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

                                
                                  & þurrh hiss millce ȝife mahht
                                
                                  To betenn þeȝȝre sinne.
                                  Line 14465 
                                
                                  & Caym toc þurrh hete & niþ
                                
                                  Abæl hiss aȝhenn broþerr,
                                
                                  & ledde himm u¯¯t uppo þe feld
                                
                                  & sloh himm butenn gillte.
                                
                                  & ȝiff þu bisne tăkenn willt
                                  Line 14470 
                                
                                  Off þise tweȝȝenn breþre,
                                
                                  To follȝhenn Godess þeww Abæl
                                
                                  & hiss unnshaþinesse,
                                
                                  & to forrwerrpenn hete & niþ
                                
                                  & all Caymess bisne,
                                  Line 14475 
                                
                                  Þa takesst tu, þatt witt tu wel,
                                
                                  U¯¯t off þe forrme time
                                
                                  Stafflike drinnch, ȝa to þin lif,
                                
                                  Ȝa to þin sawle baþe,
                                
                                  Þatt mikell maȝȝ þe geȝȝnenn her
                                  Line 14480 
                                
                                  To winnenn heffness blisse,
                                
                                  Alls iff þu drunnke waterrdrinnch
                                
                                  U¯¯t off þe firrste fe¯¯tless
                                
                                  Þatt maȝȝ þe slekkenn wel þin þirrst,
                                
                                  Ȝiff þatt iss þatt te þirrsteþþ·
                                  Line 14485 
                                
                                  & ȝiff þu þiss þurrh Haliȝ Gast
                                
                                  Deplikerr unnderrstanndesst,
                                
                                  Þatt Abel, þatt all gilltelæs
                                
                                  Wass slaȝenn þurrh hiss broþerr,
                                
                                  Bitacneþþ ure Laferrd Crist
                                  Line 14490 
                                
                                  Þatt naȝȝledd wass o rode
                                
                                  Þurrh þatt Judisskenn hæfedd follc
                                
                                  Þatt he wass borenn offe,

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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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