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

                                
                                  & he wass hatenn Helyseow,
                                  Line 5200 
                                
                                  & he wass Godd full cweme,
                                
                                  & ta comm time to þatt Godd
                                
                                  Hemm wollde onn erþe shædenn,
                                
                                  & takenn all wiþþutenn dæþ
                                
                                  Helyamm þe prophete,
                                  Line 5205 
                                
                                  & brinngenn himm all u¯¯t fra menn
                                
                                  Till — þær he shollde libbenn
                                
                                  Wiþþ resste & ro, wiþþutenn swinnc,
                                
                                  Till Anntecristess come.
                                
                                  & Helyseow hiss mann wass warr
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                                  Þatt teȝȝ þa sholldenn shædenn,
                                
                                  & he þa toc to clepenn onn
                                
                                  Helyamm þe prophete,
                                
                                  & cwaþþ; lef faderr, ȝeld me nu
                                
                                  Forr all min swinnc rihht mede,
                                  Line 5215 
                                
                                  Forr þatt icc hafe follȝhedd te
                                
                                  Do me summ god onn ende.
                                
                                  & ta ȝaff himm anndswere þuss
                                
                                  Helyas þe prophete,
                                
                                  Whatt willt tu þatt icc ȝife þe
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                                  Forr all þin swinnc to mede?
                                
                                  & Helyseow þa seȝȝde þuss;
                                
                                  Lef faderr, icc þe bone,
                                
                                  Ȝiff me nu þatt twifalde gast
                                
                                  Þatt i þin herrte himm ressteþþ,
                                  Line 5225 
                                
                                  Þatt itt beo nu forrþwarrd inn me
                                
                                  All all swa wel wiþþ alle,
                                
                                  All alls itt hafeþþ ben i þe
                                
                                  Þurrh þin Drihhtiness hellpe.

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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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