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

                                
                                  Þatt holeþþ o þe laȝhefollc,
                                
                                  & rippeþþ hemm & ræfeþþ;
                                
                                   [col 255] & ȝiff ȝe tellenn forr inoh
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                                  Þatt tatt te king ȝuw findeþþ,
                                
                                  Þa muȝhe ȝe þurrh clene lif
                                
                                  Wel hellpenn ȝure sawless.
                                
                                  Her he forrbæd te cnihhtess ec
                                
                                  To follȝhenn grediȝnesse,
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                                  To sekenn sakess o þe follc,
                                
                                  To rippenn hemm & ræfenn.
                                
                                  Forr grediȝnesse iss hæfedd plihht,
                                
                                  & follȝheþþ helless bisne,
                                
                                  Forr hellepitt niss næfre full,
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                                  Ne grediȝnesse nowwþerr.
                                
                                  Forr whase itt iss þatt grediȝ iss
                                
                                  To winnenn erþlic ahhte,
                                
                                  Aȝȝ alls he mare & mare gett
                                
                                  Aȝȝ lisste himm affterr mare;
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                                  & nohht ne maȝȝ he wurrþenn full
                                
                                  To winnenn eorþlic ahhte,
                                
                                  Na mar þann helle maȝȝ beon full
                                
                                  To swollȝhenn menness sawless.
                                
                                  Þe cnihhtess wærenn wæpnedd follc,
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                                  To fihhtenn forr þe leode,
                                
                                  To werenn hemm wiþþ wiþerrþeod
                                
                                  Þatt wollde hemm oferrganngenn,
                                
                                  & ȝiff þeȝȝ haffdenn lefe till
                                
                                  All affterr þeȝȝre wille

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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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