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

                                
                                   [col 176] To follȝhenn Godess laȝhess wel
                                
                                  Aȝȝ affterr ure mihhte;
                                  Line 7720 
                                
                                  Forr þatt iss ure Crisstenndom
                                
                                  Þatt shall uss alle berrȝhenn,
                                
                                  Ȝiff þatt we Cristess laȝhess rihht
                                
                                  Wiþþ innwarrd herrte follȝhenn.
                                
                                  Þatt lac þatt offredd wass wiþþ Crist
                                  Line 7725 
                                
                                  Wass tweȝȝenn cullfre briddess,
                                
                                  Swa summ þe Goddspell telleþþ uss,
                                
                                  Oþþr itt wass tweȝȝenn turrtless,
                                
                                  Þatt wass þatt lac þatt ta wass sett,
                                
                                  Amang Judisskenn þeode,
                                  Line 7730 
                                
                                  Þurrh Drihhtin sellfenn to þatt wif
                                
                                  Þatt usell wass & wædle.
                                
                                  To riche wif Godd haffde sett
                                
                                  An lamb & ec an cullfre,
                                
                                  & ȝiff ȝho naffde cullfre nan
                                  Line 7735 
                                
                                  Þa toc ȝho lamb & turrtle.
                                
                                  & aȝȝ ȝho brohhte twinne lac,
                                
                                  Forr þatt itt shollde tacnenn
                                
                                  Þatt her iss twinne lufe sett
                                
                                  Bitwenenn menn onn eorþe;
                                  Line 7740 
                                
                                  Forr uss birrþ lufenn Godd & mann,
                                
                                  Swa summ þe Goddspell tæcheþþ,
                                
                                  Forr swa to winnenn resste & ro
                                
                                  & eche lifess blisse.
                                
                                  Þe lamb bitacneþþ uss þatt uss
                                  Line 7745 
                                
                                  Birrþ ure Drihhtin cnawenn,

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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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