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

                                
                                   [col 235] & rihht wass þatt Johan bigann
                                  Line 9575 
                                
                                  I wessteland to spellenn,
                                
                                  Forr þatt itt shollde tacnenn us,
                                
                                  Þatt he wass sennd to spellenn
                                
                                  Till Issraæle þeod tatt wass
                                
                                  All wesste & all forrworrpenn
                                  Line 9580 
                                
                                  Neh all togeddre att Drihhtin Godd,
                                
                                  Forr heore deope sinness.
                                
                                  & tatt he badd hemm alle gan
                                
                                  & ȝarrkenn Godess weȝȝe,
                                
                                  Þatt wass alls iff he seȝȝde þuss
                                  Line 9585 
                                
                                  Wiþþ opennlike spæche;
                                
                                  Forrwerrpeþþ all þatt ifell iss
                                
                                  & alle kinne sinness,
                                
                                  & turrneþþ ȝuw till haliȝ lif
                                
                                  Wiþþ alle gode dedess,
                                  Line 9590 
                                
                                  & ȝarrkeþþ Godess weȝȝe swa
                                
                                  Þatt he ȝuw muȝhe nehhȝhenn.
                                
                                  & tatt he badd hemm alle gan
                                
                                  & rihhtenn Godess stiȝhess,
                                
                                  Þatt wass alls iff he bæde hemm gan
                                  Line 9595 
                                
                                  & clennsenn heore þohhtess,
                                
                                  Forr clene þohht iss Godess bedd,
                                
                                  & tære he wile himm resstenn.
                                
                                  & tatt tatt Cristess þeww Johan
                                
                                  Þær seȝȝde to þe leode,
                                  Line 9600 
                                
                                  Nu ske¯¯t shall illc an dale beon
                                
                                  All heȝhedd upp & filledd,

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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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