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

                                
                                  Ne chæs himm nohht te Laferrd Crist
                                  Line 13930 
                                
                                  Till nan off hise posstless;
                                
                                  Forr nollde he chesenn nan off þa
                                
                                  Þatt cuþenn mikell lare.
                                
                                  & wel he wisste himm sellf forr whatt
                                
                                  He nollde swillke chesenn,
                                  Line 13935 
                                
                                  & hise þewwess wisstenn itt,
                                
                                  & settenn itt o boke;
                                
                                  & forrþi maȝȝ icc nu till ȝuw
                                
                                  Summwhatt tæroffe shæwenn.
                                
                                  Ȝiff Cristess þosstless wærenn þa
                                  Line 13940 
                                
                                  Þatt cuþenn mikell lare,
                                
                                  Ne munnde nan mann ben off hemm,
                                
                                  Noff þeȝȝre spell forrwunndredd,
                                
                                  Ne nohht ne munnde þa þe follc
                                
                                  Till þeȝȝre lare buȝhenn.
                                  Line 13945 
                                
                                  & tanne wære uss gaȝhennlæs
                                
                                  Þatt Crist wass dæd o rode,
                                
                                  & all forr nohht uss haffde Crist
                                
                                  U¯¯tlesedd fra þe defell,
                                
                                  Ȝiff þatt we nolldenn mekenn uss
                                  Line 13950 
                                
                                  To follȝhenn Cristess lare.
                                
                                  & forrþi chæs þe Laferrd Crist
                                
                                  Læwede menn to posstless,
                                
                                  & ȝaff hemm witt þurrh Haliȝ Gast
                                
                                  Deplike off Godd to spellenn,
                                  Line 13955 
                                
                                  & ȝaff hemm mahht þurrh Haliȝ Gast
                                
                                  To wirrkenn miccle tacness,
                                
                                  Þatt mannkinn shollde þess te bett
                                
                                  Till þeȝȝre lare buȝhenn,

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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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