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

                                
                                  Þær þu wass unnderr an fictre
                                  Line 13700 
                                
                                  Þær sahh I þe forrlannge.
                                
                                  Natanaæl to fraȝȝnenn toc
                                
                                  Þe Laferrd Crist whæroffe
                                
                                  Þatt wass þatt he cnew himm swa wel,
                                
                                  Forr þatt he wollde winnenn
                                  Line 13705 
                                
                                  Off Cristess muþ summ openn soþ
                                
                                  Off hiss goddcunnde mahhte.
                                
                                  & Crist toc himm forrþrihht anan
                                
                                  To shæwenn þatt he sohhte,
                                
                                  Þatt he cnew wel Natanaæl
                                  Line 13710 
                                
                                  œr þann he strenedd wære,
                                
                                  Þær Adam þallre firrste mann
                                
                                  Ȝæn Drihhtin fell i sinne;
                                
                                  Forr þatt tatt Jesu Crist sahh himm
                                
                                  Þær he fictre wass unnderr,
                                  Line 13715 
                                
                                  Nass þatt nan swiþe mikell þing
                                
                                  Till Cristess Goddcunndnesse,
                                
                                  Þatt alle shafftess all þurrhseþ
                                
                                   [col 325] & alle dærne þohhtess.
                                
                                  Acc þatt tatt itt bitacneþþ uss
                                  Line 13720 
                                
                                  Iss dep & dærne lare.
                                
                                  Natanaæl, þatt seȝhenn wass
                                
                                  Unnderr fictre þurrh Criste,
                                
                                  Bitacneþþ uss þatt alde follc
                                
                                  Off Godess hallȝhe lede,
                                  Line 13725 
                                
                                  Þatt wass biforenn Abraham
                                
                                  Unnderr Adamess sinne,

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