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

                                
                                  Swa þatt I sette ȝuw to ben
                                
                                  Amang hæþene lede
                                
                                  Lihhtfattess muþ, to spellenn hemm
                                  Line 13440 
                                
                                  Off hefennrichess blisse,
                                
                                  To kinndlenn hemm soþ lufess fir
                                
                                  Inn hannd, & ec inn herrte.
                                
                                  Þuss ȝaff uss ure Laferrd Crist
                                
                                  Halsumm & haliȝ bisne,
                                  Line 13445 
                                
                                  Ȝa þurrh hiss word, ȝa þurrh hiss werrc,
                                
                                  Whil þatt he wass onn erþe.
                                
                                  & uss birrþ æfre stanndenn inn
                                
                                  To follȝhenn wel hiss bisne
                                
                                  All þwerrt u¯¯t forr þe lufe off himm,
                                  Line 13450 
                                
                                  & forr þe mede off heffne.
                                
                                   [col 321] Þatt tiss Filippe, & ec Symon,
                                
                                  & ec Anndrew hiss broþerr,
                                
                                  Þatt teȝȝ þre wærenn off an tun
                                
                                  Beþþsayda ȝehatenn,
                                  Line 13455 
                                
                                  Þatt tacneþþ, þatt teȝȝ alle þre
                                
                                  An wikenn sholldenn habbenn,
                                
                                  Þurrh þatt teȝȝ sholldenn posstless ben
                                
                                  To spellenn alle lede,
                                
                                  & hunntenn affterr sawless swa
                                  Line 13460 
                                
                                  Wiþþ haliȝ lare & bisne,
                                
                                  To turrnenn hemm till Crisstenndom
                                
                                  All fra þe defless walde;
                                
                                  All þiss wass þurrh Beþþsayda
                                
                                  Full opennliȝ bitacnedd,

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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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