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

                                
                                  Bitwenenn Drihhtin, heoffness king,
                                
                                  & mannkinn her onn eorþe,
                                
                                  Þatt mannkinn shollde muȝhenn wel
                                
                                  Upp cumenn inntill heoffne,
                                  Line 3945 
                                
                                  Þatt heoffness here mihhte swa
                                
                                  Þurrh hallȝhe sawless waxenn,
                                
                                  Þurrh whatt biforenn Drihhtin Godd
                                
                                  Wurrþshipe waxenn shollde,
                                
                                  Ȝiff þatt himm mihhte waxenn ohht
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                                  & wurrþenn bettre & mare.
                                
                                  Þatt griþþ wass sett till alle þa,
                                
                                  Swa summ þe Goddspell kiþeþþ,
                                
                                   [col 96] Þatt sholldenn wurrþenn gode menn,
                                
                                  & habbenn aȝȝ god wille
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                                  Till þa þatt sholldenn unnderrfon
                                
                                  Wiþþ blisse Cristess come,
                                
                                  & nohht till þa þatt sholldenn himm
                                
                                  Forrhoȝhenn & forrwerrpenn;
                                
                                  Forr niss nohht Godess griþþ wiþþ þa
                                  Line 3960 
                                
                                  Þatt wiþþrenn Godd onnȝæness,
                                
                                  Acc hellewawenn iss till þa
                                
                                  All affterr þeȝȝre wrihhte.
                                
                                  & her mann unnderrstanndenn maȝȝ,
                                
                                  Whillc mann iss Drihhtin cweme,
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                                  Þatt illke mann iss Drihhtin lef
                                
                                  Þatt hafeþþ gode wille;
                                
                                  Forr whase itt iss þatt illke mann
                                
                                  Þatt hafeþþ aȝȝ god wille,

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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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