafeþþ cwemedd
Upp inntill heoffne, & ȝifenn hemm
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A butenn ende blisse,
& werrpenn all þatt laþe flocc
Þatt deoffless hafeþþ follȝhedd
Inntill þe fír off hellepitt,
All affterr þeȝȝre wrihhte,
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To beon wiþþutenn ende þær,
To bærnenn & to wallenn,
Wiþþ deofless dun inn hellegrund
Forr þeȝȝre fule si˘ness.
& tiss mann unnderrstanndenn maȝȝ
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Ȝe¯¯t onn an oþerr wise,
Þatt ure Laferrd Jesu Crist
Winndweþþ hiss corn & clennseþþ,
& shædeþþ aȝȝ þe chaff þær fra
Whil þatt tiss weorelld lassteþþ,
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I þa þatt hafenn name off Crist
& uppo Criste lefenn,
& offte i þa þatt lifenn her,
& offte i þa þatt swelltenn.
I þa þatt lifenn winndweþþ Crist
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& clennseþþ hére hiss whæte,
Aȝȝ whannse preostess mannsenn her
& shædenn þa fra Criste
Þatt opennlike onnȝæness Crist
All þeȝȝre þannkess wiþþrenn.
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I þa þatt swelltenn winndweþþ Crist
& clennseþþ hére hiss whæte,
Page 11, vol. 2
Aȝȝ whane itt cumeþþ to, þatt he
Till hellepine demeþþ
Þatt mann þatt unnderr Crisstenndom,
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& unnderr læfe o Criste,
Wel cwemmde deofell wiþþ hiss lif
& wiþþ hiss lifess ende,
Þatt aȝȝ wass lihht all allse chaff,
To follȝhenn alle sinness.
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& ta þatt ure Laferrd Crist
Þurrh preost, & þurrh himm sellfenn,
Þuss shædeþþ fra þatt hallȝhe flocc
Þatt hise laȝhess haldeþþ,
Þeȝȝ alle sinndenn þurrh þe chaff
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Full opennliȝ bitacnedd;
Forr all allswa summ corn & chaff
Uppspringenn off an rote,
All swa þatt flocc off crisstnedd follc
Þatt þurrh þe chaff iss tacnedd
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Iss crisstnedd all þurrh an fulluhht,
& þurrh an læfe o Criste,
Wiþþ þa þatt follȝhenn Jesu Crist
& hise laȝhess haldenn.
Þe winndell iss i Cristess hannd,
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Þatt iss i Cristess walde,
Forr himm iss all þe Dom bitahht
To demenn cwike & dæde;
Þe Faderr, & te Frofre Gast
Himm hafenn sett to demenn,
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& he shall demenn att te Dom
All mannkinn cwike & dæde,
Page 12, vol. 2
Þurrh hiss goddcunnde skill & shæd
Þatt hiss winndell bitacneþþ·
[col 266] Þe fir off helle iss endeless,
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& aȝȝ occ aȝȝ unncwennkedd,
Swa þatt itt muȝhe lasstenn a,
To bærnenn & to pinenn
A butenn ende all wiþþ rihht dom
All deofle follc onn hæfedd,
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& forþ wiþþ hemm ec all þatt flocc,
Wiþþ bodiȝ & wiþþ sawle,
Þatt cwemmde deofell i þiss lif
Wiþþ lif & ec wiþþ ende;
Forr rihht iss þatt hemm lasste wa
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Aȝȝ whil þatt itt maȝȝ lasstenn,
Onnȝæn þatt tatt teȝȝ ifell lif
Aȝȝ leddenn whil þeȝȝ mihhtenn.
Þe Goddspellwrihhte Sannt Johan
O þiss Goddspell uss kiþeþþ,
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Þatt ta Judisskenn sanderrmenn
Till Cristess bidell comenn
U¯¯t ferr inntill an tun þatt wass
Beþania ȝehatenn;
& tatt wass o ȝonnd hallf þe flumm
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Þær he wass þa to fullhtnenn;
& witt tu wel þatt tatt wass don
Forr mikell þing to tacnenn.
Page 13, vol. 2
Twa tuness wærenn i þatt land,
Þatt witt tu wel to soþe,
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& eȝȝþerr off þa tweȝȝenn wass
Beþania ȝehatenn.
Þatt an wass o ȝonnd hallf þe flumm
& o þiss hallf þatt oþerr,
& þurrh þe name off eȝȝþerr tun
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Iss herrsummnesse tacnedd.
& þurrh þe flumm iss opennliȝ
Cristess fulluhht bitacnedd,
Forrþi þatt Crist wass fullhtnedd tær
Þurrh Sannt Johan Baptisste.
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& alle þa þatt heldenn rihht
Till Drihhtin herrsummnesse
Biforenn þatt te Laferrd Crist
Wass fullhtnedd here onn eorþe,
Þeȝȝ alle samenn wærenn uss,
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Þatt seȝȝþ þe boc, bitacnedd
Þurrh þatt Beþania þatt wass
Biȝonndenn flumm i wesste.
& alle þa þatt haldenn rihht
Till Drihhtin herrsummnesse
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Nu siþþenn þatt te Laferrd Crist
Wass fullhtnedd her onn eorþe,
Þeȝȝ alle samenn sinndenn uss
I Crisstenndom bitacnedd
Þurrh þatt Beþania þatt wass
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O þiss hallf neh þe temmple.
O ȝonnd hallf flod wass Sannt Johan
Bapptisste forr to fullhtnenn,
Page 14, vol. 2
Acc hiss fulluhht ne mihhte nohht
Clennsenn þe follc off sinness;
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& tærþurrh wass bitacnedd wel
Þatt all follc wass unnclennsedd
Off þatt missdede þatt wass don
Þurrh Adam & þurrh Eve,
Anan till þatt te Laferrd Crist
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Wass naȝȝledd upp o rode,
To leosenn mannkinn þurrh hiss dæþ
U¯¯t off þe deofless walde.
& i þatt oþerr tun þatt wass
Beþania ȝehatenn,
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& wass bi þiss hallf flumm Jorrdan
Neh Ȝerrsalæmess chesstre,
I þatt Beþania ras upp
An mann þurrh Crist off dæþe
Þatt wass ȝehatenn Lazaruss;
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Forr þatt itt shollde tacnenn,
Þatt fulluhht unnderr Crisstenndom
& þurrh þe rihhte læfe
Nu reȝȝseþþ menn off sawless dæþ,
& clennseþþ hemm off sinne,
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To þeowwtenn ure Laferrd Crist
Þurrh soþfasst herrsummnesse,
Forr swa to winnenn hellpe att himm,
To cumenn þurrh hiss are
[col 267] Till Ȝerrsalæm inn heoffness ærd,
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Till eche griþess sihhþe.
& Godd Allmahhtiȝ ȝife uss witt,
& lusst, & mahht, & wille,