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

                                
                                  Na mare to beon þeowwtedd swa
                                
                                  O þatt Judisskenn wise,
                                  Line 10090 
                                
                                  And shollde settenn ende o þatt
                                
                                  Judisskenn preostess wikenn,
                                
                                  & shollde settenn oþerr preost
                                
                                  To þeowwtenn oþerr wise,
                                
                                  Wiþþ fulluhht & wiþþ Crisstenndom
                                  Line 10095 
                                
                                  & wiþþ þe rihhte læfe,
                                
                                  & wiþþ hiss aȝhenn flæsh & blod
                                
                                  & wiþþ unnwemmeddnesse.
                                
                                  & forr þatt Sannt Johan wass full
                                
                                  Off Haliȝ Gastess mahhte,
                                  Line 10100 
                                
                                  Hiss spell toc mikell stĕde i þa
                                
                                  Þatt herrdenn whatt he seȝȝde,
                                
                                  & tokenn sone anan to beon
                                
                                  Forrdredde off þeȝȝre sinness,
                                
                                  & tokenn þa to fraȝȝnenn himm
                                  Line 10105 
                                
                                  Off whatt hemm wass to donne.
                                
                                  & he þeȝȝm seȝȝde sone anan,
                                
                                  Swa summ he full wel cuþe,
                                
                                  Whatt hemm wass swiþe god to don
                                
                                  & halsumm to þe sawle,
                                  Line 10110 
                                
                                  He seȝȝde hemm þuss; whatt mann se itt iss
                                
                                   [col 253] Þatt hafeþþ tweȝȝenn kirrtless,
                                
                                  Ȝife he þatt an þatt illke mann
                                
                                  Þatt iss wiþþutenn kirrtell.
                                
                                  Her droh Johan Bapptisste wel
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                                  Þe leode wiþþ hiss lare

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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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