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

                                
                                  Þærþurrh wass uss tacnedd tatt uss
                                
                                  Birrþ awwnenn Godess lare
                                
                                  Till alle þa þatt lufenn itt,
                                
                                  & ȝernenn itt to lernenn,
                                
                                  Till alle þa þatt cumenn forþ
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                                  To wurrþenn Cristess þewwess,
                                
                                  Till alle þatt i Godess hus
                                
                                  Þurrh soþ mecnesse turrnenn
                                
                                  Till fulluhht & till Crisstenndom,
                                
                                  & till þe rihhte læfe,
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                                  Hemm alle uss birrþ i Godess hus
                                
                                  Wiþþ soþ mecnesse shæwenn
                                
                                  Hu þeȝȝm birrþ lefenn uppo Godd,
                                
                                  & hise laȝhess haldenn.
                                
                                  Þa þre kingess lakedenn Crist
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                                  Wiþþ þrinne kinne lakess,
                                
                                  Wiþþ recless, & wiþþ gold, & ec
                                
                                  Wiþþ myrra, an dere sallfe,
                                
                                  Forr þatt teȝȝ wisstenn þatt he wass
                                
                                  Soþ Godd i mennisscnesse,
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                                  & King off alle shaffte, & ec
                                
                                  Soþ mann þatt wollde swelltenn.
                                
                                  & ec þa kingess comenn þa
                                
                                  Till Crist wiþþ swillke lakess,
                                
                                  To lihhnenn þatt lærede follc,
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                                  Þatt þurrh dwallkennde lare
                                
                                  Tahhtenn & turrndenn lawedd follc
                                
                                  To lefenn wrang o Criste.
                                
                                  Þeȝȝ gæfenn Crist recless to lac,
                                
                                  Forr þatt teȝȝ wolldenn lihhnenn

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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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