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

                                
                                  & swa we muȝhenn offrenn himm
                                  Line 6720 
                                
                                  Gastliȝ þatt illke sallfe
                                
                                  Þatt mann doþ o þe dæde lic,
                                
                                  Swa summ ȝe littlær herrdenn.
                                
                                  & tu mihht lakenn Jesu Crist,
                                
                                  Þatt witt tu wel to soþe,
                                  Line 6725 
                                
                                  Wiþþ alle þise þrinne lac
                                
                                  Þurrh þine gode þæwess.
                                
                                  Ȝiff þatt tu follȝhesst witt & skill
                                
                                  & soþ wissdomess leome,
                                
                                  Þa lakesst tu þe Laferrd Crist
                                  Line 6730 
                                
                                  Wiþþ gold i þine þæwess;
                                
                                  Forr rihht all swa summ hord off gold
                                
                                  Mang menn iss horde deresst,
                                
                                  Rihht swa iss allre deresst lac
                                
                                  Biforenn Godess ehne,
                                  Line 6735 
                                
                                  Ȝiff þatt we follȝhenn rihht tatt witt
                                
                                  Þatt follȝheþþ Godess wille,
                                
                                  Þatt hallȝhe witt tatt læreþþ uss
                                
                                  To berrȝhenn ure sawle.
                                
                                  & ȝiff þu cwemesst tin Drihhtin
                                  Line 6740 
                                
                                  Wiþþ bedess & wiþþ wecchess,
                                
                                  Þa lakesst tu þin Drihhtin swa
                                
                                  Alls itt wiþþ recless wære;
                                
                                  Forr rihht all swa summ recless smec
                                
                                  Iss god & swe¯¯t to dowwnenn,
                                  Line 6745 
                                
                                  All swa iss haliȝ bedesang
                                
                                  Full swe¯¯t biforenn Criste.
                                
                                  & ȝiff þatt tu þin flæshess will
                                
                                  & hire fule lusstess

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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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