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

                                
                                  Acc he nass nohht ta breþre sibb,
                                
                                  Ne nohht off þeȝȝre birde;
                                
                                  Forr he wass off Ponntisske land,
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                                  Off all an oþerr leode.
                                
                                  O þise fowwre menness daȝȝ
                                
                                  Bigann Johan Bapptisste,
                                
                                  I wesste bi þe flumm Jorrdan,
                                
                                  To fullhtnenn & to spellenn.
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                                  O þatt Kaseress daȝȝ þatt wass
                                
                                  Tyberiuss ȝehatenn,
                                
                                  Onn hiss fiftende ȝer fra þatt
                                
                                  Þatt he bigann to rixlenn
                                
                                  I Rome riche, toc Johan
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                                  To fullhtnenn & to spellenn
                                
                                  Off Godess Sune, Crist, tatt he
                                
                                  Þa shollde cumenn newenn,
                                
                                  To leosenn mannkinn þurrh hiss dæþ
                                
                                  U¯¯t off þe deofless walde,
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                                  & turrnenn menn till Crisstenndom
                                
                                  & till þe rihhte læfe,
                                
                                  & tæchenn hemm & hellpenn hemm
                                
                                  To winnenn heoffness blisse,
                                
                                  Þurrh soþ & rihht, þurrh witt & skill,
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                                  Þurrh mett & soþ meocnesse,
                                
                                  Þurrh clene þohht & word & weorrc,
                                
                                  Þurrh lufe & hope & læfe.
                                
                                  & o þa fowwre menness daȝȝ
                                
                                  Þatt tokenn all þatt riche,
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                                  Þatt wass biræfedd Arrchelaw
                                
                                  All forr hiss modiȝnesse,

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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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