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

                                
                                  Fra þatt tatt he wass sett to beon
                                
                                  Kasere i Rome riche.
                                
                                  & ta wass Romess ki˘nedom
                                
                                  Full wid & sid onn eorþe,
                                
                                  & itt wass hæfedd kinedom
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                                  Abufenn oþre unnfæwe.
                                
                                  & Ȝerrsalæmess kinedom
                                
                                  Wass i þatt illke time
                                
                                  Todæledd, þatt witt tu full wel,
                                
                                  O fowwre feorþenn daless.
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                                  & tweȝȝenn preostess wærenn þa
                                
                                  I Ȝerrsalæmess chesstre,
                                
                                  Þatt wærenn oferr Godess follc
                                
                                  Bisskopess i þatt time;
                                
                                  Þatt an wass nemmnedd Kayphas,
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                                  & Anna wass þatt oþerr,
                                
                                  Þatt wærenn oferr Godess follc
                                
                                  I Ȝerrsalæm, þatt time
                                
                                  Þatt Cristess bidell, Sannt Johan,
                                
                                  Bigann off Crist to spellenn.
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                                  & he bigann to spellenn þa
                                
                                  Wiþþ fulluhht off dædbote,
                                
                                  Off þatt fulluhht tatt shollde beon
                                
                                  Forrȝifenesse off sinness,
                                
                                  Affterr þatt itt iss writenn þuss
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                                  Onn Ysayȝess lare;
                                
                                  Þe rowwst iss herrd off ænne mann
                                
                                  Þatt epeþþ þuss i wesste
                                
                                  Till illkess kinness follc, gaþ till,
                                
                                  & ȝarrkeþþ Godess weȝȝe,

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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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