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

                                
                                  Forr ȝiff he mihhte findenn himm
                                
                                  Ne wollde he nohht himm lakenn,
                                
                                  Acc wollde himm swiþe bliþeliȝ
                                
                                  Wiþþ swerdess egge cwellenn.
                                
                                  & off þiss laþe swikedom
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                                  Ne wisstenn nohht ta kingess
                                
                                  Þatt comenn off Kalldéaland,
                                
                                  To sekenn Crist forr gode;
                                
                                  Forr affterr þatt uss Latin boc
                                
                                  Þurrh haliȝ lare shæweþþ,
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                                  Þatt mann iss fox & hinnderrȝæp
                                
                                  & full off ille wiless,
                                
                                  Þatt haldeþþ wiþþ þe laþe gast
                                
                                  & follȝheþþ deofless wille;
                                
                                  & swa niss nohht tatt illke mann
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                                  Þatt follȝheþþ Cristess bisne,
                                
                                  Niss he nohht hinnderrȝæp ne pratt
                                
                                  To follȝhenn ille wiless,
                                
                                  Acc iss shepisshe & bilewhit,
                                
                                  All clene off ille þohhtess.
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                                  Þa kingess þatt swa comenn forþ
                                
                                  To lutenn Crist & lakenn,
                                
                                  Þeȝȝ gæfenn bisne off Crisstenndom,
                                
                                  Þatt uss birrþ alle follȝhenn;
                                
                                  Forr uss birrþ ure Laferrd Crist
                                  Line 6660 
                                
                                  Þatt illke wise lakenn,
                                
                                  & uss birrþ þurrh þa þrinne lac
                                
                                  Drihhtin gastlike lakenn,
                                
                                  & uss birrþ follȝhenn þeȝȝre sloþ
                                
                                  To lefenn uppo Criste

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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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