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

                                
                                  He mihhte þære shæwenn Crist
                                
                                  Þa fowwre daless alle
                                
                                  Þatt œst, & Wesst, & Suþ, & Norrþ
                                  Line 12125 
                                
                                  Þiss middellærd bilukenn,
                                
                                  & swa þurrh þatt he mihhte Crist
                                
                                  Þær o þatt lawe shæwenn
                                
                                  Off all þiss wide middellærd
                                
                                  Þe kinedomess alle;
                                  Line 12130 
                                
                                  Forr niss nan eorþliȝ kinedom
                                
                                  Here upponn eorþeriche,
                                
                                  Þatt owwhar elless muȝhe beon
                                
                                  Butt i þa fowwre daless.
                                
                                  Þe deofell le¯¯tt te Laferrd seon
                                  Line 12135 
                                
                                  Þiss middellærdess riche,
                                
                                  Forr þatt he wollde cunnenn swa
                                
                                  To brinngenn inn hiss herrte
                                
                                  Erþlike þingess lufe & lusst,
                                
                                  Swa þatt he shollde ȝeornenn
                                  Line 12140 
                                
                                  To wurrþenn riche off eorþliȝ þing,
                                
                                  & tatt he shollde þennkenn
                                
                                  Hu god itt wære to þe lif
                                
                                  To wurrþenn riche onn eorþe,
                                
                                  To follȝhenn all þe flærhess lusst
                                  Line 12145 
                                
                                  Onn alle kinne wise,
                                
                                  To beon abufenn alle menn
                                
                                  Upphofenn heȝhe & wurrþedd,
                                
                                  To beon all follke king in all
                                
                                  Þiss middellærdess riche.
                                  Line 12150 
                                
                                  Þiss wollde he brinngenn Crist i þohht
                                
                                  To willnenn & to geornenn,

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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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