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

                                
                                  Ben sett to fisskenn affterr menn,
                                
                                  & affterr menness sawless,
                                
                                  To wurrþenn turrnedd swa þurrh Crist
                                
                                  Fra þatt erþlike wikenn,
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                                  Þatt iss to farenn uppo sæ,
                                
                                  To fisskenn affterr fisskess.
                                
                                  Þatt Crist himm seȝȝde þatt he wass
                                
                                  Symon bi name nemmnedd,
                                
                                  Þatt seȝȝde he forr to tacnenn uss
                                  Line 13300 
                                
                                  Þatt Symon wass himm cweme;
                                
                                  Forr Symon tacneþþ uss þatt mann
                                
                                  Þatt follȝheþþ herrsummnesse,
                                
                                  Forrþi þatt Symon haffde ben
                                
                                  Herrsumm till Godd off heffne,
                                  Line 13305 
                                
                                  To þewwtenn & to lakenn himm
                                
                                  O þatt Judisskenn wise.
                                
                                  & tatt tatt Crist seȝȝde þatt he
                                
                                  Þurrh Johanna wass strenedd,
                                
                                  Þatt seȝȝde he forr to shæwenn uss
                                  Line 13310 
                                
                                  Þatt Symon wass himm cweme;
                                
                                  Forr Johanna tacneþþ þatt mann
                                
                                  Þatt follȝheþþ Godess wille,
                                
                                  Forrþi þatt Symon haffde ben
                                
                                  œdmod, & mec, & milde
                                  Line 13315 
                                
                                  Wiþþ alle men þurrh witt & skill
                                
                                  To follȝhenn Godess wille.
                                
                                  & tatt te Laferrd Jesu Crist
                                
                                  Himm seȝȝde att tallre lattste,
                                
                                  Nu shallt tu nemmnedd ben Cefás
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                                   [col 319] Þatt ȝuw bitacneþþ Peterr,

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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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