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

                                
                                  & Publicaness comenn forrþ
                                
                                  & tokenn himm to fraȝȝnenn,
                                
                                  Whatt teȝȝ þa forrþwarrd sholldenn don
                                
                                  To betenn þeȝȝre sinness.
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                                  & he forrbæd hemm alle imæn
                                
                                  To follȝhenn grediȝnesse;
                                
                                  He þeȝȝm forrbæd to takenn ohht
                                
                                  Forrþbi þatt tatt hemm birrde,
                                
                                  Forrþbi þe kingess rihhte fe
                                  Line 10155 
                                
                                  Þatt hemm wass sett to sammnenn,
                                
                                  & badd hemm lĕtenn iwhillc mann
                                
                                  Wel brukenn all hiss aȝhenn,
                                
                                  & follȝhenn laȝhelike & rihht
                                
                                  Þatt wikenn þatt teȝȝ haffdenn,
                                  Line 10160 
                                
                                  & hellpenn aȝȝ þe wáke leod
                                
                                  Att alle kinne nede,
                                
                                  & cunnenn swa to cwemenn Godd
                                
                                  To winnenn Godess are.
                                
                                   [col 254] We findenn upponn Latin boc
                                  Line 10165 
                                
                                  Off þise Puplicaness,
                                
                                  Whatt lif þeȝȝ leddenn i þe follc,
                                
                                  & whatt wass heore wikenn.
                                
                                  Þeȝȝ haffdenn wikenn off þe king
                                
                                  To sammnenn hise ȝeldess,
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                                  Þurrh whamm þeȝȝ durrstenn beȝȝtenn menn
                                
                                  Forr æþelike gillte,
                                
                                  To winnenn ahhte to þe king,
                                
                                  To beon himm holde & trowwe,

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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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