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

                                
                                  Ȝiff þu ne lufesst alle menn
                                
                                  All all swa summ þe sellfenn.
                                
                                  & Crist ne lufesst tu nohht all
                                
                                  Inn all hiss twinne kinde,
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                                  Ȝiff þatt tu nohht ne lufesst mann,
                                
                                  An lot off Cristess kinde;
                                
                                  Forr Crist iss Godd, & Crist iss mann,
                                
                                  An had off twinne kinne.
                                
                                  & ȝiff þu lufesst Drihhtin ohht,
                                  Line 5180 
                                
                                  O menn þe birrþ itt shæwenn;
                                
                                  Forr þe birrþ forr þe lufe off Godd
                                
                                  Wel lufenn menn & hellpenn;
                                
                                  Forr þu ne mahht nohht lufenn Godd
                                
                                  & hătenn menn & werdenn.
                                  Line 5185 
                                
                                  & Cristess posstell, Sannt Johan,
                                
                                  Uss wra¯¯t off þiss & seȝȝde,
                                
                                  Ȝiff þu seȝȝst tatt tu lufesst Godd
                                
                                  & hătesst menn & werdesst,
                                
                                  Þu leȝhesst, & biswikesst swa
                                  Line 5190 
                                
                                  Þin aȝhen wrecche sawle;
                                
                                  Forr þu ne mahht nohht lufenn Godd
                                
                                  & hătenn menn & werdenn.
                                
                                  Helyas wass an haliȝ mann
                                
                                  & an wurrþfull prophete
                                  Line 5195 
                                
                                  Onn alde daȝhess, mikell fresst
                                
                                  Biforenn Cristess come.
                                
                                  & wiþþ himm wass an oþerr mann,
                                
                                   [col 126] Hiss mann forr himm to þeowwtenn,

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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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