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

                                
                                  All swa wass off þatt illke follc
                                
                                  Þatt Crist comm till onn eorþe,
                                
                                  Þatt haffdenn ledd aȝȝ þeȝȝre lif
                                
                                  Affterr þe flæshess wille,
                                
                                  Ne munndenn þeȝȝ nohht habbenn witt,
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                                  Ne mahht, ne forrþenn wille,
                                
                                  To tăkenn wiþþ þe Laferrd Crist,
                                
                                  Ne wiþþ hiss depe lare,
                                
                                  Ȝiff þatt he come himm sellf till hemm
                                
                                  Færlike forr to kiþenn
                                  Line 9410 
                                
                                  All whatt he wollde, ær þann itt ohht
                                
                                  Þurrh oþre wære shæwedd.
                                
                                  Rihht all forrþi comm Sannt Johan
                                
                                  Firrst wiþþ hiss little lare
                                
                                  & little bisne till þe follc,
                                  Line 9415 
                                
                                  Forr þatt he wollde hemm strengenn,
                                
                                  Swa þatt teȝȝ mihhtenn habbenn mahht
                                
                                   [col 232] All þess te bettre siþþenn
                                
                                  To berenn Cristess miccle spell
                                
                                  & Cristess miccle bisne,
                                  Line 9420 
                                
                                  Þatt time þatt he come himm sellf
                                
                                  Bitwenenn hemm to spellenn.
                                
                                  Rihht swa comm þanne Sannt Johan
                                
                                  Firrst wiþþ hiss little lare
                                
                                  Alls iff he brohhte læchedom
                                  Line 9425 
                                
                                  & herrtess eȝhesallfe,
                                
                                  To sallfenn & to clennsenn firrst
                                
                                  Þe follkess herrtess eȝhe,

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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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