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

                                
                                  & Kayfass wass o þatt ȝer
                                
                                  Þatt Crist wass don o rode;
                                
                                  & þreo bitwenenn þise twa
                                
                                  Þatt illke wikenn haffdenn;
                                  Line 9490 
                                
                                  Wiþþinnenn þreo ȝer wærenn þreo
                                
                                  Bitwenenn þise tweȝȝenn;
                                
                                  & Crist wass o þa fowwre ȝer
                                
                                  Unnderr Bisshopess fowwre
                                
                                  Bitwenenn þatt Judisskenn follc
                                  Line 9495 
                                
                                  Þatt he wass borenn offe,
                                
                                  To spellenn & to lærenn hemm
                                
                                  Off heore sawle nede,
                                
                                  & wrohhte wunndre miccle ma
                                
                                  Þann icc ȝuw maȝȝ nu tellenn,
                                  Line 9500 
                                
                                  Fra þatt daȝȝ þatt he fullhtnedd wass
                                
                                  Till þatt he stah o rode.
                                
                                  & ta wass Kayfasess ȝer
                                
                                  Þe fifte ȝer bigunnenn,
                                
                                  Þatt time þatt te Laferrd Crist
                                  Line 9505 
                                
                                  Wass naȝȝledd uppo rode.
                                
                                  Þatt tatt te Goddspellwrihhte seȝȝþ,
                                
                                  Þatt Sannt Johan Bapptisste
                                
                                  Bigann to spellenn to þe follc
                                
                                  Wiþþ fulluhht off dædbote,
                                  Line 9510 
                                
                                  Off þatt fulluhht þatt shollde beon
                                
                                  Forrȝifenesse off sinness,
                                
                                  Þatt wass alls iff he seȝȝde þuss
                                
                                  Wiþþ opennlike spæche,
                                
                                  He toc to spellenn to þe follc
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                                  Off Jesu Cristess come,

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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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