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

                                
                                  & all he wass wurrþlike shridd,
                                
                                  Alls iff he wære o life,
                                
                                  & onn hiss hæfedd wærenn twa
                                
                                  Gildene cruness sette,
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                                  & himm wass sett inn hiss rihht hannd
                                
                                  An dere kineȝerrde;
                                
                                  & swa mann barr þatt fule lic
                                
                                  Till þær he bedenn haffde.
                                
                                  & hise cnihhtess alle imæn
                                  Line 8185 
                                
                                  Forþ ȝedenn wiþþ þe bære,
                                
                                  Wiþþ heore wæpenn alle bun,
                                
                                  Swa summ þeȝȝ sholldenn fihhtenn.
                                
                                  Þatt oþerr follc all ȝede bun,
                                
                                   [col 208] Swa summ itt birrþ, wiþþ like.
                                  Line 8190 
                                
                                  & ec þær ȝedenn wiþþ þe lic
                                
                                  Full wel fif hunndredd þewwess,
                                
                                  To strawwenn gode gresess þær,
                                
                                  Þatt stunnkenn swiþe swete,
                                
                                  Biforenn þatt stinnkennde lic
                                  Line 8195 
                                
                                  Þær menn itt berenn sholldenn.
                                
                                  & tuss þeȝȝ alle brohhtenn himm
                                
                                  Wiþþ mikell modiȝnesse
                                
                                  Till þær þær he peȝȝm haffde seȝȝd
                                
                                  Þatt teȝȝ himm brinngenn sholldenn.
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                                  Swillc mann wass þatt Herode king
                                
                                  Þatt le¯¯t te chilldre cwellenn,
                                
                                  Forr þatt he wollde cwellenn Crist
                                
                                  Amang hemm, ȝiff he mihhte.

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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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